See it for Nostalgia Sake

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2013)

Black Hawk Down is probably my favorite war movie. So well paced with battle scenes vs. non-battle scenes and ultimately memorizing. Forgetting any probable claims of inaccuracy to what actually happened in October '93, but solely as a film, and as a work of art. I know that you're thinking, "what about Saving Private Ryan? It's Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and a pleasant addition of Matt Damon," I know, and don't get me wrong, an extremely respectable film, but I suppose if I had to choose, it's gotta be BHD. Maybe because of my age and that this event occurred while I was alive (i.e. more modern weapons and tactics being demonstrated), whereas SPR is WWII, so, in a very respectable way, dated for me(?) A really tough call, but I suppose "Desert Island" rules, and I had to choose a war film specifically, BHD takes the gold. The movie is more than 10 years old, if you haven't seen it already, do yourself a favor at least once.