Bloody Sunday
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Movie Reviews of Bloody Sunday
Movie Review: Great film
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a superb movie and one that I will use in future training for my soldiers and officers. Having done riot control on several occasions I can tell you that the military scenes are absolutely realistic. The movie does very well portraying the chos and uncertainty of this type of operation.
The massacre scenes went on for too long. The actual shooting that day didn't last more than a few minutes. The number of soldiers that were present could have inflicted 26 casualties on a crowd like that in a matter of seconds.
Its so easy to lose control in chaos like that. Leaders really have to keep an eye on their people to keep them from getting trigger happy.
Having said that - the marchers don't get much sympathy from me. "Let's go throw rocks at the Army.... that'l show em." or "There's a riot 200 meters away from us but we'll just stand here and listen to our less than bright parade leader because we know that riot can't effect us...." Real Darwin award stuff.
When you do something like that you place your life in the hands of the guy with the gun you're throwing rocks at. Your only hope is that his discipline holds.
This movie is a great tutorial on what happens when that doesnt occur
Movie Review: To choose despair or hope
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't believe there isn't more comment on this film, more outrage either way. After having marched recently and heard accounts of demonstrations from credible accounts (not corporate media), I believe demonstrations that turn violent often do because the police had been given carte blanche from leadership before the demonstration even starts. Look at Oakland and the way the police showed up in full riot gear, gas masks, etc. and immediately began shooting all manner of 'non-lethal' bullets at protesters and dockworkers alike. Jerry Brown gave directions to put fear into the crowd and anyone who might consider similar action. As for this film and its content, I was quite impressed with the realistic portrayal. I loved when one para corrected another para by calling them 'terrorists'. They're in their home being shot on by an occupying army. How relevant is that? It was very easy for me to see oppressed people from around the world in the plight of the Irish. It took the South Africans many, many bloody years to gain their freedom. "Was there a need to kill civilians?"
Movie Review: Fair and evenhanded.
Summary: 5 Stars
Lets keep in mind this was done by a British film crew, and financed by British money, but I did find the story to be extraordinarily even handed and historically accurate. This message board is not supposed to be a debating forum for Unionists vs. Republicans it is to review the movie and judge it on its merits. And anyone attacking the movie on any other basis is doings so purely out of political motivation. This movie is extremely accurate and does convey the conditions, despair and sentiment of the time in Derry and the whole of Northern Ireland in the 70's. It masterfully tells the tail of 800 years of British presence in Ireland in the limited confines of a 2 hour DVD. The movie hardly serves as a rallying point for the Republican cause as some reviewers here wrongfully assert, the act itself took care of that. The movie merely depicts that specific moment in time and tells it's tale in an extremely unbiased and even handed way. Bravo.
Movie Review: Bloody Sunday
Summary: 5 Stars
Bloody Sunday is a well filmed show that brings to light of one of the most tragic events in Irish history. On a peaceful cival rights march, the British first opened fire on the Irish march, and were given permission to fire at will. Any one who is Irish, and knows exactly what happened on that faitful day, can now get an up close and real feel of what it was like to face the British para's, while peacfully marching for equal rights, in a land whose boundries were gerrymandered by the British. The movie is very acurate, showing that the British first shot on the defensless Irish. Years later the British government investigated the events of that day, called the Stalker Report. Once the investigation was finished, the British refused to release the results of that investigation. This movie, is not one sided. It accurately portrays the events of that day, showing that the Irish were repressed of their due rights, by an invading, colonial government.Movie Review: Irish Republicanism Is Far From Dead!!
Summary: 5 Stars
i had to have a friend in Armagh Northern Ireland record a copy of this for me, send it, and go through a $60.00 hassle having a UK tape converted so i could see a grainy copy of this movie!! i was never sure it would reach American shores!! glad to see it has come to us here in the USA. this movie was done by a Brit filming company and i am glad to see it portrayed in the light as it took place!! it is HIGHLY recommended by me if youre a historian, or just want to know what happened in Derry of 1969!! over 800 yrs of many and my ancestors plight under Brit occupation!!! its a must see, well done movie!!! cheers!!!! it will open the eyes of those who dont know and bring possibly a teary eyed memories for those who do know or were there!? you will not be sorry for a good night watching this movie! the actors in it are class as well!!Tiocfaidh Ar La!!!