It’s a great film that took a bit of poetic license.
Still out go to xmas movie every year. 11.30 RTE 2.
Parts were good, parts were not.
Great movie
A bit cringey in places but overall a great movie. The only negative side for me is that it reminds me of the tragic early history of the state and the civil war.
I think it’s generally regarded as a very solid movie that absolutely goes overboard in places. Like a lot of great things, it does indeed have its cringe- reminds me of reading the Lord of the Rings. Great book, also weaponised cringe in places.
It’s probably better than *Parnell*, which is generally regarded as one of the worst movies Hollywood has ever made. Clark Gable didn’t even have the trademark beard!
I’m sure she could be deep faked out of the movie.
It’s a good movie, just not very historically accurate.
A little less than half so. The movie starts in 1916 right? Collins was 26.
I guess the age difference isn’t as great as I imagined it.
I was 14 when it came out and when we studied Collins in history class I was struck by how young he was. I’m surprised Liam Neeson was so young, he always seemed much older.
Alan Rickman playing Evil Dev, as the Sheriff of Nottingham, is excellent.
It has a great ending. (He dies).
sorry for the spoiler.
I like it!
It’s got a good energy, they did try in fairness.
The assassination scenes are class
It’s good but they didn’t need to add in Julia Roberts.
A little of column A and a little of column B
Changed my mind on the benefits of turf
It’s good!
Good movie but fuck me its highly inaccurate. Could do with a remake.
Ah now, your only fussing like an auld hen.
At the time, if Julia Roberts hadn’t been in the movie, it wouldn’t have gotten made.
Think about that.
I think the only part of the movie that’s historically accurate is what a massive c**t Dev was.
The 90s aren’t exactly known for their lack of cheesiness so I think the fact that the movie has aged as well as it has is to be commended. Yes they take some great big liberties with historical accuracy, but most of these historical biopics do.
Fun fact: My uncle is standing behind Liam Neeson as an extra during the Bloody Sunday scene, wearing my Dad’s overcoat. A relative played in the actual match back in the day and my uncle wanted to pay tribute to him.
the guard was brilliant,going off track here lol
Cringy shit, its about as accurate as Amber Heard.
Needs to be a tv series, as the story is complex and the details are the most interesting parts of the story.
Definitely a good movie.
So many great scenes
That ‘who’ll take my place’ speech is up there with Mel Gibson’s in Braveheart
Not a single scene orbiting the moon ffs
“Everything is possible if you wish hard enough” – James Matthew Barrie as quoted by Peter Pan as quoted by Michael Collins as quoted by Liam Neeson
Not watched this in decades. Totally forgot she was in it.
Remember being very shocked about the Croke Park massacre. As a Scottish person I was entirely unaware of this incident.
Great film. Julia Roberts is okay. Doesn’t overwhelm the film.
It’s a good film that romanticises an evil and violent man
Little bit of A, a lot of B
While I don’t think it has the same place in pop culture here, I do think the film is more or less “Ireland’s *Braveheart*”.
While it plays fast and loose with some of the history, it’s about as accurate as pop history films tend to be, and does accurately capture the spirit of what’s going on the whole time, TBF. Plus it had some downright brilliant casting (Rickman as DeValera was some kind of twisted genius, it works ridiculously well): Julia Roberts’ part is probably the best remembered but, honestly, I found it easy to just switch off and ignore all that in light of the rest of the film.
I have never watched this movie because I can’t look at Julia Roberts in it. Worst decision ever made by a casting director,having an American actress in such an important historical Irish movie.
Very good film, I watch it annually every Christmas.
When I think of Easter Rising I think of this film and it was my first exposure to that as a kid which is funny since my relative is Sean MacDermott (Irish family – born in England).
Pretty solid movie overall. It’s funny there was a few IRA based movies that seem fairly sympathetic in this time. Probably helps America has always been pro-Irish Republican.
I like it. It brings the story to life and makes it accessible to people who would never learn about it otherwise. It is not that accurate, but more accurate than a lot of historical films. There is also an enormous amount to cover so large parts of the story are left out.
I’m usually hard on people for accents but I didn’t think Julia Roberts was that bad. Better than Liam Neeson’s Cork accent in parts (listen to the bit at the four courts where he says “go away home to your mothers”)
I would like to see a remake or a series made about it.
It was so good that even Julia Roberts coudn’t ruin it.
its a good action movie, not a good historical movie
I’ve honestly never seen it
It’s both.
If you cut out the love triangle, it’s a great movie.
Julia Roberts hate in this film is very strange. I’ve must have watched it about 20 times and never felt even the slightest cringe or distaste towards her performance
Simplistic Hollywood fare with one or two good performances. Alan Rickman was risible, Julia Roberts was awful, the GPO looked like it was made from papier maché, but Stephen Rea and Tom Murphy were excellent
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Its both!
The latter
It’s a great film that took a bit of poetic license.
Still out go to xmas movie every year. 11.30 RTE 2.
Parts were good, parts were not.
Great movie
A bit cringey in places but overall a great movie. The only negative side for me is that it reminds me of the tragic early history of the state and the civil war.
I think it’s generally regarded as a very solid movie that absolutely goes overboard in places. Like a lot of great things, it does indeed have its cringe- reminds me of reading the Lord of the Rings. Great book, also weaponised cringe in places.
It’s probably better than *Parnell*, which is generally regarded as one of the worst movies Hollywood has ever made. Clark Gable didn’t even have the trademark beard!
I’m sure she could be deep faked out of the movie.
It’s a good movie, just not very historically accurate.
A little less than half so. The movie starts in 1916 right? Collins was 26.
I guess the age difference isn’t as great as I imagined it.
I was 14 when it came out and when we studied Collins in history class I was struck by how young he was. I’m surprised Liam Neeson was so young, he always seemed much older.
Alan Rickman playing Evil Dev, as the Sheriff of Nottingham, is excellent.
It has a great ending. (He dies).
sorry for the spoiler.
I like it!
It’s got a good energy, they did try in fairness.
The assassination scenes are class
It’s good but they didn’t need to add in Julia Roberts.
A little of column A and a little of column B
Changed my mind on the benefits of turf
It’s good!
Good movie but fuck me its highly inaccurate. Could do with a remake.
Ah now, your only fussing like an auld hen.
At the time, if Julia Roberts hadn’t been in the movie, it wouldn’t have gotten made.
Think about that.
I think the only part of the movie that’s historically accurate is what a massive c**t Dev was.
The 90s aren’t exactly known for their lack of cheesiness so I think the fact that the movie has aged as well as it has is to be commended. Yes they take some great big liberties with historical accuracy, but most of these historical biopics do.
Fun fact: My uncle is standing behind Liam Neeson as an extra during the Bloody Sunday scene, wearing my Dad’s overcoat. A relative played in the actual match back in the day and my uncle wanted to pay tribute to him.
the guard was brilliant,going off track here lol
Cringy shit, its about as accurate as Amber Heard.
Needs to be a tv series, as the story is complex and the details are the most interesting parts of the story.
Definitely a good movie.
So many great scenes
That ‘who’ll take my place’ speech is up there with Mel Gibson’s in Braveheart
Not a single scene orbiting the moon ffs
“Everything is possible if you wish hard enough” – James Matthew Barrie as quoted by Peter Pan as quoted by Michael Collins as quoted by Liam Neeson
Not watched this in decades. Totally forgot she was in it.
Remember being very shocked about the Croke Park massacre. As a Scottish person I was entirely unaware of this incident.
Great film. Julia Roberts is okay. Doesn’t overwhelm the film.
It’s a good film that romanticises an evil and violent man
Little bit of A, a lot of B
While I don’t think it has the same place in pop culture here, I do think the film is more or less “Ireland’s *Braveheart*”.
While it plays fast and loose with some of the history, it’s about as accurate as pop history films tend to be, and does accurately capture the spirit of what’s going on the whole time, TBF. Plus it had some downright brilliant casting (Rickman as DeValera was some kind of twisted genius, it works ridiculously well): Julia Roberts’ part is probably the best remembered but, honestly, I found it easy to just switch off and ignore all that in light of the rest of the film.
I have never watched this movie because I can’t look at Julia Roberts in it. Worst decision ever made by a casting director,having an American actress in such an important historical Irish movie.
Very good film, I watch it annually every Christmas.
When I think of Easter Rising I think of this film and it was my first exposure to that as a kid which is funny since my relative is Sean MacDermott (Irish family – born in England).
Pretty solid movie overall. It’s funny there was a few IRA based movies that seem fairly sympathetic in this time. Probably helps America has always been pro-Irish Republican.
I like it. It brings the story to life and makes it accessible to people who would never learn about it otherwise. It is not that accurate, but more accurate than a lot of historical films. There is also an enormous amount to cover so large parts of the story are left out.
I’m usually hard on people for accents but I didn’t think Julia Roberts was that bad. Better than Liam Neeson’s Cork accent in parts (listen to the bit at the four courts where he says “go away home to your mothers”)
I would like to see a remake or a series made about it.
It was so good that even Julia Roberts coudn’t ruin it.
its a good action movie, not a good historical movie
I’ve honestly never seen it
It’s both.
If you cut out the love triangle, it’s a great movie.
Julia Roberts hate in this film is very strange. I’ve must have watched it about 20 times and never felt even the slightest cringe or distaste towards her performance
Simplistic Hollywood fare with one or two good performances. Alan Rickman was risible, Julia Roberts was awful, the GPO looked like it was made from papier maché, but Stephen Rea and Tom Murphy were excellent
It can be both.