tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707239644945244949.post1056108757179279562..comments2023-07-19T10:58:45.187+01:00Comments on FilmWhinge: REVIEW: A Belfast Story (2013)Matthew McKernanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15038152954727829038noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707239644945244949.post-70588888488078577752019-10-22T09:55:33.950+01:002019-10-22T09:55:33.950+01:00Initially I thought the movie was bullshit but the...Initially I thought the movie was bullshit but the second time round I came to understand that this is a brilliant movie simply because it tells us that violence is so evil. That vengeance is just, except the detective always walked a middle road. The story line lies in the death of his beloved daughter and in the death of the gunman's loss of his whole family. The scene where the true motives for these deaths takes us way beyond the politic and into the very deep heart of loss. For those of us who lived these years, we realize that our children will have to sort it out. Always lurking in the back ground is the British, still allowing "Shoot to kill " I like this movie because it allows us to grapple with the armed resistance who were offered the path of war. This movie is powerful. All soldiers kill war is raw spelt backwards. As a survivor of bombings I felt the other side, imagine having to fight for one man one vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7707239644945244949.post-56351701701477904642013-10-01T21:58:44.163+01:002013-10-01T21:58:44.163+01:00Hear, hear. I just got home from this film and sta...Hear, hear. I just got home from this film and started Googling it desperately, trying to work out how on earth it got made. I've never seen dialogue that bad on a big screen before; characters spent masses of time explaining who they were and why they were doing what they were doing, in language that was ludicrously overblown yet somehow flat. Even given the constant repetitive explanations, the basic mechanics of the plot didn't hang together. Worst of all, the film seemed to have some sort of a moralising agenda, but was hopelessly, stupidly morally confused and contradictory. How on earth did this get funded? Why did Colm Meaney (or anyone else) go along with it? The credits included 'With Thanks To God' - who were its earthly backers? So weird. Baffledhttp://www.qub.ac.uknoreply@blogger.com