Great movie! NOT RACIST OR PATRIOTIC!

Rating: 10/10 (26 January 2002)

A great movie that is consistently being put down by idiotic accusations, BLACK HAWK DOWN is outstanding. One thing I hate to see are people accusing this movie as of being racist, and patriotic. To touch the subject of it `being' racist, for those who say this, I think, may not be sure, but I think it is because of the way the Somalian militia are portrayed in this movie. Now people have said it shows them being barbaric savages. People say it's a misinterpretation, but if we remember, the Somalian militia did grab those two pilot bodies and drag them through the streets, they stepped andkicked the bodies, spit on the bodies, and basically tore the body apart. Now if that is not a barbaric savage act, then I have no idea what it is then. But if your saying that you take the side of that militia that did that to those pilots, then you are being racist towards the American soldiers. I remember, I was about 7 to 8 years old, it was 1993 and I remember watching CNN the day after the events. I walked into the room while my parents were looking at this savage act. I glanced at the television and saw the bodies of those pilots being torn and kicked. It was the first time I had ever seen a dead body. It was the first time I learned how much hatred there was in the world. Even at that early age I though of that soldiers family, and how they must feel at seeing this. Now if you say that the way that militia was shown in the movie is a racist act, then you have just proven to everyone you're an idiot. Wars are about killing people, and the way a side wins is by killing people. It doesn't matter what skin color they are.
Now to get to those who say this is just a patriotic movie. The movie is not about America being better. The movie is not about the politics. The movie is not even about the battle, but what happened to the people in that battle. Meaning that it was what would you do if you were in that event? What would you do if your friend is in trouble? The movie is about the fellowship of your fellow soldiers. The movie shows what extraordinary things sticking together can do. The tag line of the movie is `Leave No Man Behind'. The movie does not go into politics whether America should have gone in there, or showing the flag of hope. The movie is about the friends you make. And if you do not agree, then you either did not watch movie, or you have no idea what was going on in that movie.
Black Hawk Down is an outstanding movie about soldiers in a war. It is second to Saving Private Ryan. The movie truly shows the chaos in war. And on a plus, the actors, even Josh Hartnett did an extremely perfect job in the movie. I give this movie 10 out of 10. A PERFECT SCORE!