Watching other countries' wars of independence with corn and cola

Maeve 2022-05-12 14:57:14

I'm reluctant to write a review in the standard review writing style, mostly because I believe the review itself is subjective, and if you wrap it in an objective tone, it will be misleading. Just like this Michael Collins, I still can't tell if this history is really like a movie, or there are other differences.

But as a movie, Michael Collins is a very successful work. You'll be surprised at the beginning that the actor's Irish accent isn't that annoying, and you don't want some Pitt's crappy American-Irish country accent in Devil's Own to be uncomfortable. What's even more amazing is that Collins stayed at a friend's house after arriving in Dublin, and his friend had a Dublin accent - note that this is very different from the accent in other parts of Ireland. When I discovered this, I couldn't help but pull the bar back and listen to it again. I admired the director's carefulness and the actors' skills.

No country's War of Independence movie in the world will be as wonderful as China's, because the Chinese Civil War can bring 200,000 troops to the front, and 1/3 of them die, but the death toll of the entire Irish War of Independence is only about 1,500 (wikipedia. com), although the director made this work so turbulent and thrilling that I was disappointed for a long time when I finally found out that the number of deaths was only this small.

As a history study of other countries, this movie is a good supplementary teaching material, especially for students who are too lazy to read books, watching other countries' War of Independence movies with rice and cola, while learning is also a kind of enjoyment.

Suggested number of viewings: >3 For the

first time, I was confused in many places, after all, the history is too unfamiliar. Thinking that the terrorism that Michael Collins used to fight for national independence had such a deep influence that the problem of Northern Ireland has always been a hot potato, and sometimes it really makes people smile bitterly.

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Michael Collins quotes

  • Cathal Brugha: The Minister is as usual exceeding his brief!

    Michael Collins: And what is my brief, Cathal?

    Cathal Brugha: Intelligence.

    Michael Collins: Bullshit! I'm Minister for Gun-Running, Daylight Robbery, and General Mayhem.

  • Joe O'Reilly: You know what he'd say if he saw you right now, Kitty? Get up off the parliamentary side of your ass and put a bit of color in your face.