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Summary: There IS a Spotlight Performance In This Film
Review: Great movie, you all covered the reasons why. But one of you said there really isnt a performance to pick out of the bunch. I beg to differ: as usual, Tom Sizemore steals the screen and makes another great performance, easily the most talented actor cast in this film as Colonel McKnight. Bar none, a great underrated actor of today. When they aren't showing footage of the convoy, you will find yourself yearning to get back to the convoy, and get back with Sizemore. Every film he's in, you feel comfortable when he's onscreen. That's a good actor. By the way, the book does the same thing. You yearn to get back to the convoy with Colonel McKnight. That's why Tom Sizemore is a great actor. Very few have this gift, to mention a couple: Robert DeNiro, and James Gandolfini.
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Summary: Black Hawk Down
Review: I love this movie, which is very suprising since I normally don't like war movies. I just can't get into them. A friend of mine forced me to watch the movie and I was hooked from the very first scene. There is a lot of blood and guts, and there are some really horrific scenes. If you are faint at heart prepare yourself, but the movie is great. The heroism of each and every Ranger and Delta operator is fantasically portrayed. It also gives due respect to the Somalians instead of depicting them as the typical enemy. This movie is great. I definitely recommend it to your collection.
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Summary: An EXCELLENT Film
Review: Although my military experience does not involve much contact with the Army, I found this film to a be a realistic portrayal. I'm a big Ridley Scott fan and believe he does a great job with detail and placing the filmgoer in another place and time. Although there are a few composite characters, it faithfully tells the story of what was perhaps the bloodiest small unit action since the Vietnam War. In the course of my recent travels, I happened to come across an individual who was deeply involved in this fight (and several times wounded)...his evaluation was also quite positive. This is the way movies about the military should be made!
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Summary: Interesting idea but...
Review: I am an aspiring film director so I do understand what this movie has done. It has shown battle as if the viewer of the film is in it. Not an ounce of formalism is present. 98 percent of this movie is combat. I appreciate that it has shown combat how it is, chaos and all. However, I do not think the fact that it shows combat realistically constitutes a "good film" for me. The constant wall of violent images becomes dull and gross after an hour or so. A shock technique with no purpose other than to disgust. Maybe it's premise was to make combat seem horrendous, but all I saw in this film glorified combat. This makes sense considering we are now a post 9/11 generation. Lines of intelligible dialogue are few and far between. A mission briefing full of military terms, a seizure while watching a movie, and shouts of "NO!" are about the only things heard throughout. One extra star is given because of it's combat portrayal, that while dead on in realism, suffers horribly because of it's negative to film qualities.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: Had our regrettable experience in Somalia never occurred, this movie would never have received the undeserved accolades it's gotten. Reviewer Robin Bell recommends reading the book to appreciate the movie. Absent that information the lack of plot, background, and character development leaves no more than a confusing melange of battle scenes, albeit presented sharply and with crystal clear sound.
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Summary: Really good movie.
Review: I know some people connected with the event and this is very similar to the way it actually went down. Amazing.
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Summary: one of the best
Review: One of the best movies ever almost. as good as "the thing" i was amazed by the special effects and the fighting constant fighting among the skinnes " the samalia malitia ." it was a constant battle between the two i give this a 5 star movie it almost felt like you were in the fire fight. at first i thought it was going to be a [poor] remake of the atual thing. this whole movie made me think of the clinton scandle and how he got our men in this.
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Summary: $ave Your Money...
Review: Great movie, but there'll be a special edition DVD with more features early 2003. Save your money for that DVD instead of this one.
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Summary: Great Modern Battle Movie
Review: This is an excellent movie in that it objectively captures much (but not most) of what was written in the book. I was sorry to see that almost all of the criticisms of the Clinton Administration were left out, but it did do an outstanding job of focusing on the personalities involved in the battle. I was sorry also to see that the position of the people of Somolia wasn't developed enough to garnish an adequate understanding of what they were dealing with, nor was it explained why they were so hostile to American assistance. Of course it must be conceded that Scott could do only so much with the time he had, so plenty will be left out by definition. Worth a couple of viewings, if not at least second time just to pick up on more things.
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Summary: A Terrific Master Piece
Review: This motion picture is a masterpiece. From the start of the fight, you can tell Ridley Scott did a great job. Tom Sizemore asks how much longer to get the humvies out, and he has to repeat himselfto hear. It makes you feel like your in the war, and how its so chaotic that you can't hear someone standing next to you.The only problem I have is that Josh Harnett is too much of a hero. When Todd Blackburn was going to fall, he shouted, " Go Blackburn go, go blackburn go", so you could tell something was going to happen. He also saw the RPG. Another part was when a soilder got his thumb shot off, (he went back to get it, so it shows how brave the soilders really were), but Harnett shouted "Are you OK, are you ok? NO! Don't go back". Another fault was when Sgt. Dominek Pilla was about to get killed, the guy shooting from the roof had white hands. This movie showed bravery (when the guy went to get his gun after his thumb was shot off), the violence of war ( When Tom Sizemore couldn't hear the guy right next to him, and when the kid shot his mother), and how the US Soilders felt ( When the soilders went back into the battle when they didn't have to, and the music also put a kind of mood into it). Another great job on Ridley Scotts part was when the 1st bird (Wolcotts) crashed, the entire tide of the battle moved. You could tell, which was a great part on Ridley Scotts part. Here's my LEAP rating:(out of 10) Language:9 Displays the raw art of war, but some bad lines by Josh Harnett takes something out of it. Erotica: n/a Acting:9 GREAT acting, emotions and facial expressions tell it all, but Josh Harnett takes some away (again) Plot:10 Attack on Somalia goes bad, and once Wolcotts bird goes down, it gets frantic.
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