Couple things. One, the guy who actually picked up the hand, got it back to the soldier and they were able to successfully reattach it. That guy's name? Pfc. Hand. They changed it to another on the helmet because people would think it was an easter egg or joke, truth is stranger than fiction. For example. My favorite story that came out of this was Durant. He was in Gary Gordon's hometown during his MOH ceremony/memorial and someone told him they were looking forward to his speech, which he wasn't aware of. He stopped at the local library to get some ideas and checked some books out. He opened the first book, on the Medal of Honor and saw the last person to check it out about 20 years ago. Young Gary Gordon.
Let's see here, Legolas is Blackburn, Lucius Malfoy is Captain Steele, Sergeant Horvath is Lieutenant Colonel McKnight, Bane is Twombley Hector of Troy is Hoot, Obi-Wan Kenobi is Grimes, Mr. Fantastic is Beale, Phil Dumphy is Wilkinson... One thing I love about this movie is that many of the pilots used in this film actually participated in the actual battle. The Little Bird pilot who ran for the Delta Operator, a guy named Keith Jones, recreated his actual rescue of Sergeant Dan Busch from the Super 6-1 crash site.
I read the book and there are alot of things not shown in the movie.The Rangers and Delta were doing successful nighttime raids using NightVision Googles and didn't fire a shot before the Black Hawk Down incident.A Pakistani team that was part of the UN were slaughtered before this happened and they wanted to pull their troops out and that's why in the movie,there was tension with the Pakistanis.The Rangers and Delta guys were spread out in homes before they were rescued.The Delta guys told the Rangers to run down the street as if your head was on fire.The Delta guy that was blown in half,well he initially survived and later died in a VA hospital in Germany.Delta, Shugart and Gordon received the Medal Of Honor posthumously.And,oh yea,there are pictures and video of the incident.
IMO 13 Hours is a far inferior film to this. Directed by Michael Bay who is basically the Ed Wood of his generation (just a notoriously awful film director)
Man, I found your channel randomly searching for this movie's reactions because, barely anyone does it, and wow, great stuff! It was such a juxtaposition to see you so stoic watching this movie, almost indifferent, then to go to your outro speech and watch you hold back tears and get extremely sentimental, was very..... I don't know the word I'm looking for, but was certainly powerful to watch. Also, I greatly respect and share your views on war and everything that surrounds it. Its so refreshing to hear someone not just immediately take a hard stance on the subject, as if they have all the answers. Seeing you basically say, "Yeah, war sucks and is terrible, but I'm just one person and don't have all the answers, and while I don't agree/disagree with every single war or reason for war, there are just too many factors and complicated issues that make it much bigger than I". I could've completely mistaken your input on the matter, but that's what I got out of it (partially, I know you talked more on it and other related topics). But yeah, basically, it was just cool to see someone who understands you don't have to take a black or white stance on every single subject/matter. You can have a mixed opinion. Cheers!
It happened because their request for the necessary assets (AC130 and Apache) was denied. Funny how the military officers who requested those assets had to resign and the administration that denied our forces the necessary assets not only didn't resign they were reelected.
I watched it at the movie theater and I stayed in shock for about an hour and a half after it ended... the scene where you see the troops running on one street and the crowd on the parallel one is terrifying, even more when you think about that there is no clear enemy, is not an opposing force or something like, is regular people, mixed with innocent residents... just shocking.
I took a whole class once on War Media at university. We watched this, and Jarhead, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, and Three Kings, among other movies.
@@AwesomeUSMovies it was really interesting. My major was English but my concentration was Film & Media Studies - I originally thought I was going to become a film critic but then ended up switching to education and became an English teacher. It was pretty thought-provoking examining how different films depict conflict and war to try and make one side seem more or less sympathetic, and also to overall show it as a good or bad thing, and how this has evolved over time. We also watched some much older movies such as All Quiet on the Western From, Patton, and Sergeant York, and others, for contrast.
The actor you recognized is Tom Sizemore and yeah he plays the nonchalant no-nonsense tough guy in this, Saving Private Ryan, and several other movies.
@@AwesomeUSMovies shame about his career efter this movie, he even tried to become a porn star, also was in a celebrity rehab episode with dr Oz I think!!
Love your heartfelt reactions! It’s so hard to think of what our Men & Women in our US Military go thru! 🇺🇸 My Father was US Air-force! Miss you Daddy♥️
Since you mentioned you mainly had read books, I'm surprised you haven't read the book this film is based off of. "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War" is a thoroughly well researched book, about the incident during the Somalia peace keeping and humanitarian operation, that went on there during the early 1990s. Mark Bowden is a really good author and also made the book "Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw", which he got the idea while researching the Black Hawk Down incident. That book is about Pablo Escobar and the Colombian governments actions while attempting to find and arrest Escobar, and about possible US involvement.
Awesome choice for a Memorial Day weekend movie. Very fitting. God bless you and thank you for the support you show for our service members. Heart felt and honest.
That's hilarious, when you said, "So far I know one person in this cast". This movie has an absolutely stacked cast. There are so many good actors in this movie. The one you recognized, "Sarge" is Tom Sizemore.
It's maybe interesting for you, that a lot of the actors in that movie are not US. You have a danish, an australien and a lot of brits (including scotts, english an welsh). But one of the actors is the son of a former US president. The actors name is Steven Ford and his fathers name was Gerald.
You know Ewan McGregor from the Star Wars prequels as Obi-Wan Kenobi. There are a bunch of very recognisable actors in this movie. But with their military equipment they're not so easy to recognise.
Ewan McGregor from Trainspotting, Tom Sizemore during his drug binge, pre LotoR Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Josh Hartnett, Tom Hardy, William Fichtner, Jason Isaacs...
A tough watch is exactly correct. It's even tough to watch the reactions to this movie. However, I always, whole heartedly enjoy listening to your appreciation for those that have and those that are serving this great nation 🇺🇸 Thank you and God bless.
I actually knew a Major in the Army who s chopper was originally supposed to be the Black Hawk that went down, their chopper had a small malfunction so they were taken off and the Black hawk that went down was there instead. Guy was very humble and said it was one of the most stressful days of his life
10:14 Legolas felt out of a chopper 15:43 6 weeks before retirement. He was in the army since vietnam (DVD audio commentary. The versions with the colonel's and the real Matt Eversman)
What’s up James! I’m a long haul trucker and I’ve been enjoying all of your bud for quite some time. I now have a route that has me driving through Iowa every week on my way to Chicago. Maybe we’ll run into each other one day. Have a good one ✌🏼
Feel like what distinguishes this war movie from others is that this film simply presents the pure chaotic, visceral experience of what war is. A character in the movie even says “Once that first bullet flies past your head” all other considerations and arguments go right out the window. And any political implications and social commentary is basically sidelined as the movie just drops its audience right into the middle of a warzone. The style of this movie plays right into the director’s strengths and style. Emphasis on visual storytelling over characters and dialogue. The director being Ridley Scott whose other film “Alien” you already watched here. Great all American director for you to look into. David Lynch Some great films of his to check out “Blue Velvet” (1986) “Wild at Heart” (1990) “Mulholland Drive” (2001)
A strong Marine force had this territory secured, but was withdrawn. After the massacres started, this rather small force of Deltas and Rangers were sent in, but the Clinton Administration didn't give them the adequate support the military had asked for because he didn't want to be seen as a war-president during re-election time. The generals were pressured to get this job done and over with quickly. This opportunity to snag Aidid's people was an almost spur of the moment thing, and they didn't expect it to last so long so the UN (Pakistanis and Canadians) weren't informed until it al went SNAFU.
Clinton was worried about re-election in Oct '93? He was just elected Nov'92 and sworn in Jan 93. Speaking of the election why does the loser and lame duck Bush sr. start this whole mess in Dec '92 on his way out the door? Couldn't have anything to do with Conoco Oils agreements made with the previous, US backed dictator Barre that was overthrown by Aidid and others who was against western exploitation of Somalian natural resources? Also the fact the whole famine was a result of decades of Cold War US and Soviet meddling in Ethiopia and Somalia in the first place. And why is Aidid, the former Somalia Ambassador to India, former Security Chief, and General of the Somalia Military who was selected to study advanced post graduate military science at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, referred to as a "Warlord" like some local gang leader while Mahdi, some unelected pro US businessman with little or no local support is declared President by Egypt Saudi Arabia and Italy? The idea that we invaded Somalia to protect famine relief is laughable. The soviet union was collapsing and Bush wanted to fill any resulting power vacuum in the area with pro US puppets like Mahdi.
It's safe to say that he's doing his best not to waste the life gordon and shughart saved, which is good since keeping on living is no doubt the best way he can honour the two deltas who gave their lives so he could make it back home
Good film. I was on deployment during this and we flew in support during the Somali Civil War. I highly recommend: Lone Survivor, The Hurt Locker (oscar winning film) & We were Soldiers.
26:00 "Half a mile's not bad." True under other conditions, but half a mile is more like a hundred when everyone and their pet dog is shooting at you. 😕 Great reaction! Keep it up!
This is the first movie I ever cried in, way back in 7th grade. I used to hate crying growing up bc it would get me in trouble. Love this movie so much.
I went to the theater to see this. This was a very hard movie for me to watch. I respect the guys who serve in the military. Your heartfelt speech at the end of the video had me in tears.
This mess-up was so serious that it motivated the military to create a more elite force, training, and provide them what they needed to succeed in future operations. Although the Navy Seals already existed for decades by that time, they became more advanced, and the special operations became more advanced. Some of the amazing missions done in the past few decades owe their success to the response to this failure.
You are an American citizen. It is your duty to question our wars and demand accountability of the political leadership for every military action we take.
BTW this was a VERY VERY British movie. Directed by a brit, the late great Tony Scott and most of the cast was British as well. Thanks for reviewing this film it is ne of my favorites. I also strongly recommend reading the book. Which really ex[l;ains is greater detail of the horror of this engagement.
That's right you recognized Tom Sizemore from 'Saving Private Ryan'. He was also in 'Heat' (1995) with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, a great cops and robbers film from Michael Mann.
CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989) This movie will never win a poll but it's so important, I promise you. A true story that really happened. Haunting but a necessary story to be told. Please react 🙏 😢 It stars Michael J. Fox of Back to the Future. Thank you, I love your channel.
definitely should watch TROY at some point. Eric Bana plays the 2nd main role (Hector) besides Bratt Pitt :) also, the guy falling out the helicopter in the beginning - Orlando Bloom, Star of Pirates of the Caribbean and Legolas in Lord of the Rings :)
@@AwesomeUSMovies it's pretty hilarious. I don't know if you want to react to TV shows on the channel, if you did I could recommend many episodes. But if not there's also the movie, which I already recommended before so it may be on your list.
No it’s not... That movie is absolutely disgusting, it’s the most disrespectful war movie ever made! You won’t find one veteran that supports that movie... And there’s many reasons why.
@@ryanbuckley5529 no. You're wrong. Certain people may have a problem with it, but sometimes the truth and reality hurts. Badly. You, and the people that you know who 'hate' hurt locker says more about you than the movie ever could.
@@BoudiccasGhost everything in that movie is wrong, the way eod works, the chain of command, the sniper scene, the ranger... The person in charge and the director had military advisers telling her how incorrect she was and how it was disrespectful, she said she didn’t care and was going to do it her way... The people I know and the vets that talk about it have all served multiple deployments, I’m talking up to 20 times... Retired Special Forces and retired Army and EOD. Look up vets react to hurt locker and they will explain everything wrong with that movie... you might as well spit on their face! You clearly have not been in the military and don’t understand...
Since you said you like comedies, check out Galaxy Quest and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Also another good Speilburg movie to is Close Encounters of the Third Kind
I love this movie, its one of my favorites! Thanks for sharing James! War film recommendations: (1987) Full Metal Jacket, (2011) War Horse, (2017) Darkest Hour, (2017) Dunkirk. Darkest Hour and Dunkirk make for an AMAZING double feature in that order.
This was the first major news story I remember really paying attention to. I was coming out of high school and going into college and was just glued to the news. It was a horrible story
@@AwesomeUSMovies yes it was the Battle of Mogidishu in Operation Gothic something....1993. they showed the locals dragging the pilot out and beating him. It was horrible. I had just gone to Kenya the summer before this happened to help in a Ugandan refugee camp so I was very aware of this story. There was SO much murder in that region that year or two! My heart was breaking as I was going to train so I could go back to Africa to work more there.
Go Hawks! Love the shirt. I love the emotions you show and the respect that you show for our armed services! Also the emotions in your reactions are just so real. Like always, AWESOME reaction!
I respect what Ridley Scott brings to the table in this film. He is one of my favorite film directors of all time. With that said, I was not a fan of this film. I see why people like it. The action is good, the directing is good, the story is interesting, and it hits hard in the feels. However, it just wasn't for me. I do not hold it against people for doing so, just not for me.
Yes, I second that! Please react to "Lone Survivor". One of my favorite war movies. Very good. Hey dude I really like your reactions. You seem like a good dude. I live in California and I like it but I am originally from the Midwest and the Midwestern people are the best!
you should deff go read the book now as it has more info it. on my security team in VA outside of D.C. we had 3 guys who had fought in this battle 2 Rangers 1 EOD and the head of maintenc was with the 160th Night Stalkers ground crew, munations. they would all share stories of this battle (when you bored sitting post on over nights you talk) they said it was very close to the real fighting, but did say that after the little birds did their gun runs the streets and walls would be pink with chunks of meat all over and was very slippery to run on.
Good film. I did enjoy the reaction to this one. I got a few movie suggestions. From 2001 the movie Joe Dirt starring David Spade and the Harry Potter movies. There’s 8 of them I believe. Maybe you read those books? Good series.
I'm really not a fan at how you seemed very unmoved by everything happening. I saw this in theaters and was completely speechless while being overcome with emotions. Yet in this reaction, nothing seems to affect your morale in any substantial manner; which is very unsettling to see. Especially compared to others on RUclips who behaved so dramatically different. Not a good watch. At all.
@@AwesomeUSMovies Considering this is a true story where real people died, it just didn't feel respectful. When the soldier was blown in half and Lieutenant McKnight approached him, everyone else I've seen do blind reactions act as if part of their soul just died. VKunia for example, acted in absolute horror. Did the same for Corporal Smith's leg surgery.
ZDT very cool if you want to see a pretty realistic depiction of the Seal Team 6 operation that took out bin Laden. (last 20/30 minutes of the film) Though the part of the movie leading up to that section has been criticized for being less than accurate.
@@nooneofconsequence1251 god please I hope you’re being sarcastic... That ending is almost the most disrespectful thing out on film. The most is The Hurt Locker! Completely spits on the face of anyone who’s served. Absolutely disgusting! Witch is not surprising since they’re both done by the same person who literally went against everything her military advisers told her, and she didn’t care and just did everything the way she wanted to. So disrespectful! You won’t find one devgru that supports her work...
@@ryanbuckley5529 are you on drugs or something? Wtf are you even talking about? I honestly have no clue. How is it "disrespectful?" And why the fudge would "respecting" the military be a prerequisite for a film being good? If it's realistic it's realistic. If it's well-acted, well-shot, well-directed, entertaining, emotional, intense... then it's probably a good movie. Being "respectful" to the military is not part of the equation, but that said there was nothing disrespectful about the end of Zero Dark Thirty. Where are you from anyway? North Korea? I'm morbidly curious to know what you are even talking about but I doubt I'll come back here to find out because you sound nuts. I've got plenty of friends and family in the military, too, btw. And though I was never in uniform I spent a lot of time over in that part of the world, as well.
@@nooneofconsequence1251 right, there’s nothing wrong making a military movie and completely disrespecting the military. Watch the multiple veterans talk and explain why it’s so disrespectful. If you have people telling you different they don’t know a damn thing about EOD or how any of that works, that’s what the movie is supposed to be about, and every part of it is wrong, and if you argue that then you clearly have no idea... Just go and watch vets talk about it and explain everything.
@@ryanbuckley5529 I just did a google search trying to find something about ZDT being "disrespectful"... didn't come up with a single hit that had that word. I found a lot of articles about the accuracy of the film's final scene (considered extremely high), and the accuracy of the scenes leading up to it (debatable and opinions vary), a lot of debate about how the film depicts torture (was it shown in a positive light? in a negative one? was it accurate or not?), a bunch of political articles, and several that talk about how the film glorifies (not disrespects) the team that took out bin Laden, including quote by vets... so... again... zero clue what you're talking about. I always have notifications turned off on RUclips to protect my sanity so probably won't see your reply, but, maybe you should look up some articles yourself and see some different opinions. The ones you have seem.... novel... to say the least. Cheers and have a good day.
Respectfully but strongly disagree that it isn't our place to question the conflicts we always seem to get involved in. Decisions are made to get into these conflicts by our so-called "leaders," but those leaders WORK FOR US. At least they're supposed to. And we need to stop inserting ourselves into other country's civil affairs. Somalia was no different. We had NO business being there.
@@AwesomeUSMovies Sorry, don't trust those numbers. The Industrial War Complex spouts BS propaganda all the time to get us into war. North Korea, Viet Nam, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now they're trying to do it with the Ukraine. No more war. We are not the world police.
I like America and American food. Americans shouldn't send soldiers into other countries' territories and claim humanitarianism. Until the taliban and the brutality of religious fanatics.
With respect, How is it that you don't know anything about this? You say you had three channels. Did you not watch the news? The film of the bodies being mutilated and dragged around was all over the news. And I think since you've been doing this for a little bit now you can do away with your speech about never watching any movies because your viewers that are subscribed to you have to listen to it every single time. I guess you're trying to make sure we know you are a very sheltered man. Most reactors also give little bit longer movies more time than just 30 minutes. I don't know why you call this US Movies. There are so many movies that use British Australian Irish United Kingdom Scottish actors this was directed by Ridley Scott who is English. Also you made a statement about this movie being 2 and a half hours long. Most of the classic big blockbusters movies are 3 to almost 4 hours long.
RUclips Copyright is very touchy. I try to keep all my reactions under 30 min. Technically we are only supposed to use only 10 total minutes of any movie. At some point RUclips will begin locking down copyright and I don't want to get demonetized.
It's hilarious that you start this movie talking about how you need to stop people shooting civilians, and then spent the rest of the film advocating dropping ordenance on a city. Cognitive dissonance. You don't want civilian casualties you have to send young men in on foot, that's the nature of war.
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Couple things. One, the guy who actually picked up the hand, got it back to the soldier and they were able to successfully reattach it. That guy's name? Pfc. Hand. They changed it to another on the helmet because people would think it was an easter egg or joke, truth is stranger than fiction. For example.
My favorite story that came out of this was Durant. He was in Gary Gordon's hometown during his MOH ceremony/memorial and someone told him they were looking forward to his speech, which he wasn't aware of. He stopped at the local library to get some ideas and checked some books out. He opened the first book, on the Medal of Honor and saw the last person to check it out about 20 years ago. Young Gary Gordon.
good story thanks
didnt know the feels train was scheduled to arrive today
Let's see here, Legolas is Blackburn, Lucius Malfoy is Captain Steele, Sergeant Horvath is Lieutenant Colonel McKnight, Bane is Twombley Hector of Troy is Hoot, Obi-Wan Kenobi is Grimes, Mr. Fantastic is Beale, Phil Dumphy is Wilkinson...
One thing I love about this movie is that many of the pilots used in this film actually participated in the actual battle. The Little Bird pilot who ran for the Delta Operator, a guy named Keith Jones, recreated his actual rescue of Sergeant Dan Busch from the Super 6-1 crash site.
Good info thanks
Sizemore is one of my fav actors. "Nothing takes 5 mins" and "Everybody's shot" are two iconic movie lines imvho
i'll take a look
I read the book and there are alot of things not shown in the movie.The Rangers and Delta were doing successful nighttime raids using NightVision Googles and didn't fire a shot before the Black Hawk Down incident.A Pakistani team that was part of the UN were slaughtered before this happened and they wanted to pull their troops out and that's why in the movie,there was tension with the Pakistanis.The Rangers and Delta guys were spread out in homes before they were rescued.The Delta guys told the Rangers to run down the street as if your head was on fire.The Delta guy that was blown in half,well he initially survived and later died in a VA hospital in Germany.Delta, Shugart and Gordon received the Medal Of Honor posthumously.And,oh yea,there are pictures and video of the incident.
Good stuff thanks
Good stuff thanks
A movie with a similar feel to this, is 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016). Very good movie but tough to watch in parts.
I was thinking the hurt locker..
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IMO 13 Hours is a far inferior film to this. Directed by Michael Bay who is basically the Ed Wood of his generation (just a notoriously awful film director)
@@nooneofconsequence1251 I agree, but its still a good movie
@@nickgarcia1292 Hurt locker is bad just talk to anyone who was EOD
"Born on the Fourth of July" is a great war movie based on the autobiography by Ron Kovic. You should check it out.
Man, I found your channel randomly searching for this movie's reactions because, barely anyone does it, and wow, great stuff!
It was such a juxtaposition to see you so stoic watching this movie, almost indifferent, then to go to your outro speech and watch you hold back tears and get extremely sentimental, was very..... I don't know the word I'm looking for, but was certainly powerful to watch.
Also, I greatly respect and share your views on war and everything that surrounds it. Its so refreshing to hear someone not just immediately take a hard stance on the subject, as if they have all the answers. Seeing you basically say, "Yeah, war sucks and is terrible, but I'm just one person and don't have all the answers, and while I don't agree/disagree with every single war or reason for war, there are just too many factors and complicated issues that make it much bigger than I". I could've completely mistaken your input on the matter, but that's what I got out of it (partially, I know you talked more on it and other related topics). But yeah, basically, it was just cool to see someone who understands you don't have to take a black or white stance on every single subject/matter. You can have a mixed opinion.
Cheers!
I'm so happy to hear you enjoyed my reaction. You might like my saving private Ryan reactions. Two parts - long movie. Thanks for watching
It happened because their request for the necessary assets (AC130 and Apache) was denied. Funny how the military officers who requested those assets had to resign and the administration that denied our forces the necessary assets not only didn't resign they were reelected.
So true
I watched it at the movie theater and I stayed in shock for about an hour and a half after it ended... the scene where you see the troops running on one street and the crowd on the parallel one is terrifying, even more when you think about that there is no clear enemy, is not an opposing force or something like, is regular people, mixed with innocent residents... just shocking.
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I took a whole class once on War Media at university. We watched this, and Jarhead, Full Metal Jacket, Platoon, Apocalypse Now, and Three Kings, among other movies.
Oh fun, how was the class. I think I would really enjoy that.
@@AwesomeUSMovies it was really interesting. My major was English but my concentration was Film & Media Studies - I originally thought I was going to become a film critic but then ended up switching to education and became an English teacher. It was pretty thought-provoking examining how different films depict conflict and war to try and make one side seem more or less sympathetic, and also to overall show it as a good or bad thing, and how this has evolved over time. We also watched some much older movies such as All Quiet on the Western From, Patton, and Sergeant York, and others, for contrast.
The sergeant from saving private ryan is mcknight here. Tom Sizemore is his name.
Cool thanks
The actor you recognized is Tom Sizemore and yeah he plays the nonchalant no-nonsense tough guy in this, Saving Private Ryan, and several other movies.
It's so funny. He just walks along like he's in a park or something.
@@AwesomeUSMovies shame about his career efter this movie, he even tried to become a porn star, also was in a celebrity rehab episode with dr Oz I think!!
Love your heartfelt reactions! It’s so hard to think of what our Men & Women in
our US Military go thru! 🇺🇸 My Father was US Air-force! Miss you Daddy♥️
Since you mentioned you mainly had read books, I'm surprised you haven't read the book this film is based off of. "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War" is a thoroughly well researched book, about the incident during the Somalia peace keeping and humanitarian operation, that went on there during the early 1990s. Mark Bowden is a really good author and also made the book "Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw", which he got the idea while researching the Black Hawk Down incident. That book is about Pablo Escobar and the Colombian governments actions while attempting to find and arrest Escobar, and about possible US involvement.
I don't read a lot of military based books. More fantasy, crime drama stuff like that.
@@AwesomeUSMovies Have you ever read the Wheel of Time book series? If not, then I'm sure you would enjoy it.
Awesome choice for a Memorial Day weekend movie. Very fitting. God bless you and thank you for the support you show for our service members. Heart felt and honest.
Thanks so much
That's hilarious, when you said, "So far I know one person in this cast". This movie has an absolutely stacked cast. There are so many good actors in this movie. The one you recognized, "Sarge" is Tom Sizemore.
At least I got one right
Tom Hardy, Orlando Bloom, Ewan Mcgregor, Eric, Bana, Tom Guiry, Jason Isaacs, Jeremy Piven. Do you not know who these actors are?!
An amazing true story Veteran movie is “Hacksaw Ridge”. A must see!
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It's maybe interesting for you, that a lot of the actors in that movie are not US. You have a danish, an australien and a lot of brits (including scotts, english an welsh).
But one of the actors is the son of a former US president. The actors name is Steven Ford and his fathers name was Gerald.
That is interesting, at least they were representing the US Army
That’s ok, a lot aren’t Somali either 🤦🏻♀️
@@AwesomeUSMoviesthe pilot of the little bird that landed at the first crash site was the actual pilot of that little bird
You know Ewan McGregor from the Star Wars prequels as Obi-Wan Kenobi. There are a bunch of very recognisable actors in this movie. But with their military equipment they're not so easy to recognise.
I know I totally missed it... aahhhh
My friend served with the guy his character portrayed.
I know Ewan McGregor from Trainspotting, and Velvet Goldmine...
Not sTaR wArS
Ewan McGregor from Trainspotting, Tom Sizemore during his drug binge, pre LotoR Orlando Bloom, Eric Bana, Josh Hartnett, Tom Hardy, William Fichtner, Jason Isaacs...
@@Jason_Van_Stone I was trying to remember the title, Velvet Goldmine! Thank you. He's doing well in Obi-Wan Kenobi, check it out
I think you would also enjoy the movie "Jarhead".
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@@AwesomeUSMovies oh, cool! Hopefuly it'll get voted on at some point, an interesting film in my opinion.
A tough watch is exactly correct. It's even tough to watch the reactions to this movie. However, I always, whole heartedly enjoy listening to your appreciation for those that have and those that are serving this great nation 🇺🇸 Thank you and God bless.
I actually knew a Major in the Army who s chopper was originally supposed to be the Black Hawk that went down, their chopper had a small malfunction so they were taken off and the Black hawk that went down was there instead. Guy was very humble and said it was one of the most stressful days of his life
I bet, thanks
10:14 Legolas felt out of a chopper
15:43 6 weeks before retirement. He was in the army since vietnam (DVD audio commentary. The versions with the colonel's and the real Matt Eversman)
very interesting thanks
What’s up James! I’m a long haul trucker and I’ve been enjoying all of your bud for quite some time. I now have a route that has me driving through Iowa every week on my way to Chicago. Maybe we’ll run into each other one day. Have a good one ✌🏼
Maybe. Thanks for making those hauls.
Feel like what distinguishes this war movie from others is that this film simply presents the pure chaotic, visceral experience of what war is.
A character in the movie even says
“Once that first bullet flies past your head” all other considerations and arguments go right out the window.
And any political implications and social commentary is basically sidelined as the movie just drops its audience right into the middle of a warzone.
The style of this movie plays right into the director’s strengths and style.
Emphasis on visual storytelling over characters and dialogue.
The director being Ridley Scott whose other film “Alien” you already watched here.
Great all American director for you to look into.
David Lynch
Some great films of his to check out
“Blue Velvet” (1986)
“Wild at Heart” (1990)
“Mulholland Drive” (2001)
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A strong Marine force had this territory secured, but was withdrawn. After the massacres started, this rather small force of Deltas and Rangers were sent in, but the Clinton Administration didn't give them the adequate support the military had asked for because he didn't want to be seen as a war-president during re-election time. The generals were pressured to get this job done and over with quickly. This opportunity to snag Aidid's people was an almost spur of the moment thing, and they didn't expect it to last so long so the UN (Pakistanis and Canadians) weren't informed until it al went SNAFU.
Clinton was worried about re-election in Oct '93? He was just elected Nov'92 and sworn in Jan 93. Speaking of the election why does the loser and lame duck Bush sr. start this whole mess in Dec '92 on his way out the door? Couldn't have anything to do with Conoco Oils agreements made with the previous, US backed dictator Barre that was overthrown by Aidid and others who was against western exploitation of Somalian natural resources? Also the fact the whole famine was a result of decades of Cold War US and Soviet meddling in Ethiopia and Somalia in the first place. And why is Aidid, the former Somalia Ambassador to India, former Security Chief, and General of the Somalia Military who was selected to study advanced post graduate military science at the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union, referred to as a "Warlord" like some local gang leader while Mahdi, some unelected pro US businessman with little or no local support is declared President by Egypt Saudi Arabia and Italy? The idea that we invaded Somalia to protect famine relief is laughable. The soviet union was collapsing and Bush wanted to fill any resulting power vacuum in the area with pro US puppets like Mahdi.
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The pilot who was taken hostage, Mike Durant, is actually running for Senate currently. Quite the interesting life.
Oh that is interesting
It's safe to say that he's doing his best not to waste the life gordon and shughart saved, which is good since keeping on living is no doubt the best way he can honour the two deltas who gave their lives so he could make it back home
Add “Windtalkers” to military movies list from 2002.
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Good film. I was on deployment during this and we flew in support during the Somali Civil War. I highly recommend: Lone Survivor, The Hurt Locker (oscar winning film) & We were Soldiers.
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All those movies suck compared to Black Hawk Down.
@@DestinyAwaits19 thats your opinion and that sucks
26:00 "Half a mile's not bad." True under other conditions, but half a mile is more like a hundred when everyone and their pet dog is shooting at you. 😕
Great reaction! Keep it up!
True
This is the first movie I ever cried in, way back in 7th grade. I used to hate crying growing up bc it would get me in trouble. Love this movie so much.
It's okay to cry, just watch my Forrest reaction, I'll show ya. :-)
a pair of A-10s could have made a drastic change to this battle. Or the single AC-130 the general asked for.
Agreed
I went to the theater to see this. This was a very hard movie for me to watch. I respect the guys who serve in the military. Your heartfelt speech at the end of the video had me in tears.
I love all military movies. Respect to all military personnel around the world
This mess-up was so serious that it motivated the military to create a more elite force, training, and provide them what they needed to succeed in future operations. Although the Navy Seals already existed for decades by that time, they became more advanced, and the special operations became more advanced. Some of the amazing missions done in the past few decades owe their success to the response to this failure.
We can always learn from our mistakes and failures
You are an American citizen. It is your duty to question our wars and demand accountability of the political leadership for every military action we take.
I just don't think they are listing to the people very well right now.
@@AwesomeUSMovies Then only vote for 3rd party candidates that are against war unless the US is invaded. The empire needs to end.
Didn't you watch the Star Wars prequels? Ewan McGregor plays young Obi-Wan Kenobi in those.
OHHHH dude, you are sooo right. Hey that's two people I knew. Cool!
BTW this was a VERY VERY British movie. Directed by a brit, the late great Tony Scott and most of the cast was British as well. Thanks for reviewing this film it is ne of my favorites. I also strongly recommend reading the book. Which really ex[l;ains is greater detail of the horror of this engagement.
Really... Well at least it was representing the US Army
How do you harm a country,
By sending an army across an ocean as a defensive measure?
Disagree in part
Grandad and I watched this together. He was drafted to fight in Korea. It was tough for him to watch.
I bet, has he watched saving private Ryan?
You should watch Hacksaw Ridge. Crazy true story. Was the goriest war movie I've ever seen though.
Great reaction. One of the most sincere reactions I've ever seen to this movie. James is one of my favorite reactors.
Thanks for that
That's right you recognized Tom Sizemore from 'Saving Private Ryan'. He was also in 'Heat' (1995) with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, a great cops and robbers film from Michael Mann.
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CASUALTIES OF WAR (1989)
This movie will never win a poll but it's so important, I promise you. A true story that really happened. Haunting but a necessary story to be told. Please react 🙏 😢 It stars Michael J. Fox of Back to the Future. Thank you, I love your channel.
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You should check out "American Sniper". It's a true story about former Navy Seal Chris Kyle.
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I really appreciate war movies that are actually realistic.
I’m digging that Hawkeye shirt my dude!
definitely should watch TROY at some point. Eric Bana plays the 2nd main role (Hector) besides Bratt Pitt :) also, the guy falling out the helicopter in the beginning - Orlando Bloom, Star of Pirates of the Caribbean and Legolas in Lord of the Rings :)
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You absolutely have a right to question why we are fighting any given war and/or action
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Pretty funny South Park episode parody of this movie called Red Sleigh Down, when the boys convince Santa to try and bring Christmas to Iraq.
Interesting, I've never seen the show. I know it's some type of cartoon but I've never seen it.
@@AwesomeUSMovies it's pretty hilarious. I don't know if you want to react to TV shows on the channel, if you did I could recommend many episodes. But if not there's also the movie, which I already recommended before so it may be on your list.
The Hurt Locker is pretty great too!
No it’s not... That movie is absolutely disgusting, it’s the most disrespectful war movie ever made! You won’t find one veteran that supports that movie... And there’s many reasons why.
@@ryanbuckley5529 no. You're wrong. Certain people may have a problem with it, but sometimes the truth and reality hurts. Badly. You, and the people that you know who 'hate' hurt locker says more about you than the movie ever could.
I only saw it once but I remember it being pretty good and I think it won Best Director for Bigelow, didn't it?
@@BoudiccasGhost everything in that movie is wrong, the way eod works, the chain of command, the sniper scene, the ranger... The person in charge and the director had military advisers telling her how incorrect she was and how it was disrespectful, she said she didn’t care and was going to do it her way... The people I know and the vets that talk about it have all served multiple deployments, I’m talking up to 20 times... Retired Special Forces and retired Army and EOD. Look up vets react to hurt locker and they will explain everything wrong with that movie... you might as well spit on their face! You clearly have not been in the military and don’t understand...
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
You may not enjoy reading military books but the pilot Durant has a book out I highly recommend reading. Called in the company of heroes
I'll take a look thanks
@@AwesomeUSMovies you will like it amazing book
you do have the right to question why we do the wars we do. its a democracy. we elect the people who make the decisions that lead to these wars
I don't think they are listening to the people very well right now.
@@AwesomeUSMovies thats true
Great video as alwayss!!
Since you said you like comedies, check out Galaxy Quest and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Also another good Speilburg movie to is Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Thanks, I've added all these to my list. It's appreciated
I love this movie, its one of my favorites! Thanks for sharing James!
War film recommendations: (1987) Full Metal Jacket, (2011) War Horse, (2017) Darkest Hour, (2017) Dunkirk. Darkest Hour and Dunkirk make for an AMAZING double feature in that order.
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Great movie, you should watch hacksaw ridge too 👍
This was the first major news story I remember really paying attention to. I was coming out of high school and going into college and was just glued to the news. It was a horrible story
I never saw anything about this.
@@AwesomeUSMovies yes it was the Battle of Mogidishu in Operation Gothic something....1993. they showed the locals dragging the pilot out and beating him. It was horrible. I had just gone to Kenya the summer before this happened to help in a Ugandan refugee camp so I was very aware of this story. There was SO much murder in that region that year or two! My heart was breaking as I was going to train so I could go back to Africa to work more there.
Go Hawks! Love the shirt. I love the emotions you show and the respect that you show for our armed services! Also the emotions in your reactions are just so real. Like always, AWESOME reaction!
I respect what Ridley Scott brings to the table in this film. He is one of my favorite film directors of all time. With that said, I was not a fan of this film. I see why people like it. The action is good, the directing is good, the story is interesting, and it hits hard in the feels. However, it just wasn't for me. I do not hold it against people for doing so, just not for me.
Please add Lone Survivor (2013) to you list.
Just my personal opinion but Lone Survivor wasn't a great movie. Lots of similar, but better movies to pick from.
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Yes, I second that! Please react to "Lone Survivor". One of my favorite war movies. Very good. Hey dude I really like your reactions. You seem like a good dude. I live in California and I like it but I am originally from the Midwest and the Midwestern people are the best!
you should deff go read the book now as it has more info it. on my security team in VA outside of D.C. we had 3 guys who had fought in this battle 2 Rangers 1 EOD and the head of maintenc was with the 160th Night Stalkers ground crew, munations. they would all share stories of this battle (when you bored sitting post on over nights you talk) they said it was very close to the real fighting, but did say that after the little birds did their gun runs the streets and walls would be pink with chunks of meat all over and was very slippery to run on.
I'll take a look
Great movie, amazing cast, sad story. ✌👍
Thanks for watching
The right to question is the only thing we do have.
You're probably right
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Good film. I did enjoy the reaction to this one.
I got a few movie suggestions. From 2001 the movie Joe Dirt starring David Spade and the Harry Potter movies. There’s 8 of them I believe. Maybe you read those books? Good series.
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I'm really not a fan at how you seemed very unmoved by everything happening. I saw this in theaters and was completely speechless while being overcome with emotions. Yet in this reaction, nothing seems to affect your morale in any substantial manner; which is very unsettling to see. Especially compared to others on RUclips who behaved so dramatically different. Not a good watch. At all.
Sorry you didn't like my reaction. Maybe try one of my comedies
@@AwesomeUSMovies Considering this is a true story where real people died, it just didn't feel respectful. When the soldier was blown in half and Lieutenant McKnight approached him, everyone else I've seen do blind reactions act as if part of their soul just died. VKunia for example, acted in absolute horror. Did the same for Corporal Smith's leg surgery.
Great movie check out zero dark thirty when you can.
ZDT very cool if you want to see a pretty realistic depiction of the Seal Team 6 operation that took out bin Laden. (last 20/30 minutes of the film) Though the part of the movie leading up to that section has been criticized for being less than accurate.
@@nooneofconsequence1251 god please I hope you’re being sarcastic... That ending is almost the most disrespectful thing out on film. The most is The Hurt Locker! Completely spits on the face of anyone who’s served. Absolutely disgusting! Witch is not surprising since they’re both done by the same person who literally went against everything her military advisers told her, and she didn’t care and just did everything the way she wanted to. So disrespectful! You won’t find one devgru that supports her work...
@@ryanbuckley5529 are you on drugs or something? Wtf are you even talking about? I honestly have no clue. How is it "disrespectful?" And why the fudge would "respecting" the military be a prerequisite for a film being good? If it's realistic it's realistic. If it's well-acted, well-shot, well-directed, entertaining, emotional, intense... then it's probably a good movie. Being "respectful" to the military is not part of the equation, but that said there was nothing disrespectful about the end of Zero Dark Thirty. Where are you from anyway? North Korea? I'm morbidly curious to know what you are even talking about but I doubt I'll come back here to find out because you sound nuts. I've got plenty of friends and family in the military, too, btw. And though I was never in uniform I spent a lot of time over in that part of the world, as well.
@@nooneofconsequence1251 right, there’s nothing wrong making a military movie and completely disrespecting the military. Watch the multiple veterans talk and explain why it’s so disrespectful. If you have people telling you different they don’t know a damn thing about EOD or how any of that works, that’s what the movie is supposed to be about, and every part of it is wrong, and if you argue that then you clearly have no idea... Just go and watch vets talk about it and explain everything.
@@ryanbuckley5529 I just did a google search trying to find something about ZDT being "disrespectful"... didn't come up with a single hit that had that word. I found a lot of articles about the accuracy of the film's final scene (considered extremely high), and the accuracy of the scenes leading up to it (debatable and opinions vary), a lot of debate about how the film depicts torture (was it shown in a positive light? in a negative one? was it accurate or not?), a bunch of political articles, and several that talk about how the film glorifies (not disrespects) the team that took out bin Laden, including quote by vets... so... again... zero clue what you're talking about.
I always have notifications turned off on RUclips to protect my sanity so probably won't see your reply, but, maybe you should look up some articles yourself and see some different opinions. The ones you have seem.... novel... to say the least. Cheers and have a good day.
If you have a really good home theater setup, this is an amazing demo disc It sounds like there's bullets flying by you head
Nope sorry. Just a couple of tv's for the kids.
@@AwesomeUSMovies That's too bad, the sound design in this movie is incredible
when the civilian population is running in the opposite direction you are going that is never a good sign.
Agreed
This is a true story man
Good stuff thanks
Spaced Invaders 1990 it's hilarious watch it LOL! It's a Holloween Alien movie....
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Crazy real movie !
Love the Channel
Intense movie
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This is why Ill never trust Govt Intel...
Such a good movie
Respectfully but strongly disagree that it isn't our place to question the conflicts we always seem to get involved in. Decisions are made to get into these conflicts by our so-called "leaders," but those leaders WORK FOR US. At least they're supposed to. And we need to stop inserting ourselves into other country's civil affairs. Somalia was no different. We had NO business being there.
300,000 dead, that's pretty tuff to ignore
@@AwesomeUSMovies Sorry, don't trust those numbers. The Industrial War Complex spouts BS propaganda all the time to get us into war. North Korea, Viet Nam, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, and now they're trying to do it with the Ukraine. No more war. We are not the world police.
Very blaissez faire.. I wish you good luck ✨️
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check out full metal jacket bro
I haven't seen this movie
Amazing movie
awesome us movies is awesome
Would the confederacy ok with the French interference by kidnapping General Grant ..
This is about 300,000 dead citizens starving to death.
Wow!
@@AwesomeUSMovies always mate, greetings from tasmania✌✌✌✌😀
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Those to guys who went into help the Durant both got posthumous medals of honour
Very nice
Have you seen 13 Hours?
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I like America and American food. Americans shouldn't send soldiers into other countries' territories and claim humanitarianism. Until the taliban and the brutality of religious fanatics.
With respect, How is it that you don't know anything about this? You say you had three channels. Did you not watch the news? The film of the bodies being mutilated and dragged around was all over the news. And I think since you've been doing this for a little bit now you can do away with your speech about never watching any movies because your viewers that are subscribed to you have to listen to it every single time. I guess you're trying to make sure we know you are a very sheltered man. Most reactors also give little bit longer movies more time than just 30 minutes. I don't know why you call this US Movies. There are so many movies that use British Australian Irish United Kingdom Scottish actors this was directed by Ridley Scott who is English. Also you made a statement about this movie being 2 and a half hours long. Most of the classic big blockbusters movies are 3 to almost 4 hours long.
RUclips Copyright is very touchy. I try to keep all my reactions under 30 min. Technically we are only supposed to use only 10 total minutes of any movie. At some point RUclips will begin locking down copyright and I don't want to get demonetized.
It's hilarious that you start this movie talking about how you need to stop people shooting civilians, and then spent the rest of the film advocating dropping ordenance on a city. Cognitive dissonance. You don't want civilian casualties you have to send young men in on foot, that's the nature of war.
Very good points thank you
This was not a great movie