From reading the comments by others who have posted here it seems that people were actually ENTERTAINED by this film? Correct me if I am wrong but to me that seems rather sick. This movie was a lesson. It was meant to tell the story of the brave men who fought and died in the third world hole of a town in Somalia. Anyone who calls this film racist, or that it makes the somali's look like savages is ignorant of the facts and uneducated as to the situation in Somalia in 1993. The reason there was only one black ranger, was because Kurth and one other who did not figure into the story as well, were the ONLY black men who were members of Task Force Ranger. The percentage of blacks who apply to Ranger School is very small, this is not because of any race thing, many blacks serve in the combat arms, and other more specialized groups such as the 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne.
Yes this movie was well done, but to sit there and talk about how it was wonderfully done and exciting and other BS like that is sickening. This is also upsetting that something that happened so recently in history can be so quickly forgotten, or called BORING and that the viewer was checking their watch halfway through... Disgusting and arrogant.
You don't have to like this film, but do not insult the memories of those men by speaking as if this movie was made for your entertainment.
Yes this movie was well done, but to sit there and talk about how it was wonderfully done and exciting and other BS like that is sickening. This is also upsetting that something that happened so recently in history can be so quickly forgotten, or called BORING and that the viewer was checking their watch halfway through... Disgusting and arrogant.
You don't have to like this film, but do not insult the memories of those men by speaking as if this movie was made for your entertainment.