For anyone that maintains that the US should "do something about world hunger", they need to see THIS movie to understand what it will really cost to get to those people. Not saying it should or shouldn't be done, just that they're aware of what the costs are.
I was in Somalia twice, before and after this event. The movie really got the look and feel of it right to me. I saw a lot of craziness there, but nothing close to this.
I will say the Mogadishu portrayed in this film looks nothing like the real one, and Ive never been , but Mogadishu in 91 was single story shanties, I believe this would be filmed in Morocco based on the buildings.
Watched the documentary on the real story...tom Sizemore character was even more bad ass in real life...apparently casually strolled down the street while taking insane amounts of fire to call out a target and calmly walked back to the humvee and radioed it in. Was shot like 4 times that day and never left his men. Real G shit.
Because the real McKnight was like that. He'd seen good soldiers take cover and get cut down anyway and seen "sloppy" soldiers walk through a hail of gunfire unscathed and figured there was so much random chance involved in getting hit why was he even trying... that if it was his time to go there wasn't anything to do about it.
Saw this film many years ago back in California. It was sometimes hard to watch but I would give this film 5 stars. Somalia, like Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen and many other war torn countries will always remain on the travel advisory lists of many countries.
Same here; I actually saw this shortly after 9/11. Usually, my wife likes to go to these types of films (SPR for example) but, she was 'not of a mind'; I went alone and caught an early showing in a not too crowded theater. I found the film hard to watch, sobering and very moving. It's become one of my favorites=if I catch it playing on Cable I watch it, no matter that I have it in my BlueRay collection.
@@nickmitsialis I fought beside some of the guys who served in Mogadishu. This movie may be "fun" to watch, but please try to remember this is based on TRUE events. Eric Bana's character was created based on three soldiers who fought in the Dish. He tried his best to merge the three attitudes into an individual character, and while he was a bit... Ramboish... he did a stellar job with the material he was given. The character was made due to cinematic time constraints.
28:33 - They weren't retreating. The American troops' job was to get their wounded and get out of there as quickly as possible. There was also lots of confusion & miscommunication at the time which is why the UN Pakistani armored vehicles suddenly took off (the American troops were supposed to hop on top of them for transport and protection). The run back to the stadium was nicknamed "The Mogadishu Mile". 28:40 - Yes and No. Many Somali citizens were just trying to get to safety. However, Aidid was a good propagandist. He successfully convinced the starving Somali population the UN and U.S. were there to subjugate them which is why many had a knee-jerk reaction of being hostile towards American troops.
Government Bureaucracy is so annoying " After 6 weeks Washington was growing impatient " " Washington decided it was too high profile to deploy AC-130 gunships and larger armored vehicles " , literally both decisions that lead to there being as many casualties as there were, despite them being rather low. Who knows how the operation could have gone not only if they had more time for planing, staging and getting the best intel but also if they had AC-130's and other armor you can't tell me there would still have been 18 American casualties.
And then he moved back to Somalia and took over the Habr Gidr clan after his father died. I saw a document years ago that featured him talking about his time in Somalia with the Marines. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree because he's a piece of shit warlord like his father.
I've had the opportunity to meet Gen. Garrison on a couple of occasions. He used to have morning coffee with my Grandfather from time to time. He always seemed like a decent man to me. I think they just needed someone to blame for how things turned out. I always like to point out on reactions to this film, that the situation in Somalia is exceedingly complex, and there was little chance soldiers were going to fix it. But also that doesn't detract in the slightest from the bravery and distinguished service of those soldiers. They did their job, and did it well.
He was absolutely sold out as the scapegoat. He said it was his recommendation for full heavy armor for this mission and Washington shot it down because they believed the Blackhawks should be good enough. The more things change....
13:26 that pilot (the guy, who's talking to Hartnett) was an real army pilot and he was asked by the filmcrew, if he would play this scene, because he did the same rescue action back then in Mogadishu
This was said to be Saddam Hussein's favorite movie because it shows a case of American forces being put into a tough situation that ended up costing them lives.
Really cool video dude! It's sooooooo good to finally see smaller channels popping up on my reccomended, cos like their content is quality content most of the time. I really enjoyed this one. RUclips IS FINALLY DOING SOMETHING LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
My brother played baseball with one of the pilots in one of the Black Hawks that was shot down, Donovan Briley, he named his son after Donovan. He was from Arkansas RIP to all 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
in my eyes this is by far one of the best depicted War battle. people complain that it's not like the book but the movie isn't solely based on the book it's actual event and they almost nailed it to a T. I've been fascinated with this battle since I was a kid and I've watched all the documentaries News videos and articles and listen to all the interviews from soldiers that were there
Served 4yrs. To answer your question. We make it a point to not shoot non combatants. Even if they have weapons or marching with the militia. Fired when fired upon is usually the rule of thumb. As much as the media loves to showcase when civilians do get caught in the war, we try not to involve them at all costs. There's quite a few rules of engagement that you'll go over in a briefing before you head out. War has rules. Even if the other side doesn't follow the same
The Militia USED civilians and forced them to walk in front of them so the Militia could use them as HUMAN SHIELDS so that is why you see so many people everywhere.
I love this film, but you can't fit everything into a 2 hour movie. What's really cool to me is that a number of the pilots were a part of the real mission as were a few of the Ranger extras. Keith Jones, who flew Star 4-1 both in the movie and in real life, plays himself and recreated his rescue of Delta Sergeant Dan Busch from the 6-1 crash site. One thing thats missing is that there were really 3 Delta snipers on board Super 6-2- Gary Gordon, Randy Shugart and Brad Halling. Brad was actually manning the left side minigun after one of the crew chiefs was shot. They provided minigun cover to Randy and Gary while they tended to the crew of Super 6-4. They all survived the crash and defended it until the D-Boys showed up. They were taken to the tail of the aircraft to wait and hide while the snipers pulled Mike Durant out. Putting him away from the rest of the crew probably is what saved his life. He was hit in the face with the severed arm of one his friends, not a rifle butt.
I've read this book, I've never seen the movie and always meant to. I'm going to hit this movie this week and I'll be back for the reaction! I'm letting it run right now though, so you get an extra view from me, lol.
FYI, seconds after Blackburn hit the ground from the missed chopper repel, RUclips ad cut in for Expedia with BHD actor Ewan McGregor asking if we'd ever regret 'the places we didn't go." lol
I was working on a tin roof with a buddy and he had an epileptic seizure. Scary as fuck, I just had to hold on to the guy and the roof ridge to keep him from sliding off
2 other movies that I recommend and that are very similar to this one, also based on real events that occurred a few years ago, one movie is: Lone Survivor, a mission of 4 American soldiers in Afghanistan, which goes wrong and they are surrounded by more than 100 Taliban soldiers in the mountains of Afghanistan very intense movie and a fight for survival. and the second film: 13 Hours, based on the terrorist attack on the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, on the anniversary of 9/11, where the surviving members of the embassy and the military guarding the embassy , take refuge in an American military post very close and are attacked throughout the night by terrorists in that area. "Very good movies and very similar to Black Hawk Down.
Mike Durant I believe has become a senator in Alabama in 2021. also the Humvee driver Brian Van Holt: Struecker who said it's what you do right now that makes a difference is now a pastor or preacher
Let me just say that the reason why we ended up being so unprepared is that at the time the country was cutting the military spending and personnel down too quickly so the operations were disorganized.
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.
My uncle did some peace keeping mission in Somalia in 1993 I was only 2 at the time but my parents told me some stories of his mission. He saw some screwed up stuff he wasn’t involved in what happened in this movie but still saw children being taught to kill people he saw people with major injuries people fighting over food and lots of black market guns circulating around. He came back from that all messed up. He can’t watch this movie it’s too real for him.
I haven’t seen this one but I’ve heard it’s pretty good! If you like war movies definitely check out Come and See, it’s good to see the war from another perspective other than the Americans, which is like 95% of war movies. It’s the second highest rated movie on Letterboxd after Parasite.
@@zgSH4DOW Lol shut up mate, how about you write your own comment. I haven’t seen the movie so I don’t wanna spoil it, but it helps the creator to like and leave a comment, that’s why. You’re a petty guy to feel the need to write that
Ask Jessica Lynch (or the female solider that died next to her), or Tammy Duckworth, or any other females in the military if this isn't a horror movie to them. (by the way, what horror movie is a blonde wearing heels? Your comment barely makes sense).
@@TTM9691 I think he means the horror movie slasher cliche vic who's 'a blond wearing heels'; I guess he presumes combat movies are mostly the nightmare for men===Presumably.
@@nickmitsialis Gotcha. Unfortunately lots of women/blondes in high heels are the often the real-life victims of lowlifes with murder fetishes, not to mention beatings, rapes and various other real-life horror movies, at least as many as there are men who actually have gone to combat, so....if we're comparing nightmares.....lol. I'm a guy and I freaked out when I was told they were re-instating the draft (during the first Iraq War - it turned out to be a b.s. story, obviously), so I definitely relate to the nightmare. But the guy leaves out in his little scenario the maniac with the axe chasing the blonde in high heels! lol.
So I had a delay because of some family gatherings and a few other reasons. Last samurai is coming this week as well as Chinatown followed after. Same order just delayed
@@FlixTalk Cool! You did "Chinatown"? Very cool! Now there's a movie that only gets better and better on repeated viewings. I've seen that movie 10,000 times and yet every reaction video I've seen of it, I' m STILL noticing new things in it! Looking forward to that one, especially because you're in L.A., right?
@@FlixTalk Oh damn! Sorry! I hope I didn't give spoilers! I had assumed you watched it already!!!! F**k! Sorry man! Have a good time, I"ll see you on the other side for sure, my brother!
In spite of the cine marvels, this moovie is so America-centred that it becomes racist.I will argue here why I say that: 1. Typical for Westerners (especially Americans) to look at *the world as a tourist attraction. The people are unimportant,* only humans are & humans here used to mean Europeans, but somehow the U.S: military managed to make African Americans equally arropgant when they serve in the 3rd world. 2. Somali proverb: *Baboon tells his brother: Your ass is red.* I learned this proverb from a Somali friend I met in Moscow in 1991. It acknowledges that it is easier to see the others' asses than our own. As an extra it underlines the fact that we need others to tell us what we can't see, provided we trust them. When have you seen a drunk uncle aware of his drunkness? 3. We are all racists (accumulation of prejudices, that are in depth are mere defence mechanisms, unless we try hard to be aware about them. Is any of us aware when we act racist?
I mean the casting department and director apparently thinks all black people look the same and all Africans have the same accent…. A racist eventuality isn’t that shocking
I'm not sure why you think there wer "friendly civilians" in Somalia. There weren't, and they hated the Americans for interfering in their internal issues.
@@FlixTalk I’ll bet the Russians thought the Ukrainian civilians would be friendly, too. Not a lot of native populations are benign about foreign troops telling them how to run their governments. There sure was a lot going on in that movie, though.
I'm not sure why you would think he would know that much about the Somali war as a.) it's before his time and b.) most Americans at the time didn't know s**t about it (or anything else). Man oh man, war movies always bring out the dickiest commenters, always with a dicky attitude. "I'm not sure why you think there were friendly civilians blah blah blah....." The reason you're not sure, Michael, is because YOU don't think. He's watching a movie, s**thead. Do you get it now?
@@altaclipper What government? Things had kind of collapsed into chaos, famine and civil war without a working government The powers that be in the UN and 'at the top' decided if they could 'restore order' by putting down Aideed's militia, they could relieve the famine. Some Somali clans didn't involve themselves in the fighting, or didn't want to be under the boot of Aideed's clan militia were friendly or at least neutral.
For anyone that maintains that the US should "do something about world hunger", they need to see THIS movie to understand what it will really cost to get to those people.
Not saying it should or shouldn't be done, just that they're aware of what the costs are.
I was in Somalia twice, before and after this event. The movie really got the look and feel of it right to me. I saw a lot of craziness there, but nothing close to this.
I will say the Mogadishu portrayed in this film looks nothing like the real one, and Ive never been , but Mogadishu in 91 was single story shanties, I believe this would be filmed in Morocco based on the buildings.
Let me tell you, having the crewchief of a blackhawk turn and yell at you "We're going down" was the single most terrifying thing I ever heard.
Glad you're here to post about it.
Watched the documentary on the real story...tom Sizemore character was even more bad ass in real life...apparently casually strolled down the street while taking insane amounts of fire to call out a target and calmly walked back to the humvee and radioed it in. Was shot like 4 times that day and never left his men. Real G shit.
This is one of my favorites. A GREAT MOVIE !
The best part is Tom Sizemore strolling through a war zone like it’s Sunday in the park🤣!
Invincible lol great performances from everyone
Because the real McKnight was like that.
He'd seen good soldiers take cover and get cut down anyway and seen "sloppy" soldiers walk through a hail of gunfire unscathed and figured there was so much random chance involved in getting hit why was he even trying... that if it was his time to go there wasn't anything to do about it.
Saw this film many years ago back in California. It was sometimes hard to watch but I would give this film 5 stars. Somalia, like Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Yemen and many other war torn countries will always remain on the travel advisory lists of many countries.
Same here; I actually saw this shortly after 9/11. Usually, my wife likes to go to these types of films (SPR for example) but, she was 'not of a mind'; I went alone and caught an early showing in a not too crowded theater. I found the film hard to watch, sobering and very moving. It's become one of my favorites=if I catch it playing on Cable I watch it, no matter that I have it in my BlueRay collection.
@@nickmitsialis I fought beside some of the guys who served in Mogadishu. This movie may be "fun" to watch, but please try to remember this is based on TRUE events.
Eric Bana's character was created based on three soldiers who fought in the Dish. He tried his best to merge the three attitudes into an individual character, and while he was a bit... Ramboish... he did a stellar job with the material he was given. The character was made due to cinematic time constraints.
@@Pecos1 It was and is hard to watch without being moved--even with the Hollywoodized parts.
@@nickmitsialis indeed. Especially because I was with those guys in Baghdad. Wacky fun.
@@Pecos1 thank you for saying this.
28:33 - They weren't retreating. The American troops' job was to get their wounded and get out of there as quickly as possible. There was also lots of confusion & miscommunication at the time which is why the UN Pakistani armored vehicles suddenly took off (the American troops were supposed to hop on top of them for transport and protection). The run back to the stadium was nicknamed "The Mogadishu Mile".
28:40 - Yes and No. Many Somali citizens were just trying to get to safety. However, Aidid was a good propagandist. He successfully convinced the starving Somali population the UN and U.S. were there to subjugate them which is why many had a knee-jerk reaction of being hostile towards American troops.
Government Bureaucracy is so annoying " After 6 weeks Washington was growing impatient " " Washington decided it was too high profile to deploy AC-130 gunships and larger armored vehicles " , literally both decisions that lead to there being as many casualties as there were, despite them being rather low. Who knows how the operation could have gone not only if they had more time for planing, staging and getting the best intel but also if they had AC-130's and other armor you can't tell me there would still have been 18 American casualties.
And even besides the fact washingtin did all that.... Gen. Garrisom still took full responsibility. Man of character right there.
Mohammed Farrah Adid's son moved to the U.S. and was actually serving in the U.S. Marine Corp during the events of this movie.
And then he moved back to Somalia and took over the Habr Gidr clan after his father died. I saw a document years ago that featured him talking about his time in Somalia with the Marines. I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree because he's a piece of shit warlord like his father.
I've had the opportunity to meet Gen. Garrison on a couple of occasions. He used to have morning coffee with my Grandfather from time to time. He always seemed like a decent man to me. I think they just needed someone to blame for how things turned out. I always like to point out on reactions to this film, that the situation in Somalia is exceedingly complex, and there was little chance soldiers were going to fix it. But also that doesn't detract in the slightest from the bravery and distinguished service of those soldiers. They did their job, and did it well.
He was absolutely sold out as the scapegoat. He said it was his recommendation for full heavy armor for this mission and Washington shot it down because they believed the Blackhawks should be good enough. The more things change....
@@joshritz7067 Yes, it was one of those situations where politicians are worried about their image, and someone has to fall on a sword.
13:26 that pilot (the guy, who's talking to Hartnett) was an real army pilot and he was asked by the filmcrew, if he would play this scene, because he did the same rescue action back then in Mogadishu
11:50 That is a SCARY situation to be in. Surrounded on all sides, no idea when help will reach you(if it reaches you at all), and he got shot.
Always a great reaction without stepping on the script or story -
Thank you, brother.
Peace -
there were actually a couple of other Blackhawks that were damaged but were able to land safely outside the zone
This was said to be Saddam Hussein's favorite movie because it shows a case of American forces being put into a tough situation that ended up costing them lives.
Really cool video dude! It's sooooooo good to finally see smaller channels popping up on my reccomended, cos like their content is quality content most of the time. I really enjoyed this one.
RUclips IS FINALLY DOING SOMETHING LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO
My brother played baseball with one of the pilots in one of the Black Hawks that was shot down, Donovan Briley, he named his son after Donovan. He was from Arkansas RIP to all 🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
in my eyes this is by far one of the best depicted War battle. people complain that it's not like the book but the movie isn't solely based on the book it's actual event and they almost nailed it to a T. I've been fascinated with this battle since I was a kid and I've watched all the documentaries News videos and articles and listen to all the interviews from soldiers that were there
Served 4yrs. To answer your question. We make it a point to not shoot non combatants. Even if they have weapons or marching with the militia. Fired when fired upon is usually the rule of thumb. As much as the media loves to showcase when civilians do get caught in the war, we try not to involve them at all costs. There's quite a few rules of engagement that you'll go over in a briefing before you head out. War has rules. Even if the other side doesn't follow the same
The Militia USED civilians and forced them to walk in front of them so the Militia could use them as HUMAN SHIELDS so that is why you see so many people everywhere.
Damn
I work at guy who is now a retired Army Green Berit. He was with DELTA FORCE and there in the MOC during this time period. He fought.
I love this film, but you can't fit everything into a 2 hour movie. What's really cool to me is that a number of the pilots were a part of the real mission as were a few of the Ranger extras. Keith Jones, who flew Star 4-1 both in the movie and in real life, plays himself and recreated his rescue of Delta Sergeant Dan Busch from the 6-1 crash site. One thing thats missing is that there were really 3 Delta snipers on board Super 6-2- Gary Gordon, Randy Shugart and Brad Halling. Brad was actually manning the left side minigun after one of the crew chiefs was shot. They provided minigun cover to Randy and Gary while they tended to the crew of Super 6-4. They all survived the crash and defended it until the D-Boys showed up. They were taken to the tail of the aircraft to wait and hide while the snipers pulled Mike Durant out. Putting him away from the rest of the crew probably is what saved his life. He was hit in the face with the severed arm of one his friends, not a rifle butt.
I've read this book, I've never seen the movie and always meant to. I'm going to hit this movie this week and I'll be back for the reaction! I'm letting it run right now though, so you get an extra view from me, lol.
Awesome man thanks! Enjoy your watch
FYI, seconds after Blackburn hit the ground from the missed chopper repel, RUclips ad cut in for Expedia with BHD actor Ewan McGregor asking if we'd ever regret 'the places we didn't go." lol
Omg....lol..haunting
I was working on a tin roof with a buddy and he had an epileptic seizure. Scary as fuck, I just had to hold on to the guy and the roof ridge to keep him from sliding off
2 other movies that I recommend and that are very similar to this one, also based on real events that occurred a few years ago, one movie is: Lone Survivor, a mission of 4 American soldiers in Afghanistan, which goes wrong and they are surrounded by more than 100 Taliban soldiers in the mountains of Afghanistan very intense movie and a fight for survival. and the second film: 13 Hours, based on the terrorist attack on the American embassy in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, on the anniversary of 9/11, where the surviving members of the embassy and the military guarding the embassy , take refuge in an American military post very close and are attacked throughout the night by terrorists in that area. "Very good movies and very similar to Black Hawk Down.
Mike Durant I believe has become a senator in Alabama in 2021. also the Humvee driver Brian Van Holt: Struecker who said it's what you do right now that makes a difference is now a pastor or preacher
It's a solid 4.75. Great movie!
Hans Zimmer in the score.
imo best war movie ever
Let me just say that the reason why we ended up being so unprepared is that at the time the country was cutting the military spending and personnel down too quickly so the operations were disorganized.
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.
My uncle did some peace keeping mission in Somalia in 1993 I was only 2 at the time but my parents told me some stories of his mission. He saw some screwed up stuff he wasn’t involved in what happened in this movie but still saw children being taught to kill people he saw people with major injuries people fighting over food and lots of black market guns circulating around. He came back from that all messed up. He can’t watch this movie it’s too real for him.
Rest Easy Delta Snipers, CMH.
Mini-bird go brrrrrrrrrrrrt
the yelling and cussing at the solders was in training not in the field.
I haven’t seen this one but I’ve heard it’s pretty good! If you like war movies definitely check out Come and See, it’s good to see the war from another perspective other than the Americans, which is like 95% of war movies. It’s the second highest rated movie on Letterboxd after Parasite.
How about you comment on the video or otherwise watch it, instead of narcissistically rambling on about nothing
@@zgSH4DOW Lol shut up mate, how about you write your own comment. I haven’t seen the movie so I don’t wanna spoil it, but it helps the creator to like and leave a comment, that’s why. You’re a petty guy to feel the need to write that
Too bad it’s a bunch of Soviet Propaganda for sympathy like they didn’t rape their way across Europe and conquer land for themselves...
Classic.
Men don't have horror movies where they're a blonde wearing heels...
They have this...
Ask Jessica Lynch (or the female solider that died next to her), or Tammy Duckworth, or any other females in the military if this isn't a horror movie to them. (by the way, what horror movie is a blonde wearing heels? Your comment barely makes sense).
@@TTM9691 I think he means the horror movie slasher cliche vic who's 'a blond wearing heels'; I guess he presumes combat movies are mostly the nightmare for men===Presumably.
@@nickmitsialis Gotcha. Unfortunately lots of women/blondes in high heels are the often the real-life victims of lowlifes with murder fetishes, not to mention beatings, rapes and various other real-life horror movies, at least as many as there are men who actually have gone to combat, so....if we're comparing nightmares.....lol. I'm a guy and I freaked out when I was told they were re-instating the draft (during the first Iraq War - it turned out to be a b.s. story, obviously), so I definitely relate to the nightmare. But the guy leaves out in his little scenario the maniac with the axe chasing the blonde in high heels! lol.
What happened to your reactions to The Last Samurai and Chinatown? ☹️
So I had a delay because of some family gatherings and a few other reasons. Last samurai is coming this week as well as Chinatown followed after. Same order just delayed
@@FlixTalk oh okay 😊
@@FlixTalk Cool! You did "Chinatown"? Very cool! Now there's a movie that only gets better and better on repeated viewings. I've seen that movie 10,000 times and yet every reaction video I've seen of it, I' m STILL noticing new things in it! Looking forward to that one, especially because you're in L.A., right?
@@TTM9691 yes I am in the LA area! I will be watching that this week and putting it up by the weekend
@@FlixTalk Oh damn! Sorry! I hope I didn't give spoilers! I had assumed you watched it already!!!! F**k! Sorry man! Have a good time, I"ll see you on the other side for sure, my brother!
In spite of the cine marvels, this moovie is so America-centred that it becomes racist.I will argue here why I say that:
1. Typical for Westerners (especially Americans) to look at *the world as a tourist attraction. The people are unimportant,* only humans are & humans here used to mean Europeans, but somehow the U.S: military managed to make African Americans equally arropgant when they serve in the 3rd world.
2. Somali proverb: *Baboon tells his brother: Your ass is red.* I learned this proverb from a Somali friend I met in Moscow in 1991. It acknowledges that it is easier to see the others' asses than our own. As an extra it underlines the fact that we need others to tell us what we can't see, provided we trust them. When have you seen a drunk uncle aware of his drunkness?
3. We are all racists (accumulation of prejudices, that are in depth are mere defence mechanisms, unless we try hard to be aware about them. Is any of us aware when we act racist?
I mean the casting department and director apparently thinks all black people look the same and all Africans have the same accent…. A racist eventuality isn’t that shocking
Bruh why you gut the ending and put some weird music over…it’s probably one of the best parts of this movie
Because it's copyright music and RUclips doesn't allow that
Love this movie, as well as the book, but it is a lot.
I dislike this video on the basis that this is his first time watching black hawk down!
I'm not sure why you think there wer "friendly civilians" in Somalia. There weren't, and they hated the Americans for interfering in their internal issues.
I just assumed most civilians are friendly and don't want to get invovled
@@FlixTalk I’ll bet the Russians thought the Ukrainian civilians would be friendly, too. Not a lot of native populations are benign about foreign troops telling them how to run their governments. There sure was a lot going on in that movie, though.
I'm not sure why you would think he would know that much about the Somali war as a.) it's before his time and b.) most Americans at the time didn't know s**t about it (or anything else). Man oh man, war movies always bring out the dickiest commenters, always with a dicky attitude. "I'm not sure why you think there were friendly civilians blah blah blah....." The reason you're not sure, Michael, is because YOU don't think. He's watching a movie, s**thead. Do you get it now?
@@altaclipper What government? Things had kind of collapsed into chaos, famine and civil war without a working government The powers that be in the UN and 'at the top' decided if they could 'restore order' by putting down Aideed's militia, they could relieve the famine. Some Somali clans didn't involve themselves in the fighting, or didn't want to be under the boot of Aideed's clan militia were friendly or at least neutral.
@@nickmitsialis You have a very narrow, first-world idea of what constitutes a government. You should broaden your mind.