rice-1
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I have posted before on this film. I am from Northern Ireland and am well aware of the facts and feel qualified to give an opinion.
There are so many faults with this film that seem to be being ignored. This is based on the statements to the Saville inquiry as people have said..but guess what, the Saville inquiry is only half way through the evidence and hasn't heard from the soldiers involved.
This is biased, it was made by a well known left wing film maker Paul Greengrass, who used to work for World in Action. That is not to denegrate anyone for being left wing but it should flag up where they are coming from.
The film showed a token IRA presence, which was included no doubt to allow rioters to be seen chasing them away, I wish. There is equal evidence and claims of the IRA shooting first why was this not shown in the film? There were a number of IRA men on the streets that day, why show one or two.
Why because it is more fashionable to knock the army, and to assume their guilt even though the Saville enquiry has not finished. I wonder if the enquiry finds any different from this film or hears conflicting evidence will we see another film being made - hardly.
What next? a film about the three innocent 'tourists' in Gibraltar? or the poor AlQueda tourists on the streets of Khandahar?
What about a film showing how the IRA tied poor catholic workers to vehicles with explosives turning them into 'suicide bombers' all beit that the IRA hadn't the bottle to drive them themselves.
There are so many faults with this film that seem to be being ignored. This is based on the statements to the Saville inquiry as people have said..but guess what, the Saville inquiry is only half way through the evidence and hasn't heard from the soldiers involved.
This is biased, it was made by a well known left wing film maker Paul Greengrass, who used to work for World in Action. That is not to denegrate anyone for being left wing but it should flag up where they are coming from.
The film showed a token IRA presence, which was included no doubt to allow rioters to be seen chasing them away, I wish. There is equal evidence and claims of the IRA shooting first why was this not shown in the film? There were a number of IRA men on the streets that day, why show one or two.
Why because it is more fashionable to knock the army, and to assume their guilt even though the Saville enquiry has not finished. I wonder if the enquiry finds any different from this film or hears conflicting evidence will we see another film being made - hardly.
What next? a film about the three innocent 'tourists' in Gibraltar? or the poor AlQueda tourists on the streets of Khandahar?
What about a film showing how the IRA tied poor catholic workers to vehicles with explosives turning them into 'suicide bombers' all beit that the IRA hadn't the bottle to drive them themselves.
Here we go again...another piece of one sided political propaganda which fails to give a realistic rounded view of this incident when IRA terrorists shot at British troops under cover of a local riot.
There is little mention of this perspective, this would hardly suit the political agenda which this film waves loudly. There is no discussion of the events leading up to this incident ie that large numbers of police and innocent civilians had been bombed and killed by terrorists under similar circumstances.
The so called civil rights march also included people calling these terrorists, political prisoners, presumably they would believe that those Al Queda prisoners in Cuba are political prisoners also.
The film ignores the facts in the search for emotional fairytale land. A poor film which deserves to be called a party political broadcast. 1/10.
There is little mention of this perspective, this would hardly suit the political agenda which this film waves loudly. There is no discussion of the events leading up to this incident ie that large numbers of police and innocent civilians had been bombed and killed by terrorists under similar circumstances.
The so called civil rights march also included people calling these terrorists, political prisoners, presumably they would believe that those Al Queda prisoners in Cuba are political prisoners also.
The film ignores the facts in the search for emotional fairytale land. A poor film which deserves to be called a party political broadcast. 1/10.
This film leaves us still waiting for an unbiased objective film about the 'troubles'. The makers behind this film were also behind other films taking the republican side..In the Name of The Father etc..
A travesty which excuses itself by claiming to be based on the truth, while making obvious assumptions of guilt on the British side , whilst not exploring the many claims of guilt and involvment from the republican side.
The villans and good guys are left as black and white as in a chidrens pantomime. Can a film so obviously operating an alternative agenda and so lacking in balanced perspective ever be considered a good film...no
Releasing this now, at the time of an official tribunal is at best niaive at worst it may be considered reckless.
There is no Bloody Sunday, for the innocent victims of terrorist activities in Northern Ireland, on both sides, every day is Bloody.
A travesty which excuses itself by claiming to be based on the truth, while making obvious assumptions of guilt on the British side , whilst not exploring the many claims of guilt and involvment from the republican side.
The villans and good guys are left as black and white as in a chidrens pantomime. Can a film so obviously operating an alternative agenda and so lacking in balanced perspective ever be considered a good film...no
Releasing this now, at the time of an official tribunal is at best niaive at worst it may be considered reckless.
There is no Bloody Sunday, for the innocent victims of terrorist activities in Northern Ireland, on both sides, every day is Bloody.