Visually Excellent Film....and that's about it

Rating: Null/10 (17 January 2002)

Black Hawk Down was, like most Ridley Scott movies, visuall superb. Some of the shots in the movie were incredible. The gritty atmosphere that was created worked...unfortunately, that's all that worked.
I've found that who you are affects what you'll think of this movie. If you're patriotic, you'll probably like it. If you've served with the military or are all about the military, you'll probably enjoy the movie.
After leaving the theatre, I felt as if I had just watched something that belonged on the History Channel as a documentary, not on the big screen. You could care less about the charachters, and it's more of just waiting to see how much more violent the movie can get. **Spoilers** The two scenes that involved Somalis actually speaking (the General Otto and milita guy that kidnapped the pilot) were totally useless and irritating. The only reason they were put in was for their lines about why we shouldn't be in Somalia. After that, you are left wondering..."why in the hell was that scene there?".
I'd wait for Blockbuster to see this if I were you..just a loud action flick. Unless you need your patriotic fill of course.