not a first date movie. :)

Rating: Null/10 (21 February 2002)

i have a friend who has family from that part of somalia. they were living there when this whole thing happened. his comment was simply... "that isn't how it happened". how true that is,i don't know. i have another friend who was a ranger in the very battle ridley scott depicts in this movie. unfortunately, he is currently stationed in afghanistan, so i don't suppose i'll be talking with him about somalia for the time being. i am curious to find out how the stories differ. my somalian friend said that the battle was not between the american soldiers and the somali people like the movie portrayed it to be. he said that it was just between the mililtia and the american soldiers, and that actually... many somalis died just from bullets zipping through the houses. (like 4 and 5 walls at a time) he said that was why there was such a high somali casualty.
in any case... the cinematography was fantastic, but the acting was a little dry. overall, i think that ridely scott did a good job considering the shoes he had to fill after steven speilburg's "Saving Private Ryan".
i will most likely buy this movie... if for nothing more, to serve as witness to my children of the way that hollywood warps history. :)