Michael Collins


If you're anywhere near as obsessed with Ireland as I am then Michael Collins is a must see. It amazing how he was the only one who managed to bring freedom to Ireland in 700 years and singlehandedly oversaw it's transition to democracy and this was all accomplished before he was 31 years old.

What struck me was the decision the Irish faced in the 2nd half of the film - do they accept the treaty that the British has proposed to remain allegiant  (is that a word?) to the UK but be self governed or fight on for an independent Ireland? What would we have done if given such a choice? Would the Americans have fought on and risked hundreds of thousands additional lives or would we have been willing to compromise? On that note, why was the English willing to let us go, but so reluctant to to free Ireland? 

Spoiler Alert....

And the last scene with the juxtaposition of Kitty (Julia Roberts) buying her wedding dress and Michael (Liam Neeson - an actual Irishman) being assassinated  was one of the most well done scenes of bloody brilliance that I've seen in a long long time.  

2 comments:

Chana said...

Wow! I want to see it! It looks amazing. About the Ireland questions... if you'd be coming to Israel, you could've asked my grandma... She's Irish. Boohoo.

Chanie said...

yes hon, it was really amazing, use my netflix account it's a watch instantly...

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