Black Hawk Down

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-25 01:50am

Anyone seen it ? It is a fantastic war movie. I especialy liked how realistic the movie was. Instead of focusing on one hero it realistic depicted a group of soldiers

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-05-25 01:57am

I bought it on DVD, and then I bought the special edition when that came out on DVD.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-05-25 02:06am

It was pretty cool. In a "This makes me hate war" kind of way, but also in a "If I WAS in a war, these are the kind of guys I'd want on my side."

I don't know if it's realistic, but any film which has Eric Bana in it is, by definition, cool. Let's not forget Orlando Bloom dying in the most ignoble of fashions.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2004-05-25 02:55am

Stofsk wrote:It was pretty cool. In a "This makes me hate war" kind of way, but also in a "If I WAS in a war, these are the kind of guys I'd want on my side."

I don't know if it's realistic, but any film which has Eric Bana in it is, by definition, cool. Let's not forget Orlando Bloom dying in the most ignoble of fashions.

Didn't the character that Orlando Bloom play survive? I thought he just seriously injured his back.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-05-25 02:58am

Yes, he did survive. I think it only looked like he died from the way that the ending scenes with him were shot.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-05-25 03:00am

I thought BHD was absolutely fantastic. Realistic, no shit, gritty, gory, fantastic and that bitch Bloom gets crippled in a heart beat. No time for those fanwhores to go "oooooh!". He just slips and gets crippled. Awesome.

The music was great, the effects were fantastic, the story was simple and it was great.

Icehawk · Post by **Icehawk** » 2004-05-25 03:26am

Black Hawk Down was a great movie. It really captured the grisly business of modern day urban combat very well and it was just an all round cool experience to watch.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-25 03:45am

http://www.bhd93.com/

A good sites on the events of Black Hawk Down.

Stofsk · Post by **Stofsk** » 2004-05-25 04:20am

Kamakazie Sith wrote:Didn't the character that Orlando Bloom play survive? I thought he just seriously injured his back.

I apparently didn't pay too much attention. I just liked seeing him fall.

"Oh, Legolas - how your grace has failed you. *tsk tsk*"

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » 2004-05-25 08:05am

A most excellent movie, by a most excellent director. The dying scene lasted too long for my taste, and called back too many similarities with Band of Brothers, but the rest was top notch, certainly the most realistic depiction of urban combat so far depicted on a movie, even if the story doesn't exactly mirror the historical facts in some points.

What I really hate is, all those that slander the movie for not showing the political aspects, the background history for the Special Forces deloyment in Somalia, or for (gasp!) racism bias against black people... Hello! This is a movie focusing only on a mission that went tits up, and about the men that had to survive for the night in the middle of a hostile town! Idiots.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2004-05-25 08:22am

Stofsk wrote:I don't know if it's realistic, but any film which has Eric Bana in it is, by definition, cool. Let's not forget Orlando Bloom dying in the most ignoble of fashions.

Any time you have a movie where the soldiers don't fire their M-16s from the hip at full auto for 2000 straight rounds, the realism factor is kicked up a few notches.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-05-25 09:40am

One of my friends over at WIU was covering a military ball, where one of the speakers was the general in charge of the mission that Black Hawk Down was based on. He said that the movie was about 79% accurate, which is really damn good for a Hollywood movie.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-25 11:48am

I still haven't seen it.

It hits a little close to home for me since I was there (within swimming distance anyway) less than 6 months before the events the movie is based on happened. I just don't see myself finding it entertaining and I don't get more aggravation.

Striderteen · Post by **Striderteen** » 2004-05-25 12:17pm

I loved BHD; a friend got it for me on VHS, and I plan to buy the special edition DVD at some point.

I think it would have been cooler if they got the RPGs right, though -- the Blackhawk pilots were taking massive salvo RPG fire from dozens and dozens of launchers, not single shots.

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2004-05-25 12:18pm

It was an extremely good, if totally atypical, film.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-25 12:34pm

Eric Bana was excellent in that film as was Josh Hartnett and Tom Sizemore. Truly Scott and Bruckheimer had a thing going with that partnership and it worked despite me expecting the typical Hollywood fare.

aten_vs_ra · Post by **aten_vs_ra** » 2004-05-25 12:44pm

I always enjoy movies that have realistic gore.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2004-05-25 03:19pm

It was an outstanding movie, though I couldn't watch it every day.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-05-25 03:34pm

Darth Wong wrote:I bought it on DVD, and then I bought the special edition when that came out on DVD.

Whats on/added into the Special Edition disk?

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2004-05-25 03:45pm

my sergeants swear by it.

I find it a very realistic movie, and a touch disturbing. I own it, but dont watch it much.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2004-05-25 03:48pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:I bought it on DVD, and then I bought the special edition when that came out on DVD.
Whats on/added into the Special Edition disk?

Several extra documentaries about the Mogadishu mission as well as greatly expanded "making of" material. It includes some interviews with some of the actual Rangers who took part in the mission.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-05-25 03:55pm

Even if i have the VHS i think i'll get the special edition DVD,just for all the extras and the widescreen feature too.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2004-05-25 04:36pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:I bought it on DVD, and then I bought the special edition when that came out on DVD.
Whats on/added into the Special Edition disk?
Several extra documentaries about the Mogadishu mission as well as greatly expanded "making of" material. It includes some interviews with some of the actual Rangers who took part in the mission.

The commentary by the guys were good too.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2004-05-25 06:58pm

One of my favorite lines come from the Commentary with Mark Bowden and the screen writer.

They filmed in Morco and had trouble getting the Black Hawks, Little Birds, and real Rangers allowed to be there.

Ridley Scott had told the screen writer, while looking at the black hawks, " We could fucking take over this country, mate."

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-05-26 12:35am

Stofsk wrote:
Kamakazie Sith wrote:Didn't the character that Orlando Bloom play survive? I thought he just seriously injured his back.
I apparently didn't pay too much attention. I just liked seeing him fall.

"Oh, Legolas - how your grace has failed you. *tsk tsk*"

Was he the guy that fell from the chopper in the beginning of the movie ?