Review of The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) by Jason P — 25 Aug 2010

Never did a film successfully show such intensity and intrigues about a history. I'm not telling it's really accurate; what film is? It is not about the history entirely itself, anyway. From what I've seen and what I've caught, the filmmakers wanted to inspire, to tickle a bit of our sense, to raise a debate: Which is right and which is wrong? In a war, both sides are gracefully right and at some point, they are also wrong. That's what the film is about. That's what we want to solve. Every perspective, every idea is at their individual mind; it leaves the purpose to point out the result.

Moreover, the film delivers a beauty of Ireland in a way only Ken Loach knows how to capture it. I can't imagine no one wants such beautiful, solemn land for their own. I can't resist my eyes from the screen, embracing the beauty of it. The cinematography is one of the strong points, and I don't think the film will fail even if they made it no better than this.