History Headscratchers / TheBoondockSaints

* When Yakavetta first realized that [[spoiler:Il Duce was still coming]], he shouted for about half a minute in Italian. Does anyone know what he said?

** From a [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist]] standpoint, there's also budget constraints to take into consideration -- no one wields automatic weapons in the first film aside from the guards in the prison scene with Il Duce, who probably had them on hand from their proper line of work. Troy Duffy probably didn't have enough money to afford an armorer.
* Even if the McManus brothers had an Irish mother, why do they still have Irish accents? Example: one of my friends from elementary school was from Scotland, both parents with thick accents. By the time high school rolled around, he and his little brother sounded as American as everyone else in school.
** I know a friend who grew up in England with a British father and American mother. She spoke with an English accent growing up. Her dad left them over a decade ago, and she's been back in America for several years, and she still speaks with an English accent. Some people lose accents quickly but others don't.

*** This troper watched it with her father who's from New England and according to him, no one from Boston talks like that unless they're fresh off the boat.

*** It's stated in the second film that Il Duce was arrested just after his sons were born - possibly their mother took them back to Ireland after her husband was imprisoned?
* The movie never seems to answer two big questions in the first movie. 1) Why did Rocco kill the bartender? They suggest it's just because he was a witness but it's only a suggestion. 2)Why did the three of them kill the other two guys in the porno joint?

*** The other guy was a drug dealer. In a deleted script they were outside of the fine establishment, waiting until their main target came around and watched the dealer walk by and sell drugs to a kid (as well as beating him).
* When Yakavetta first realized that [[spoiler: Il Duce was still coming]], he shouted for about half a minute in Italian. Does anyone know what he said?

* So in All Saints Day the brothers and Romeo have finally been arrested for their murder spree. The movies go into detail establishing just how polarizing their actions are to everyone. Assuming Smecker's plans didn't work out and the trio had to stand trial, what would realistically occur if there was a hung jury? Assuming there's nothing but mistrials, how many times would the prosecutor attempt to prosecute the Saints before giving up?

*** Children of families who speak with a different accent than the general populous can also be bi-dialectic, that is, speak with one accent to family and people of their ethnic/social group and with another accent to people they perceive as outsiders. Therefore, outsiders may believe their accents 'disappear,' when they only emerge around certain people that the children identify with. Since the brothers are always together in the film, it is not unreasonable that they would keep their accent throughout.

** They're not really the type to quibble over something that petty; they take their faith seriously, but the entire movie revolves around the idea that they're fine with stepping outside the law ("Thou shalt not kill", for instance) in order to do what they feel is right, and obviously they actually do care about and respect the priest. The words don't matter as much as the belief does, and they believe, and believe the priest does too.

* The Saints are meant to be Irish Catholics right? So why, in the beginning of the first movie, does the priest giving mass use the Church of England version of the Our Father?

* I get that the toilet was just a prop, but why was the water supply line on the opposite side of the tank from where it should be?

* So in All Saints Day the brothers and Romeo have finally been arrested for their murder spree. The movies go into detail establishing just how polarizing their actions are to everyone. Assuming Smecker's plans didn't work out and the trio had to stand trial, what would realistically occur if there was a hung jury? Assuming there's nothing but mistrials, how many times would the prosecutor attempt to prosecute the Saints before giving up?

** From a [[WatsonianVersusDoylist Doylist]] standpoint, there's also budget constraints to take into consideration -- no one wields automatic weapons in the first film aside from the guards in the prison scene with Il Duce. Duffy probably didn't have enough money to afford an armorer.

*** This Troper went to high school with a girl whose father was American and her mother was English (MilitaryBrat). She'd normally speak with an American accent, but if she got mad, she'd "[[AcceptRelapse turn English]]". Our theory was that the mother was more HotBlooded than the father was.

** [[TranslationYes Oh Crap!]]

* When Yakavetta first realized that [[spoiler: Il Duce was still coming]], he shouted for about half a minute in Italian. Does anyone know what he said?

** To take the explanation for the two guys further, according to the commentary (IIRC, it's been a while) at one point they each had a scene establishing "Scum of the Earth" status for the brothers/audience and both scenes ended up cut. I think one was a pimp they'd seen beating up a hooker outside the hospital, and I can't remember what the other guy was...

* The movie never seems to answer two big questions in the first movie. 1) Why did Rocco kill the bartender? They suggest it's just because he was a witness but it's only a suggestion. 2)Why did the three of them kill the other two guys in the porno joint?

** I know a friend who grew up in England with a British father and American mother. She spoke with an English accent growing up. Her dad left them over a decade ago, and she's been back in America for several years, and she still speaks with an English accent.

****** Children of families who speak with a different accent than the general populous can also be bi-dialectic, that is, speak with one accent to family and people of their ethnic/social group and with another accent to people they perceive as outsiders. Therefore, outsiders may believe their accents 'disappear,' when they only emerge around certain people that the children identify with. Since the brothers are always together in the film, it is not unreasonable that they would keep their accent throughout.

***** Considering they head back to Ireland in between movies, it's not unreasonable to assume that they take occasional trips to and from Ireland. This Troper lives in Boston, though, and it's true that almost nobody has a full-on accent.

***** The deleted scene where the boys talk to their mother, she is revealed to still be in Ireland. Presumably, they were (possibly born and) raised there, and came to (or returned) to America as adults.