Oleg Volk ([info]olegvolk) wrote,
@ 2008-03-06 21:19:00
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Movies review: The Wind That Shakes the Barley
http://www.thewindthatshakesthebarley.co.uk/

Excellent. It's a look down the middle of the divide between Collins and DeValera factions. Unlike Michael Collins, it is a gritter film with more realism to it.

Visuals: 9 (beautiful but marred by grainy transfer)
Acting: 8
Plot: 9 (plenty of ambiguities, very good intro to "Civil Wars 101")
Props: 10
SFX: 7
Editing: 8 (slightly slow)

Was nice to see a few socialists shot.


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[info]britanetz
2008-03-07 12:57 pm UTC (link)
Don't know how I could've missed it. Thanks.

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[info]wolfhound668
2008-03-07 01:24 pm UTC (link)
Worst part of the Michael Collins movie: casting Julia Roberts as Kitty Kiernan. Who in the name of all that's holy thought *that* was a good idea? I also could have done without the 'executions' scene that was almost a direct ripoff from The Godfather.

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