Bloody Sunday
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Movie Reviews of Bloody Sunday
Movie Review: Super
Summary: 5 Stars
Very dramatic without being a "Hollywood" type of film. Shows how awful the Brits actually were to Catholics in the North. Must see.Movie Review: Let the Truth be Told
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great honest movie. It had the courage to tell the truth that only now is being told. I highly recommend it.Movie Review: More dramatic than it seems
Summary: 4 Stars
One more film on this Bloody Sunday, will you say. Shot for television in 2001. What can we add to the plain fact of 13 people killed in cold blood by the paratroopers of Her Majesty the Queen of England without any clzear order to do so ? There is no excuse for this event, absolutely no excuse. The march should not have been banned and blocked in the first place. That was a total misunderstanding of the situation. And the English had never had anything to do in Ireland in the first place. The film though is not as effective as it could have been because the editing choice is pretty simple, not to say bizarre. Why try to produce a sloppy, amateurish and old TV documentary when everyone knows it is done on purpose by professionals in 2001 and with only filmed professional actors. It makes the film very chaotic and unsmooth. The only thing that is clear is that the demonstrators were pretty amateurish in their non-violent disorganized organization whereas the paratroopers were pretty good professionals at obeying an order that never existed and the army was very good at covering up the event. And we have to keep in mind it will take more than 25 years to finally start moving towards a political settlement. And it is still fragile and could erupt again any time even if the situation is improving steadily day after day. We are still far from the end. Keep in mind that 13 dead people in Londonderry is probably more than in Tien An Men if we take into account the respective populations of Northern Ireland and China, and even one casualty would have been too many. As far as I know there was no casualty when Martin Luther King marched in Washington DC, and we can be absolutely sure that Martin Luther King's Baptist dream was just as valuable as that of these Northern Irish Catholic citizens, and vice versa of course.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University of Paris Dauphine & University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne
Movie Review: James Nesbitt triumphs
Summary: 4 Stars
This film truly succeeds as cinema verite: the acting is quite amazing in bringing you into the experience as authentic, quite viscerally. My appreciation of actor James Nesbitt is expanded, having really enjoyed him in the TV Drama "Cold Feet", an entirely different role (a UK "Friends" and then some. But Nesbitt is merely the most visible in an excellent cast overall.As with all cinema verite, the viewer should not be deceived into thinking that the experience is true and unbiased-- it is indeed a tale told from one side of the controversy. Still the effort at impartiality by revealing flaws on both Irish and British parts contribute greatly to the believability of the film. Unruly Irish hooligans provoke break ranks with peaceful marchers and provoke British troops; IRA are in the wings ready to exploit any opportunity from this peaceful demonstration. The Brits are not monolithic bad guys; you have a sense of some trying to do the right thing, and an understanding, if not empathy, with how the dynamics of the situation could contribute tragic consequences.
If you enjoyed this, also have a look at "In the Name of the Father" with Daniel Day-Lewis and Pete Postlethwaite.
Movie Review: Tiocfaidh ar lá
Summary: 4 Stars
Bloody Sunday was the day when finally the world opened their eyes and saw how brutal and disgusting the Brtis really were.I'm not an anti- british guy but you have to admit they did put us through alot. What annoys me is the fact people can forget that so quickly...and yet 9/11 will be remembered forever..
Im an Irish Catholic myself and this was a day of shame on the irish people and others who are related to Ireland. Til this day the North is War Zone. Sinn Féin are still being looked down upon by the rest even though they are the only people still fighting for the full united Ireland.
The film itself was deadly. Its a sensitive subject which was taken on with brave film making.I really liked the whole home made look to the film it was really effective.
Finaly the world sees the real British Army....not this patriotic Iraqi bullsh*t