Black Hawk Down

[Future Preacher]

The movie was truly a great movie. anybody seen it? anyways, i've really been interested in it. so i looked on the internet and i found this site. http://inquirer.philly.com/packages/somalia/sitemap.asp Check it out. It is a story about it, and it has a bunch of the actual accounts on it from the boys that were there. its very awesome. great story. i recommend reading it cuz its so awesome. God bless. FP

 

[tndrwarrior]

Wow thanks for the great site! Are you going to be a military chaplain? Let me know.

 

[Cowboy_VCIA]

www.bhd93.com

This is better.

 

[Rik]

I worked for a Major a couple years ago who was stationed at Ft Lewis when they were making that movie. He and a few other officers were tasked to help with the "realism" aspect of the film, sort of a PR kind of thing. He actually knew most of the guys in the movie (the real guys, not the actors), and he had quite a few interesting stories about hwta really happened. Let's just say that not everyone in the movie was portrayed accurately...

Thib

 

[WarSong]

I worked for a Major a couple years ago who was stationed at Ft Lewis when they were making that movie. He and a few other officers were tasked to help with the "realism" aspect of the film, sort of a PR kind of thing. He actually knew most of the guys in the movie (the real guys, not the actors), and he had quite a few interesting stories about hwta really happened. Let's just say that not everyone in the movie was portrayed accurately...

Thib

Really?

Granted, I don't know that much about it behind the scenes, but I remember some of the actors saying that a lot of the soldiers who were involved with the real operation were making sure the movie was as close to the truth as it could be.

 

[Rik]

Well, one thing I learned awful quick is that the Ranger community in the Army is a small one. Everyone knows everyone.

One example I can give is of a Colonel that I used to work with. Remember Tom Sizemore's character, he played the LTC who was trying like heck to get into the fight, but was blocked by some kind of roadblocks, etc? According to the Colonel, he knows the guy, and said he was a coward and the real story is that he actually avoided getting involved because he felt it was too dangerous. I know others who dispute this.

Regardless, it's a great movie. My point is not to trash anyone, just to say that Hollywood doesn't always portray things accurately. Whatever did happen, those guys are true heroes in my mind.

 

[Sybaris]

I have feigned from seeing it so far. I was there when we pulled out in '95 and saw enough.

 

[silentpoet]

If you watch the special edition you can watch it with comentary from 3 of the guys who were there. Granted I think two of them were in the air and not on the ground. Regardless of that it is worth watching.

I know one guy who says he won't watch it because it brings back too many memories. Not that he was there, but he has been in combat from what I understand.

 

[WarSong]

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Regardless, it's a great <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=movie&v=56">movie</a>. My point is not to trash anyone, just to say that Hollywood doesn't always portray things accurately. Whatever did happen, those guys are true heroes in my mind.

Hollywood never does, though I guess at times it can get closer than others.