The Stag did well on the festival circuit but not so much when it was fully released and the same can be said for Colin Farrell’s Intermission in 2003.American’s don’t want a film that shows the Ireland of today so Hollywood appears to think, why waste money making it?Not only that, but because of the world we live in today and most of our lives revolve around social media, filmmakers know that they’ll create one hell of a buzz if they get stuff wrong.The film was trending online for hours and is still one of the hottest topics of the day so the chatter isn’t going to die down anytime soon.It’s basically free PR to have people sharing it online; yes to give out about how bad it is but it’s certainly getting its name out there.Even people.
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