Good Movie...Thanks for Countless Questions

Rating: 10/10 (19 January 2016)

As in anything produced by Hollyweird, the 'entire true story' is always missing. I feel Mr. Bay did what he could, ending up delivering a good product. The producers and directors are driven by meeting a bottom-line and not hitching their wagons to any 'truth-wagon.' I am sure he would have made tons more cash if all the cats were let out of the bag. All he needed for a huge payday is for the lefty critics to unleash their ideological hell hounds loose soiling newspapers across the land. I mean, what difference, at this point, does it make? I guess you could ask the families of those who were needlessly lost. Anyways, kudos to Michael Bay, for tempering the story in the way he did, and delivering a message providing more questions than answers. The viewers can do their own research and reach their own conclusions – whether it ends up being, "more needs to be reviewed by those in power" - "we have enough and opt to drop the whole thing" – or just plain adhering to the bobble-head defense about that video causing the nonexistent protests. I am truly surprised this flick came out at all. With the political atmosphere in Tinsel-Town, I am glad to see Bay is still gainfully employed. I thought the movie was a good depiction of what little I know about the actual attacks. I did not see those protests brought on by some video (sarcasm), yet I still feel the directing and camera work reflects Mr. Bay's attention to detail – all were excellent. All the actors did an outstanding job, I think - at least. You see, I was not there, so I don't know what happened. I do feel the station chief was treated heavy-handedly. I don't know his full job or his real orders...I shouldn't. The Ambassador should have had his protection in the first place, where was it? It's almost as though the station chief was portrayed in a way that he would be viewed as the scapegoat for the entire mess, almost intended to deflect attention from the more influential players. I mean, part of his job was protecting that compound and his minions and not leaving his worker-bees unguarded Besides, each one of these people at the 'compound' appeared to have no weapons training at all. Technically, it was not the mission of his small detail of contractors to step upeven if these heroes are wired to do so. Conjecture on my part, but I would think people higher up should have authorized a military response – that's only my guess – and it obviously never came. This is such a sad story that should never have happened. There is so much to this movie and so much for the viewer to look up. Even though I will never know the entire story, my conclusion (at this time): With all the disgusting falsities, ginned up by highest leadership (?) and ignored duplicity sanctified by that same ilk, the events before and after sound more like implausible fiction than what it was, some elaborate politically driven three card Monte scheme. It is time to get grown-ups running the show. But that is only my conclusion. I highly recommend this movie, even if the tale is hard to digest. Cinematographically this might not meet all those required by those professional "Movie Goers" – I definitely don't really know, since I am no self- proclaimed cinema snob. Nor do my twenty years in the military paint me as any more of an authority than anyone else who was not thrown under the Bengahzi Bus. All I know is that I enjoyed the movie.