not a chick movie

Rating: 5/10 (23 September 2002)

OK, I'm a female and maybe not the target audience for this picture. I must admit that this part of African history was not fresh in my memory and therefor I found the beginning of the movie tough to watch by nevertheless very instructive. I guess it's easy not to feel concerned about problems in remote countries. Although I tried to make an effort an "get into" the story, it didn't work for me and started reading while my hubby and son kept on following the story, but even they admitted they didn't enjoy it that much. And first of all it was too long. Excellent photography, but that's Scott for you, as hubby said 'every shot is art directed', on the other hand the sound wasn't great but we put on it the fact that they probably tried to make it more realistic that way, to show how hard it was for soldiers to hear what others were saying with all the noise going on during the battle. I guess this movie is for viewers who are passionate about combat techniques or are soldiers themselves as for the others it's just a bit too heavy, I felt far more comfortable with Saving Private Ryan. And I'm also puzzled about the usage of "small" mobile phones at that time in such a poor area to have a proper network and providers, to be checked...