THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY tv3

SIX PACK · 04-04-2010 09:50PM #1

this film is well made Just reminds me why so many of us hate the English

MickShamrock · 04-04-2010 10:15PM

I thought it was alright. I was a little disappointed. Expected better after reading all the press.

Zhane · 04-04-2010 10:17PM

People honestly needs to move on. :rolleyes:

efb · 04-04-2010 10:17PM

Build a bridge etc

barney 20v · 04-04-2010 10:18PM

SIX PACK wrote: »

this film is well made Just reminds me why so many of us hate the English

I think you mean the British old pip?

Magic Eight Ball · 05-04-2010 12:01AM

SIX PACK wrote: »

this film is well made Just reminds me why so many of us hate the English

mike65 · 05-04-2010 12:02AM

SIX PACK wrote: »

this film is well made Just reminds me why so many of us hate the English

Okay get out from behind that keyboard and let em have it - all 50,000,000 of them

05-04-2010 02:51AM

Dreadful film, anyone who thinks that the film legitimises hatred of the English is a complete and utter twat.

fryup · 05-04-2010 09:41AM

imo, movies like these are not helpful....i mean we're in the middle of the peace process we don't need movies like these stirring up bad feelings again.

gunny · 05-04-2010 11:28AM

Youhave to know your past to forge your future. History is what makes a nation. What our forefathers endured should make us more determined to make a better future, pity our own government dont feel this way

Hagar · 05-04-2010 11:32AM

fryup wrote: »

imo, movies like these are not helpful

I was hoping they would show Dam-Busters or Bridge over the River Kwai. :rolleyes:

Minstrel27 · 05-04-2010 12:30PM

fryup wrote: »

imo, movies like these are not helpful....i mean we're in the middle of the peace process we don't need movies like these stirring up bad feelings again.

You cannot ignore your history either.

Micky Dolenz · 05-04-2010 12:33PM

Is an alright movie, made for an American audience. Really dumbed down and simplified a complex part of our history.

doughef · 05-04-2010 12:33PM

SIX PACK wrote: »

this film is well made Just reminds me why so many of us hate the English

Agree 100%

MaighEoAbu · 05-04-2010 12:39PM

What our people did in the past to get our freedom under years of imperialism is nothing short of the truest form of patriotism. I can and never will understand people who refuse to acknowledge what our people had to go through for hundreds of years and then to get their country freedom.

Films like this are brilliant and fair dues to the creators of this one.

doughef · 05-04-2010 12:46PM

MaighEoAbu wrote: »

What our people did in the past to get our freedom under years of imperialism is nothing short of the truest form of patriotism. I can and never will understand people who refuse to acknowledge what our people had to go through for hundreds of years and then to get their country freedom.

Films like this are brilliant and fair dues to the creators of this one.

I think you put this really well. It think some people are almost embarrassed to have any sort of patriotic or nationalist views.
I for one will be glued to the TV tonight. I've seen this film twice before. Hard viewing but worth it.
Fitting too thats its on Easter Monday

bringitdown · 05-04-2010 12:54PM

Ya I can't wait to get my hands on a couple of Vikings ... they'll pay for what they did.

Elmo · 05-04-2010 12:56PM

mike65 wrote: »

Okay get out from behind that keyboard and let em have it - all 50,000,000 of them

There aren't 50million English some of that figure includes Welsh, Scots and even some Irish. :rolleyes:

Is an alright movie, made for an American audience. Really dumbed down and simplified a complex part of our history.

Yeah Ken Loach makes movies for American audiences. (An English Director BTW).

Ya I can't wait to get my hands on a couple of Vikings ... they'll pay for what they did.

The English were the only ones not to integrate as they realized that "they Were more Irish then the Irish themselves" if they did. It took them a number of years to figure that out. (Thank god for Ulster).

Magic Eight Ball · 05-04-2010 03:24PM

MaighEoAbu wrote: »

Films like this are brilliant and fair dues to the creators of this one.

This wouldn't happen to be you by any chance would it?

TonyD79 · 05-04-2010 04:18PM

Shouldnt this be in the films forum..what next celtics latest match on tv being discussed in the Television forum :rolleyes:

Elmo · 05-04-2010 05:04PM

TonyD79 wrote: »

Shouldnt this be in the films forum..what next celtics latest match on tv being discussed in the Television forum :rolleyes:

The Snapper was talked about at length here on TV.

MaighEoAbu · 05-04-2010 05:14PM

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

This wouldn't happen to be you by any chance would it?

This wouldn't happen to be you would it?

iguana · 05-04-2010 05:24PM

Elmo wrote: »

There aren't 50million English some of that figure includes Welsh, Scots and even some Irish. :rolleyes:

You're wrong, England makes up nearly 85% of the UK population which is estimated to be over 62,000. The population of England is well over 50,000.

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Is an alright movie, made for an American audience. Really dumbed down and simplified a complex part of our history.

Yeah, everyone knows the civil war was fought because of Julia Roberts.

JohnMearsheimer · 05-04-2010 11:58PM

I watched it but I won't be buying the DVD.

Hagar · 06-04-2010 06:58AM

iguana wrote: »

Yeah, everyone knows the civil war was fought because of Julia Roberts.

That was a different movie, she was Kitty Kiernan in Michael Collins.

MrStuffins · 06-04-2010 07:09AM

I find all this rubbish really sad!

"Our heroes fought for our freedon blah blah blah..... so we have to hate the English and The Queen and blah blah blah"

British people have no baring on what went on between the Irish and the British back in the day, because the people involved are all dead. Surprising as this may be, i don't feel any hatred toward any British person over what his acestors might have been involved in.

For all you know you might've liked being under British rule. Seems to work for the British! Everyone gives out about the Irish Govt. Maybe if we were still under British rule we'd be in a better position!

People need to get over it and find something else to be angry about!

"Brits Out Brits Out...... what score was the Man Utd match today Wacker?"

Elmo · 06-04-2010 10:50AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

"Our heroes fought for our freedon blah blah blah..... so we have to hate the English and The Queen and blah blah blah"

British people have no baring on what went on between the Irish and the British back in the day, because the people involved are all dead. Surprising as this may be, i don't feel any hatred toward any British person over what his acestors might have been involved in.

For all you know you might've liked being under British rule. Seems to work for the British! Everyone gives out about the Irish Govt. Maybe if we were still under British rule we'd be in a better position!

We should be proud of our patriots that fought the war of Independence. The word "hate" is always miss used. We don't go on enough about these men who fought for us and for our freedom. Who during the 1800s asked for universal suffrage and who were denied by The House of Lords Home Rule on several occasions.

The British didn't rule countries well thats why so many asked for great powers for themselves. I would rather see the people that live in a country running its affairs than absentee landlords.

The British are far more proud of their nation in particular the English who are only to willing to point to the winning of 2 world wars (I wonder if they weren't just as responsible for WW1). The forget that they "Tried to take over the world" just like so many other European nations. I am not saying that they should not be proud.

In Ireland we can't be nationalistic. Nothing in Ireland works and everything in Britain is far better. And over the last number of years Irish Nationalism is slowly being sent down the road of European Nationalism (not good). Irish Nationalism was about inclusion and our national flag represents that inclusion. Many of the people who fought for us were Anglo-Irish protestants.

I personally am not a fan of any Monarchs, I don't see why they should be given such a role based on their dubious bloodlines.

Minstrel27 · 06-04-2010 11:30AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

I find all this rubbish really sad!

"Our heroes fought for our freedon blah blah blah..... so we have to hate the English and The Queen and blah blah blah"

British people have no baring on what went on between the Irish and the British back in the day, because the people involved are all dead. Surprising as this may be, i don't feel any hatred toward any British person over what his acestors might have been involved in.

For all you know you might've liked being under British rule. Seems to work for the British! Everyone gives out about the Irish Govt. Maybe if we were still under British rule we'd be in a better position!

People need to get over it and find something else to be angry about!

"Brits Out Brits Out...... what score was the Man Utd match today Wacker?"

What I find really sad is the opinion that all republicans hate everything British. I find that to be narrowminded idiocy.

MaighEoAbu · 06-04-2010 12:12PM

MrStuffins wrote: »

I find all this rubbish really sad!

"Our heroes fought for our freedon blah blah blah..... so we have to hate the English and The Queen and blah blah blah"

British people have no baring on what went on between the Irish and the British back in the day, because the people involved are all dead. Surprising as this may be, i don't feel any hatred toward any British person over what his acestors might have been involved in.

For all you know you might've liked being under British rule. Seems to work for the British! Everyone gives out about the Irish Govt. Maybe if we were still under British rule we'd be in a better position!

People need to get over it and find something else to be angry about!

"Brits Out Brits Out...... what score was the Man Utd match today Wacker?"

The only people who have been mentioning anything about the hatred of the British are the people like you on the thread who refuse to acknowledge how Ireland gained freedom and instead resort to pathetic tactics like that ( which btw show that you have absolutely nothing intelligent to add to this thread as you obviously know nothing about Ireland's history ). Tbh I can't stand people who refuse to acknowledge Ireland's past and their ancestors who risked their lives for the future of their country. I love my country, I'm a patriot. Unlike you, I'm not afraid to say I love Ireland.

Hagar · 06-04-2010 02:17PM

Minstrel27 wrote: »

What I find really sad is the opinion that all republicans hate everything British. I find that to be narrowminded idiocy.

Where do people get off making remarks like that? That comment is blatantly untrue. I'm a Republican and I hate nobody. There are many, many more like me. Loving one country doesn't equate to hating another. Hate is an insidious evil, as are bigotry and prejudice.

SEPT 23 1989 · 06-04-2010 02:26PM

Wasnt a patch on Micheal Collins

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY tv3

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