Dont let people tell you it's just about B&G..they've missed the point

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2002)

Black Hawk Down is a movie that in my opinion is tough to watch, but not because of the blood and guts aspect(it's not meaningless b&g). This movie is not a made-up plot with romantic twists and one-line jokes..this is a real life account of an event that actually happened, and for that reason i think that alot of people who didnt like the movie were expecting a more Saving Private Ryan type flick..everyone remembers the first 15 mins of SPR, totally shocking, but then the movie calms down, lets the audience relax, adjust and digest what they've just seen. Black Hawk Down isnt like that and doesnt try to be..it takes a real life situation that happened in 1993 and tells it like it is.. For people who make comments on this movie like 'what does showing us blood and guts tell us about war, do we really need this to show us that war is violent and brutal, what sort of insight is that into war', i'd say they totally missed the point...this movie isnt here to 'shock' you with blood and guts into realizing war sucks..everyone already knows war sucks..this movie just shows it the way it is, and if you dont believe it then ask those rangers and delta's who were lucky enough to make it back alive.. This movie takes a real life account and tells the story just as it happened. Period. You either like that kind of thing or you dont. But please dont say that it was just about blood and guts, because it obviously was not. As for was it good or not? yeah i liked it alot, it was the way the situation escalated from normal to bad to worse to unbelievable helplessness..very good movie in my opinion