Bloody Sunday
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Movie Reviews of Bloody Sunday
Movie Review: Irish pride, British smame
Summary: 5 Stars
I am 1/2 Irish, 1/2 British, by heritage, I am a history major and international relations minor, I have written many papers on Anglo-Irish relations for both subjects. It was the U2 song that got me intrested in the subjects. I have learned alot about my heritage, and the more I learn, the more I am ashamed of the 1/8 of me that is English (the other 3/8 are Welsh). I have read about the day from many different people; uninvolved 3rd party historians, Gerry Adams (who was not there), and both Irish and British authors, but seeing it, and knowing that it was a joint froduction of both the Itish and British film boards made me see a light, a comming together to heal old wounds. This move made me realise that while the English were evil monstars on that day (and on others) the IRA retailated in June of 1972 killing 9 UDA men and 2 soilders, I am a Nationalist, I want to see the North annexed back to the Republic where it belongs, but it can not be done through killing.As for the movie, it is not for everyone, if you want to learn more about the day or the Troubles in general it is a good way to start.
I have read so much about the conflict that many of the disturbing and heartrenching facts have become common place in my head, but this film made me cry, and still does everytime I watch it. If you have any interest in the situation and want to learn more, I STRONGLY suggest you watch the film.
Movie Review: Dangerous and Powerful Filmmaking
Summary: 5 Stars
Rough, dark, and foreboding, "Bloody Sunday" is anything but standard movie fare. This movie deftly explores the massacre of January 30, 1972 using a documentary format, edited in a manner to make you feel like the events are unfolding in real-time. The documentary style lends the movie an authenticity which you rarely find in mainstream movies. This makes the effects of massacre feel incredibly visceral. The movie is hard to watch for this reason. It's downright grim at times and drags the viewer along through some of the aftermath - the grieving and anger that the event caused. The scariest thing about this movie, however, is the fact that it is tough to draw the line at fact and fiction. I don't know what really happened on Bloody Sunday since this was really first exposure to it, but the movie demonizes very effectively the occupying forces. Movies like this are dangerous and exhilerating precisely because they have the ability to conflate the reality of the event with the drama of the film, but they also have the ability to be reckless in their representation of events. If things actually occurred the way that the movie depicts them, then the members of the occupying force should be ashamed of themselves. If the events of the movie inappropriately condemn that force for taking actions that they did not make, then the director should be ashamed. Watch at your own risk.
Movie Review: The irredeemable human condition strikes again!
Summary: 5 Stars
Paul Greengrass directed his lifetime masterwork spiced and hovered of dramatic crudeness, filmed in docu-realism style with a nervous camera turning around over and over upon the shoulders, expectating faces, grimaces and attitudes of both poles in conflict.
Derry, North Ireland, January 30th 1972. Ivan Cooper is the leader of the movement in favor of the civil rights, against all of those who are in jail without the supposed judicial process. IRA affirms there will not be violent acts. The Major General Ford warns the journalists these manifestations are illegal, while the Brigadier Patrick Mack Leilan, chief of the English forces, coordinates his troops with the aid of a vital support from Belfast to trace the departed Irishmen. Gerry Donaghy is a catholic teenager who has been set free and tries to dissuade her mother and girlfriend telling them the march will be just a peaceful ride and so, there's no reason to worry about it.
But nothing will happen as it was planned and the hellish, bloody and coward slaughter will be about to come.
The striking film is one of these relevant gems of the cinema. Awarded with the Golden Bear Prize and absolute winner of the Sundance Film Festival in 2002, remains as one of my twelve top choices films of the decade.
A stunning portrait from start to finish. A towering masterpiece.
Movie Review: A real movie starring real people.
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is an excellent account of what happened on Bloody Sunday. The above reviews in which people compare the IRA to Al Queda are obviously from people with little knowledge on the situation in Northern Ireland. It was not a march of victory nor was it for freedom from the UK; it was for civil rights so that Catholics may receive the same treatment as Protestants in a Protestant majority state. The previous review on how this film hindered rather than helped the peace process was made from a person who I feel is highly uneducated on the situation. This film shows a real account on what happened on this tragic day and it shows it fairly from both accounts. The acting was raw and very real as a lot of the actors in the shooting scenes were people who were there that day and the emotions they show was very real. In making this film both soldiers and civilians who were present on that fateful day were interviewed. The fact that it was shown as a documentary style film was to deliver as an accurate and believable film as possible and I think it succeeded immensely in doing so. If only more films were made as carefully as this one we might get to the truth on a lot more issues governments choose to sweep under their political carpet. And with regards to previous reviewers please don't make remarks on political issues you obviously no so little about.Movie Review: Remarkable, Factual Account of Horrific Day
Summary: 5 Stars
I just viewed my copy of Bloody Sunday and I was stunned. This is, quite simply, a tremendous film that portrays a day of absolute horrow in a way that captures the emotion and stays true to the factual accounts of what happened. It certainly does make the British forces look bad, but it should. The facts speak to unreal over-aggression by the British military that day and any true to life account needs to show what actually happened. Throughout the course of the film, you watch the development of this day from both sides. You are witness to those searching for civil rights in Northern Ireland and their efforts to organize a peaceful march in Derry. You are also witness to the British government and military forces, who expect a conflict and vigorously prepare for one. Finally, the film reaches its climax when the British military fires on those in the civil rights march and continues to engage them, killing 13 and wounding 14 more. Bloody Sunday is one of those days that needs to be remembered in vivid detail....not only so that justice can be served for the killing of innocent Irish citizens...but so an attrocity such as this never occurs again. It is a worthwhile subject, a stunning film, and one which I would strongly recommend to anyone out there looking for some good, quality viewing...especially those of Irish heritage.