The Wind That Shakes the Barley

I liked this movie. I thought the scenery was beautiful and I wanted to go visit Ireland after watching it. I would be interested in seeing this as part of a three-part Irish lesson with Michael Collins and In the Name of the Father. There are probably others that would connect that canon together. I liked hearing about this time period. I don't think I went in with much, if any, knowledge about the period, and I think that caused me to miss some things early. I liked watching the brothers change sides in their battle for freedom, one going from the stay out of the fire intellectual to the fiery revolutionary, the other going from fiery revolutionary to queller of the revolution. I think there is no doubt the movie supports the ideals of Cillian Murphy's character, the younger brother. I found it intriguing that this movie suggests that the IRA began as an effort to form a Socialist Republic of Ireland. I did not know that. A good tragedy. I think I may want to see it again sometime.