heroes left and right

Rating: 10/10 (20 February 2002)

I just saw this film and I heard nothing but good reviews from my friends and the critics. So i wanted to see if they were right. One column stated that you couldn't compare it to anything and that you'd have to see it to know the experience of the film. Boy, was it right. 100% right. This film blew me away. it is easily one of the best films of 2001, along with A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and Ali. You will never again watch a helicopter in a movie without thinking first of this. You will never watch ER the same because this film makes it look like Sesame Street. You will never hear a gunshot the same after you witness the amazing sound effects. As soon as the Somalis begin firing, you flinch at every shot because they feel so close, it is amazing.
The actors are great, but it still cannot compare to the action and effects and the hard work that went into this. The scenes in the helicopters, flying over the city are breathtaking. They look amazing, with the smoke and scenery, it puts you right there. Even teh music plays a role in teh film, by speeding up its tempo with the action, and focuses on the Americans, everytime one dies, the music stops, but it is done masterfully. I give this film a very diserving 5 out of 5 stars. Absolutely, one of the best, or the best war films ever. I said that about Saving Private Ryan, but this surpasses it. Just great, but one question bothers me. Why the heck did teh Americans want to get mixed up in all of this. I mean, it defienetly wasn't worth 19 young lives, and the fighting hasn't stopped, has it? and to quote the film and Plato, the only man who wsn't seen war is the dead.