If you think this is pro-American propaganda, then you're an idiot

Rating: Null/10 (26 January 2003)

I'm sick and tired of seeing all these goddamn people (both Americans and foreigners) who run around the forums saying that this is a glorification of the battle of Mogadishu, and that it's not historically accurate. The thing is, none of you trolls ever prove anything. You just say that Black hawk down is pro-American BS and then you run away.
For one, there is no glorification in the movie. One soldier falls out of a chopper before the fight starts, another soldier's lower half is blown away, and two soldiers' bodies are nearly ripped apart and dragged through the streets. Real f*cking glorified, isn't it? Second- the movie is probably the most historically accurate war movie in recent years. Yeah, lots of you jackasses love to say Hollywood made stuff up, when in reality, the movie was faithful to Mark Bowden's book down to the dialogue. The only significant fact that was twisted was that Eversman (Josh hartnet) did not spend the night in Mogadishu. Thirdly, some people say it's racist because it shows Americans (mainly white Americans) shooting at Somalis. Well, Somalis happen to be BLACK. What was Ridley Scott going to do, color the militia purple so you won't get offended? BHD is a realistic re-creation of what happened and not intended to be racist. Fourth- some claim that BHD is very gung-ho and has images of Americans slaughtering Somalis by the hundreds. Except for the sequence where the two Delta snipers are defending the crashed chopper (which happened), there are no John Wayne-type images in the movie. Any soldier in this movie can get hit. Nobody is special. You also have to remember that the US troops were severely outnumbered, in hostile territory, and fighting the entire city. They were fighting for their lives, not killing Somalis because it was fun. And finally, people p*** and moan about how negative the Somalis are portrayed. How are they portrayed negatively? They get guns and defend their homes against invading US troops. Both sides suffer. You see this in the beginning, which shows images of starving somalis, and you see it at the end when the doctor is carrying the dead child across the street. And then there's the speech made by the pilot's captor about how it's not America's war, and about how the US troops come to his country and kill his people. So I suggest that a lot of you guys think before you start posting negative BS about this movie.