I haven’t seen this film, but I’ve heard that it’s a favourite for a Best Picture Academy Award, despite it not even being set in America? And that it briefly mentions “civil rights” and implies that Protestants were violent? WTF?
I’d hate to think that Kenneth Branagh, a director who has been knighted by the Queen, has gone down the woke SJW cuck path.
Are Protestants not violent?
shareI'd imagine there was actually violence from both sides. However, I didn't see any Protestant violence in the movie. The street where Protestant Buddy/Branagh lives/lived was attacked by Catholic violence.
shareNo. The street was mixed Protestant and catholic. The street was attacked by Protestants who attacked only Catholic houses.
It was to protect the catholic minority that Wilson sent troops in. Which ended up backfiring.
I've not yet seen it, and hope to, but a street that was mixed Protestant and Catholic even in 1969 at the start of the Troubles?
That seems odd, even before the peace walls etc. But maybe. It would not have been unusual for Unionists gathering their forces to be harsh against a fellow Unionist in their neighborhood, who wished not to join them.
So it did not necessarily need to be Catholics they were fighting.....just sayin'.
But to be fair, I need to see the film first. I came here to see what folks thought of it. It's on my to-do list.....
let us know what you thought of it when you manage to see it.
I didn't grow up in Belfast in 1969 (in kent instead!) so Im trusting Branagh on this :-) There are clear indications in the opening scenes that it is a mixed street and its only Cathloic homes that are initially targeted (although the non violent protestants are still sh1t scared!)
And yes you are correct about unionist/protestant on unionist/protestant - its why eventually the ending is what it is.
You people are fucking pathetic.
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