Sadly Over-hyped

Best movie of this year hands down!

An absolute waste of money

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

I thought season 1 was fantastic and I really hope they release season 2 soon! There was good suspense throughout the five episodes, but I do wish there were more episodes in the season. I really liked the speed of the show, it laid out the characters very well and did not rush anything, which I thought was a big plus. I do not like when shows move too quickly and skim over all of the character development, so I am very glad they did not do that with this series, even though there were only five episodes. The cinematography was also beautiful, the colors and camera work elevated the show from "good" to "great" in my mind. All in all, I think Rebellion is a fantastic show. The characters are engaging, dynamic, and full of depth. The plot line drew me in and kept my attention the entire way through.

It's an entertaining story, but it feels like the characters are stereotypes, not real people. Perhaps more grating is the fact that inaccuracies and anachronisms abound. The time is 1916, but there are several terms used which never appeared in English at the time. The character of May uses the term 'brainwashed', which first appeared - in the US - in the early 1950s during and after the Korean War; an apparently British character says 'lootenant' when the correct British pronunciation is 'leftenant' (for some mysterious reason, but that's another discussion). When giving absolution, the priest uses 'Holy Spirit', which only came into use after Vatican II around 1963; 'Holy Ghost', was the term used by Catholics until that time. These are just the things that jumped out at me in the first two episodes.

would love to be able to write glowing review but Rebellion is such a waste, all that talent, the story Synge, O'Casey et all must be roaring. The stereo types, the Dubs dirty thieving atheists while the god fearing culchies sure we still be doffing our caps to the queen oh I forgot that's come back into fashion. The problem is 21st century TV has taken a jump in production quality that has left anything but the very best looking so staged. Its so ironic that the culprit for this has its best parts made in Ulster. The script has such high standards to compare to, if you can watch an Alfred Hitchcock production of Juno and the Paycock from 1930, filmed almost entirely in one room to know what a story there is to be still told of 1916 and all that. Tiocfaidh ár lá

"I didn't look at their CVs," It seems like he didn't bother to do a lot of things. A Finnish guy who quite obviously doesn't know much about Irish history directs a series about the most pivotal few weeks in Irish history. Makes sense, but only in Donnybrook where they have a vested interest in downplaying, trivialising and confusing the events of 1916. The old spirit of Irish rebellion scares the bejaysus out of the corrupt establishment in this country,RTE is the mouthpiece of that establishment.The rising was brushed under the carpet by RTE like it was with the Government. Were nearly apologetic as a nation to how we fought back against the British.. It's like we're saying "Sorry about that" and come the anniversary itself people will be holding up placards saying "Careful Now" Instead of being proud for standing up for ourselves and fighting back against the Brits Why spend so much on fiction when there is enough material to do a very accurate historical piece?….a wasted opportunity .Absolutely appalling TV; neither dramatical nor historically factual. better off watching Seachtain Na Casca on TG4 way better.