Thursday, June 17, 2010

I Suck At Black Hawk Down

Last night, with little else to watch on television, I ended up watching another movie. That movie: Black Hawk Down.

Now, I suck at Black Hawk Down.

(The video below is a trailer for Black Hawk Down.)


The movie is an adaptation of the book of the same name by Mark Bowden. The story depicts the Battle of Mogadishu, which was a raid by United States in their attempt to capture two senior subordinates of the Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The raid was supposed to take only a half hour, but ends up taking over 18 hours as two Black Hawk helicopters get shot down during the raid. (And for anyone curious, yes the two senior subordinates were captured.)

As far as war movies go, it was okay. The pace was a little slow at times, which probably added to the movie being almost two and a half hours. Interestingly enough, the movie had a bunch of stars in it, from Josh Hartnett to Ewan McGregor, to Eric Bana, to even Orlando Bloom.

To think that the incidents happened is amazing. One place that I would definitely not want to be dropped off in... Somalia.

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