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** The ambush that killed Collins was some sort of conspiracy by De Valera. There is nothing to suggest it was anything but a regular ambush by only 5 men against Collins' much massively more powerful convoy. During the debates over the Treaty Collins had been goaded by his political enemies that he had never himself fired a shot during the conflict, sending teenagers out to murder people in their beds whilst remaining safely behind his desk. Rather than simply driving through Collins insisted on stopping to fight, exposed himself to fire on the fleeing enemy and was killed by one of the last shots fired.
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** The ambush that killed Collins was some sort of conspiracy by De Valera. There is nothing to suggest it was anything but a regular ambush by only 5 men against Collins' much massively more powerful convoy. During the debates over the Treaty Collins had been goaded by his political enemies that he had never himself fired a shot during the conflict, sending teenagers out to murder people in their beds whilst remaining safely behind his desk. Rather than simply driving through Collins insisted on stopping to fight, exposed himself to fire on the fleeing enemy and was killed by one of the last shots fired.
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** The ambush that killed Collins was some sort of conspiracy by De Valera. There is nothing to suggest it was anything but a regular ambush by only 5 men against Collins' much massively more powerful convoy. During the debates over the Treaty Collins had been goaded by his political enemies that he had never himself fired a shot during the conflict, sending teenagers out to murder people in their beds whilst remaining safely behind his desk. Therefore rather than simply driving through Collins insisted on stopping to fight, exposed himself to fire on the fleeing enemy and was killed by one of the last shots fired.
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** The ambush that killed Collins was some sort of conspiracy by De Valera. There is nothing to suggest it was anything but a regular ambush by only 5 men against Collins' much massively more powerful convoy. During the debates over the Treaty Collins had been goaded by his political enemies that he had never himself fired a shot during the conflict, sending teenagers out to murder people in their beds whilst remaining safely behind his desk. Therefore rather Rather than simply driving through Collins insisted on stopping to fight, exposed himself to fire on the fleeing enemy and was killed by one of the last shots fired.
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** A wholly negative depiction of the Royal Irish Constabulary who in real life were described by Irish Secretary Augustine Birrell as "largely elderly men preoccupied with fishing". In the modern era the government of the Irish Republic has increasingly sought to honour the force, accepting they were decent men trapped in an impossible situation. The Irish Unionist viewpoint is also never addressed and the IRA's victims are wholly depicted negatively.
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** A wholly negative depiction of the Royal Irish Constabulary who in real life were described by Irish Secretary Augustine Birrell as "largely elderly men preoccupied with fishing". In the modern era the government of the Irish Republic has increasingly sought to honour the force, accepting they were decent men trapped in an impossible situation. The Irish Unionist viewpoint is also never addressed and the IRA's victims are wholly depicted negatively. Irish Unionist leader David Trimble disparaged the film as Irish history as Irish Nationalism would like to believe it was rather than reality.
** Bloody Sunday is depicted as a knockout blow against British intelligence in Dublin. However it only killed 7 of the most junior members of the "Cairo Gang" whose organisation was nearly 100 strong, one of its' members commenting in the long term it made virtually no difference. No British officer used a woman as a shield and gunned down 2 IRA members, instead his pregnant wife miscarried trying to protect him. No armoured car machine-gunned the crowds at Croke Park and Army search teams recovered over 50 pistols from the stadium afterwards. Broy was not beaten to death for his treason either but like many of Collins' other moles would survive to be rewarded with a high position in the Irish Free State, becoming head of its' new police force, the Garda
** That the disastrous raid of the Customs House was a turning point in the conflict. Whilst it was the most humiliating of the IRA's defeats the organisation was already in big trouble by 1921, the British government abandoning its' policy of appeasement and ending the repeated release of IRA prisoners. By mid 1921 they were desperately short of funds, arms and ammunition with over 4500 members in prison and hundreds more killed. Sir Ormonde Winter, the head of British intelligence actually considered Michael Collins himself his number one source of information, capturing so many of his documents that he had to create an entire department, the Raid Bureau, in order to read them all.
** Bloody Sunday is depicted as a knockout blow against British intelligence in Dublin. However it only killed 7 of the most junior members of the "Cairo Gang" whose organisation was nearly 100 strong, one of its' members commenting in the long term it made virtually no difference. No British officer used a woman as a shield and gunned down 2 IRA members, instead his pregnant wife miscarried trying to protect him. No armoured car machine-gunned the crowds at Croke Park and Army search teams recovered over 50 pistols from the stadium afterwards. Broy was not beaten to death for his treason either but like many of Collins' other moles would survive to be rewarded with a high position in the Irish Free State, becoming head of its' new police force, the Garda
** That the disastrous raid of the Customs House was a turning point in the conflict. Whilst it was the most humiliating of the IRA's defeats the organisation was already in big trouble by 1921, the British government abandoning its' policy of appeasement and ending the repeated release of IRA prisoners. By mid 1921 they were desperately short of funds, arms and ammunition with over 4500 members in prison and hundreds more killed. Sir Ormonde Winter, the head of British intelligence actually considered Michael Collins himself his number one source of information, capturing so many of his documents that he had to create an entire department, the Raid Bureau, in order to read them all.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Inevitable, of course. Of particular note is the film's depiction of the Croke Park massacre on Bloody Sunday 1920 (there have been ''several'' Bloody Sundays in Ireland), the death of Harry Boland, and the idea that De Valera was behind the assassination of Collins.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Inevitable, of course. Of particular note is the film's depiction of the Croke Park massacre on Bloody Sunday 1920 (there have been ''several'' Bloody Sundays in Ireland), the death of Harry Boland, and the idea that De Valera was behind the assassination of Collins. Perhaps the most egregious are;
** No mention of the 1912 Home Rule, the Irish Parliamentary Party persuading the British government to grant Ireland progressive independence in the same manner as Canada, Australia, New Zealand. The casual viewer would be left with the impression that independence would not have happened without violence but some form was always inevitable. Equally it is not established that the Easter Risers were operating in support of the Germans.
** A wholly negative depiction of the Royal Irish Constabulary who in real life were described by Irish Secretary Augustine Birrell as "largely elderly men preoccupied with fishing". In the modern era the government of the Irish Republic has increasingly sought to honour the force, accepting they were decent men trapped in an impossible situation. The Irish Unionist viewpoint is also never addressed and the IRA's victims are wholly depicted negatively.
** That the controversy over the Treaty was about Ireland being partitioned and Northern Ireland remaining part of the UK. Actually Northern Ireland was barely discussed, already up and running for 2 years with little the IRA could do about it, the controversy was over the rest of Ireland remaining within the British Empire but with a slightly increased form of self government in return for the split. The pro-Treaty faction did not believe in it but argued a return to conflict would spell inevitable defeat, the anti-Treaty argued it was nothing more than the Irish Parliamentary Party could have obtained peacefully if they had accepted partition, meaning all the death and violence was for nothing.
** The ambush that killed Collins was some sort of conspiracy by De Valera. There is nothing to suggest it was anything but a regular ambush by only 5 men against Collins' much massively more powerful convoy. During the debates over the Treaty Collins had been goaded by his political enemies that he had never himself fired a shot during the conflict, sending teenagers out to murder people in their beds whilst remaining safely behind his desk. Therefore rather than simply driving through Collins insisted on stopping to fight, exposed himself to fire on the fleeing enemy and was killed by one of the last shots fired.
** No mention of the 1912 Home Rule, the Irish Parliamentary Party persuading the British government to grant Ireland progressive independence in the same manner as Canada, Australia, New Zealand. The casual viewer would be left with the impression that independence would not have happened without violence but some form was always inevitable. Equally it is not established that the Easter Risers were operating in support of the Germans.
** A wholly negative depiction of the Royal Irish Constabulary who in real life were described by Irish Secretary Augustine Birrell as "largely elderly men preoccupied with fishing". In the modern era the government of the Irish Republic has increasingly sought to honour the force, accepting they were decent men trapped in an impossible situation. The Irish Unionist viewpoint is also never addressed and the IRA's victims are wholly depicted negatively.
** That the controversy over the Treaty was about Ireland being partitioned and Northern Ireland remaining part of the UK. Actually Northern Ireland was barely discussed, already up and running for 2 years with little the IRA could do about it, the controversy was over the rest of Ireland remaining within the British Empire but with a slightly increased form of self government in return for the split. The pro-Treaty faction did not believe in it but argued a return to conflict would spell inevitable defeat, the anti-Treaty argued it was nothing more than the Irish Parliamentary Party could have obtained peacefully if they had accepted partition, meaning all the death and violence was for nothing.
** The ambush that killed Collins was some sort of conspiracy by De Valera. There is nothing to suggest it was anything but a regular ambush by only 5 men against Collins' much massively more powerful convoy. During the debates over the Treaty Collins had been goaded by his political enemies that he had never himself fired a shot during the conflict, sending teenagers out to murder people in their beds whilst remaining safely behind his desk. Therefore rather than simply driving through Collins insisted on stopping to fight, exposed himself to fire on the fleeing enemy and was killed by one of the last shots fired.
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* AllForNothing: Collins is forced to sign the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty after Britain threatens a return to conflict, allowing six counties (Northern Ireland) to remain part of Britain in return for the other 26 counties (the Irish Free State) being granted a slightly larger degree of independence within the British Empire. De Valera, Boland and many others reject this as being far short of their dreams, no more than the Irish Parliamentary Party could have gained peacefully had they accepted the same terms as part of the 1912 Home Rule Bill. A vicious civil war erupts resulting in the death of Collins, Boland and thousands of others.
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* AllForNothing: Collins is forced to sign the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty after Britain threatens a return to conflict, allowing six counties (Northern Ireland) to remain part of Britain in return for the other 26 counties (the Irish Free State) being granted a slightly larger degree of independence within the British Empire. De Valera, Boland and many others reject this as being far short of their dreams, no more than the Irish Parliamentary Party could have gained peacefully had they accepted the same terms as part of the 1912 Home Rule Bill.Bill passed by parliament in 1912 (Britain granting Ireland limited self-government within the Empire with progressive independence in the same way as Canada, Australia, New Zealand etc). A vicious civil war erupts resulting in the death of Collins, Boland and thousands of others.
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A ''huge'' hit in Ireland where the real life Collins is a national hero for Irish Nationalists (and reviled by Irish Unionists). It is, in fact, the most successful Irish-produced movie ever made. Helping was its being given the Irish equivalent of a PG rating (despite its highly violent content); the board decided that, due to its historical material, parents should be allowed to determine whether or not their children should see it.
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A ''huge'' hit in Ireland where the real life Collins is a national hero for Irish Nationalists (and reviled by Irish Unionists).Unionists as simply a terrorist godfather). It is, in fact, the most successful Irish-produced movie ever made. Helping was its being given the Irish equivalent of a PG rating (despite its highly violent content); the board decided that, due to its historical material, parents should be allowed to determine whether or not their children should see it.
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A ''huge'' hit in Ireland where the real life Collins is a national hero.hero for Irish Nationalists (and reviled by Irish Unionists). It is, in fact, the most successful Irish-produced movie ever made. Helping was its being given the Irish equivalent of a PG rating (despite its highly violent content); the board decided that, due to its historical material, parents should be allowed to determine whether or not their children should see it.
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* AllForNothing: Collins is forced to sign the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty after Britain threatens a return to conflict, allowing six counties (Northern Ireland) to remain part of Britain in return for the other 26 counties (the Irish Free State) being granted a slightly larger degree of independence within the British Empire. De Valera, Boland and many others reject this as being far short of their dreams, no more than the Irish Parliamentary Party could have gained peacefully had they accepted the same terms as part of the 1912 Home Rule Bill. A vicious civil war erupts resulting in the death of Collins, Boland and thousands of others.
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* SmugSnake: Smith, the Northern Irish police officer who comes to Dublin Castle with his colleagues to sort out these troublesome rebels for good and all. He and his mates make it as far as their car [[spoiler: which then explodes, killing them all]], making him a BigBadWannabe.
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* SmugSnake: Smith, the Northern Irish police officer The Belfast Detective who comes to Dublin Castle with his colleagues to sort out these troublesome rebels for good and all. He and his mates make it as far as their car [[spoiler: which then explodes, killing them all]], making him a BigBadWannabe.BigBadWannabe.
-->'''Belfast Detective''': There's a new regime in here! And it's startin' now! Good day, Mr. Broy. [''to his colleagues''] Bit of Belfast efficiency is what they need. [''He gets into the car and slams the door. Cue ExternalCombustion.'']
-->'''Belfast Detective''': There's a new regime in here! And it's startin' now! Good day, Mr. Broy. [''to his colleagues''] Bit of Belfast efficiency is what they need. [''He gets into the car and slams the door. Cue ExternalCombustion.'']
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* SmugSnake: Smith, the Northern Irish police officer who comes to Dublin Castle with his colleagues to sort out these troublesome rebels for good and all. He and his mates make it as far as their car [[spoiler: which then explodes, killing them all]], making him a BigBadWannabe.
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* NiceHat: At the ceremony to take down the British flag Collins asks the British officer if he (Collins) gets the hat, too. Given the time period, most of the male characters wear pretty nice fedora's throughout.
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* NiceHat: At the ceremony to take down the British flag Collins asks the British officer if he (Collins) gets the hat, too.
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* NiceHat: At the ceremony to take down the British flag Collins asks the British officer if he (Collins) gets the hat, too. Given the time period, most of the male characters wear pretty nice fedora's throughout.
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* TheSpook: Invoked by Collins. He goes to great pains to protect his identity, to the point that the British authorities don't even have a real picture of him.
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''Michael Collins'' is a 1996 biopic about the eponymous UsefulNotes/{{Ir|eland}}ish [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution revolutionary]]. It was directed by Neil Jordan and starred Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/StephenRea, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/AidanQuinn, Creator/CharlesDance, and Creator/JuliaRoberts.
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''Michael Collins'' is a 1996 biopic about the eponymous UsefulNotes/{{Ir|eland}}ish [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution revolutionary]]. It was directed by Neil Jordan and starred stars Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/StephenRea, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/AidanQuinn, Creator/CharlesDance, and Creator/JuliaRoberts.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Collins big time, Broy and Bollard to lesser extents.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Collins big time, Broy and Bollard Boland to lesser extents.
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''Michael Collins'' is a 1996 biopic about the eponymous UsefulNotes/{{Ir|eland}}ish [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution revolutionary]]. It was directed by Neil Jordan and starred Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/StephenRea, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/StephenRea, Creator/AidanQuinn, Creator/CharlesDance, Creator/AidanQuinn and Creator/JuliaRoberts.
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* ItsPronouncedTropay: His name is not Boy, it's ''Broy''.
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* CoolCar: Collins' official state car had been a yellow Leyland Eight. Out of which just 18 were made and none survived in original form, only one is still extant, assembled from spares in 1929 with a short chassis and roadster bodywork. So the car got played in the film by another gem from TheRoaringTwenties, a Lanchester 40.
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** The above mentioned moment when Collins asks Soames for a light. Because obviously the real Collins is the last person who would walk up to the man trying to catch him.
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** Collins tells his IRA subordinates to account for every bullet they use when engaging [=RIC=] officers. So an aversion. Collins was actually Finance Minister in the underground Sinn Fein government of Ireland at the time, and had been an accountant with the Royal Mail before, giving him a head for those matters.
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** Collins tells his IRA subordinates to account for every bullet they use when engaging [=RIC=] officers. So an aversion. Collins was actually Finance Minister in the underground Sinn Fein Féin government of Ireland at the time, and had been an accountant with the Royal Mail before, giving him a head for those matters.
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* TheBigGuy: Collins' nickname is "the big fella" due to his status in the revolution and the fact that he was quite tall at 5'11 and heavily built. This is even more pronounced in the film where he's played by Liam Neeson who is 6'4 and towers over the rest of the cast.
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* TheBigGuy: Collins' nickname is "the big fella" due to his status in the revolution and the fact that he was quite tall at 5'11 and heavily built. This is even more pronounced in the film where he's played by Liam Neeson who is 6'4 6'4" and towers over the rest of the cast.cast, except for Charles Dance (Soames) who is 6'3". At one point Collins asks Soames for a light so he can get a look at him. Soames has no idea he is face to face with Collins.
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* TheBigGuy: Collins' nickname is "the big fella" due to his status in the revolution and the fact that he was quite tall at 5'11 and heavily built. This is even more pronounced in the film where he's played by Liam Nesson who is 6'4 and towers over the rest of the cast.
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* TheBigGuy: Collins' nickname is "the big fella" due to his status in the revolution and the fact that he was quite tall at 5'11 and heavily built. This is even more pronounced in the film where he's played by Liam Nesson Neeson who is 6'4 and towers over the rest of the cast.
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* FiringSquad: What the leaders of the Easter Rising get to face. De Valera doesn't since he was born in America, and the British government can't risk alienating the US as an ally in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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* FiringSquad: What the leaders of the Easter Rising get to face.face, including Connolly, who was near death from wounds sustained in the fighting anyway. De Valera doesn't since he was born in America, and the British government can't risk alienating the US as an ally in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI.
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* BoomHeadshot: Collins' cause of death, as was the case in real life.
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* SadisticChoice: As Ireland slides ever closer to civil war due to growing tension between supporters and opponents of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, Collins is left with one; either lead the Irish Free State's army against the anti-Treaty IRA (many of who are former comrades or men he trained during the War of Independence) or the British Army will be sent in to do it (with the tacit implication the British government will also revoke Ireland's free state status).
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* ReverseMole: Broy.
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''Michael Collins'' is a 1996 biopic about the eponymous Irish revolutionary.UsefulNotes/{{Ir|eland}}ish [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishRevolution revolutionary]]. It was directed by Neil Jordan and starred Creator/LiamNeeson, Creator/AlanRickman, Creator/CharlesDance, and Creator/JuliaRoberts.
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** The British authorities and the Black & Tans (predictably enough). While the latters' conduct was by no means admirable, their actions in Croke Park were greatly amped up for the [[RuleOfDrama sake of drama]].[[note]]During the actual shooting, RICSR officers fired on the tribunes with rifles because they mistook ticket sellers for IRA shooters. In the film, the armored car rolls onto the playing field and machine-guns the assembly when the players decide to carry on the game in spite of the raid.[[/note]] [[WordOfGod Neil Jordan]] himself admitted that, by exaggerating the atrocities, he essentially wanted to make the subject matter LighterAndSofter.
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** The British authorities and the Black & Tans (predictably enough). While the latters' conduct was by no means admirable, their actions in Croke Park were greatly amped up for the [[RuleOfDrama sake of drama]].[[note]]During the actual shooting, RICSR officers fired on the tribunes with rifles because they mistook ticket sellers for IRA shooters. In the film, the armored armoured car rolls onto the playing field and machine-guns the assembly when the players decide to carry on the game in spite of the raid.[[/note]] [[WordOfGod Neil Jordan]] himself admitted that, by exaggerating the atrocities, he essentially wanted to make the subject matter LighterAndSofter.
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** In part, this is due to poor communication; many interpret the film as falsely suggesting that De Valera was responsible for the assassination of Michael Collins, which was never the director's intent.
** Even though it showed De Valera being not at all aware of the plan to assassinate Collins-rather, extremely upset by the divide which occurred between them. Collins' assassin even seems to take advantage of his being too distraught to give a reply so he can organize an ambush.
** The British authorities and the Black & Tans (predictably enough). While the latters' conduct was by no means admirable, their actions in Croke Park were greatly amped up for the [[RuleOfDrama sake of drama]].[[note]]During the actual shooting, RICSR officers fired on the tribunes with rifles because they mistook ticket sellers for IRA shooters. In the film, the armoured car rolls onto the playing field and machine-guns the assembly when the players decide to carry on the game in spite of the raid.[[/note]] [[WordOfGod Neil Jordan]] himself admitted that, by exaggerating the atrocities, he essentially wanted to make the subject matter LighterAndSofter.
** Even though it showed De Valera being not at all aware of the plan to assassinate Collins-rather, extremely upset by the divide which occurred between them. Collins' assassin even seems to take advantage of his being too distraught to give a reply so he can organize an ambush.
** The British authorities and the Black & Tans (predictably enough). While the latters' conduct was by no means admirable, their actions in Croke Park were greatly amped up for the [[RuleOfDrama sake of drama]].[[note]]During the actual shooting, RICSR officers fired on the tribunes with rifles because they mistook ticket sellers for IRA shooters. In the film, the armoured car rolls onto the playing field and machine-guns the assembly when the players decide to carry on the game in spite of the raid.[[/note]] [[WordOfGod Neil Jordan]] himself admitted that, by exaggerating the atrocities, he essentially wanted to make the subject matter LighterAndSofter.
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** In part, this is due to poor communication; many interpret the film as falsely suggesting that De Valera was responsible for the assassination of Michael Collins, which was never the director's intent. \n** Even though In fact it showed De Valera being not at all aware of the plan to assassinate Collins-rather, extremely upset by the divide which occurred between them. Collins' assassin even seems to take advantage of his being too distraught to give a reply so he can organize an ambush.
** The British authorities and the Black & Tans (predictably enough). While the latters' conduct was by no means admirable, their actions in Croke Park were greatly amped up for the [[RuleOfDrama sake of drama]].[[note]]During the actual shooting, RICSR officers fired on the tribunes with rifles because they mistook ticket sellers for IRA shooters. In the film, thearmoured armored car rolls onto the playing field and machine-guns the assembly when the players decide to carry on the game in spite of the raid.[[/note]] [[WordOfGod Neil Jordan]] himself admitted that, by exaggerating the atrocities, he essentially wanted to make the subject matter LighterAndSofter.
** The British authorities and the Black & Tans (predictably enough). While the latters' conduct was by no means admirable, their actions in Croke Park were greatly amped up for the [[RuleOfDrama sake of drama]].[[note]]During the actual shooting, RICSR officers fired on the tribunes with rifles because they mistook ticket sellers for IRA shooters. In the film, the
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The film consistently depicts the morality of the IRA's terrorist/guerrilla war against the UK largely in terms of what side Collins is on. When Collins is for revolution, revolution is the answer; when Collins decides that the revolution is over and turns his forces against those who want to keep the war going, that's that. The movie makes only half-hearted attempts at ambiguity, clearly basing itself on the audience siding with Collins.
* RefugeInAudacity: One of the most wanted men in Ireland doesn't even bother with disguises while blithely cycling around Dublin. TruthInTelevision. This is because Collins went to great pains to ensure that his face was never photographed, hence the British literally had no idea who they were looking for. He finally revealed himself at the treaty negotiations.
* RefugeInAudacity: One of the most wanted men in Ireland doesn't even bother with disguises while blithely cycling around Dublin. TruthInTelevision. This is because Collins went to great pains to ensure that his face was never photographed, hence the British literally had no idea who they were looking for. He finally revealed himself at the treaty negotiations.
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* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: The film consistently depicts the morality of the IRA's terrorist/guerrilla war against the UK largely in terms of what side Collins is on. When Collins is for revolution, revolution is the answer; when Collins decides that the revolution is over and turns his forces against those who want to keep the war going, that's that. The movie makes only half-hearted halfhearted attempts at ambiguity, clearly basing itself on the audience siding with Collins.
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** One of the most wanted men in Ireland doesn't even bother with disguises while blithely cycling around Dublin. TruthInTelevision. This is because Collins went to great pains to ensure that his face was never photographed, hence the British literally had no idea who they were looking for. He finally revealed himself at the treaty negotiations.
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** One of the most wanted men in Ireland doesn't even bother with disguises while blithely cycling around Dublin. TruthInTelevision. This is because Collins went to great pains to ensure that his face was never photographed, hence the British literally had no idea who they were looking for. He finally revealed himself at the treaty negotiations.
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* MoreDakka: Collins tells his IRA subordinates to account for every bullet they use when engaging [=RIC=] officers. So an aversion. Collins was actually Finance Minister in the underground Sinn Fein government of Ireland at the time, and had been an accountant with the Royal Mail before, giving him a head for those matters.
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* MoreDakka: MoreDakka:
** Collins tells his IRA subordinates to account for every bullet they use when engaging [=RIC=] officers. So an aversion. Collins was actually Finance Minister in the underground Sinn Fein government of Ireland at the time, and had been an accountant with the Royal Mail before, giving him a head for those matters.
** Collins tells his IRA subordinates to account for every bullet they use when engaging [=RIC=] officers. So an aversion. Collins was actually Finance Minister in the underground Sinn Fein government of Ireland at the time, and had been an accountant with the Royal Mail before, giving him a head for those matters.
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Roberts' accent is infamously bad. The common consensus is that Aidan Quinn's accent is also patchy at best, but you don't notice it because Roberts' is so much worse.
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** The eponymous male lead was played quite well by Northern Irish actor Creator/LiamNeeson, but not with the appropriate Cork accent.
** Roberts' accent is infamously bad. The common consensus is that Aidan Quinn's accent is also patchy at best, but you don't notice it because Roberts' is so much worse.
** The eponymous male lead was played quite well by Northern Irish actor Creator/LiamNeeson, but not with the appropriate Cork accent.
** Roberts' accent is infamously bad. The common consensus is that Aidan Quinn's accent is also patchy at best, but you don't notice it because Roberts' is so much worse.
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* CharacterTitleCastingGag: Brendan Gleeson plays Liam Tobin. He had played Michael Collins himself in a film called ''The Treaty''.
