Posted by ROCKET SCIENTIST at pcp126744pcs.medfrd01.nj.comcast.net on January 20, 2002 at 15:34:56:
In Reply to: I' about to see Black Hawk Down...... posted by coolassgrip on January 20, 2002 at 15:16:38:
: and I know it's an easy movie to shun, but does anybody have an hones opinion who saw it?
: -Pat
My only opinion about this movie is that it tells a few white lies. And I don't like that in a docu-drama. It makes me think, "What else is the director lying about?"
One of the not-so-little white lies is that one of the US soldier "heroes" in the film is actually not such a hero in real life after all, and is currently serving a 30 year sexual assault sentence in Levenworth for having raped his own daughter. They changed his name for the movie after pressure from Pentagon officials was put on the producers. But he is one of the main characters in the film.
Also, I'm not sure if unloading a clip from a CAR-15 in a foreign country is a heroic thing. It's kind of like what a soldier is trained to do when he fast ropes out of an AH-64 into hostile territory.
The whole story seems embellished to me. It's like that Scott O'Grady F-16 over ejection over Bosnia movie...big fucking deal.
The guy's a fucking fighter pilot dropping bombs on other people. So when he ejects from his plane, I'm suppose to think he's a hero because his chaff and flares didn't fool the SA-2 surface to air missile that rammed his jet?
ROCKET