I believe that Ken Loach’s filmmaking style is what Hollywood should start looking at and try to imitate. This movie’s design shows how effective a movie can be without CGI animated effects and over the top camera angles. It also shows how Hollywood has become so enamored with stylistic directors.
By shooting the actors with a wide angle long lense, Loach allows his actors to move in comfort without the stringent use of the camera mark. This along with the natural realism of his shooting style, the actors are now allowed to act off one another which helps create a more compelling scene. The reason that I like and respect Loach’s technique is because the movie doesn’t seem amateurish at all.
The storyline sticks to a beginning middle and an end and it is quite refreshing. Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Batman Begins, and Sunshine) plays the lead Damien O’donovan, outcast, doctor and partial leader of the guerilla movement that took place in Ireland during the 1920’s. His brother Teddy O’donovan (Padraic Delany) heads the guerilla warfare group and eventually trades sides to become a British Confidant (after the treaty of 1920). In the beginning of the story, Murphey is torn and confident that he is going to leave Ireland for more medical practice; however, the influence of his brother Teddy pulls him back. Murphy soon realizes that he is a part of Ireland and that he has to fight for the democracy that the Irish want and believe.
The near perfect script continues to build on the trust of the brothers and climaxes to their doomed ultimate decision in the end. I believe that the ending is the most satisfying in the movie.
At first he was obsessed with Hollywood and the movies that came out of Hollywood, and then Peter saw David Lynch's 'Eraserhead.' The mind blowing surreal movie changed his perception on movies forever, and he hounded for more. Because of the dark tone that David Lynch incorporates in his films, Peter generally seeks out films that are identical. His favorite films tend to be politically based, dark and surreal, and have a sense of realism or poetry in them. His favorite genre is horror, but he does enjoy a comedy (more dark than light) now and again. There are times, however, that he does enjoy a little entertainment. 
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