Blackhawk Down Left Me Speechless

Rating: 10/10 (28 September 2005)

After watching this movie I was in a daze for about a 1/2 hour. So graphic, so real, so tragic. I had seen Saving Private Ryan and I was shook up by that movie but I rationalized well, that was a Great War...past...out of sight, out of mind...not real.
But when I saw Black Hawk Down I thought, wow so this is what war is really like. Brothers in arms, dying in each others arms. Professionals (like the Delta operators), wanting to do a good job and sometimes failing and sometimes paying the ultimate price...
On another level, I can say that I admire these young men (and some old ones there too!) for fighting proficiently while being out numbered, surrounded, cut off and in a seemingly hopeless fix. Especially I will always remember Sgts. Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon for their bravery and professionalism. If I was the downed pilot I cannot think of the emotions I would have felt if these two guys came to stand by me and possibly die with me.
To me the question being raised by this movie is not "Do we avoid situations like this in the future?" but "How do we do it right next time?". I recommend it most highly!