Great Film...but Read Book to get better understanding!

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2002)

I have read many of the comments and reviews of this film, many view this as a war film. I have also seen many films that say based on a true event...this film is as close as I have ever seen in a film. To really understand the film you really should read the the book its based on "Black hawk Down" by Mark Bowden. These are based on real people who died. Some have pointed out that it left out a lot of the political background....if you wanted that, the film would have been at least a week long. However there were some very telling points hinted at in the film...the lack of proper back-up from Washington, the role of the UN in taking sides in the Civil War,the constant pressure from the White House for results etc I was very impressed with the effort to be as realistic as possible. The comments by some that the jokes were lame....these are recollections of comments by guys in the middle of the firefight. Unless you are in the middle of somewhere where men women and children are trying to Kill you its impossible to make judgements. The antagonism between Delta and the Rangers CO was very well protrayed. Unfortunately our political leaders will continue not to think things true. Over the last 10 years I have seen a growing willingness to look at solutions of sending the troops in as this will solve the problems that arise. In Bosnia the troops were only supposed to go in for a year. They are still there. Could something like this happen there? Although not an American I am amazed to find that so few people even knew about this whole battle as alot of people I have met thought this film was just a work of fiction. Unfortuantely it seems too many people no longer follow anything but movie stars and TV sitcoms.