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THIS IS WHAT WENT ON IN THE 90'S, A REMINDER
by paul (movies profile)
Mar 23, 2008
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OF THE MARVELS AND DANGERS OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN FOREIGN LANDS. I LIKED THE FACT THAT RIDLEY SCOTT DECIDED NOT TO FOCUS SO MUCH ON A CHARACTER-STORY RATHER THAN A VIVID ACCOUNT OF A BATTLE. THE BUILD UP WAS TREMENDOUS AND WHEN THEY WERE ABOUT TO GO INTO BATTLE, MY HEART WAS POUNDING AS IF I WAS REALLY THERE. THINKING, AS THEY DID, THAT THIS WOULD BE SHORT AND EASY, IT JUST WENT ON AND ON; TO THE POINT WHERE THE CHARACTERS WERE TURNING VIETNAM-PSYCHOTIC. THE FACT THAT THE MOTIF WAS "LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND" AS IN THE BLACK HAWK COPTER. THE EFFECTS WERE PERFECT, AS THE SOUNDTRACK WAS; THE ENDING WAS ANOTHER SCOTT-SUPERBITY (REMINISCENT OF GLADIATOR). IT IS THE TYPE OF MOVIE YOU HAVE TO WATCH OVER AND OVER, TO COMPREHEND BECAUSE OF ITS INTELLIGENCE AND REALISM. IT IS A WAR MOVIE WITH MUCH EXCITEMENT BUT NOT AT ALL BASED ON ACTION. IT IS DEFINETLEY A FILM FOR GUYS. TOO BAD THERE IS NO PRETTY WOMEN IN IT, OTHER THAN THE GLIMPSES OF THE POOR SOMALIAN MOTHERS; BUT, THEN THAT WOULD DISTRACT AND IMPEDE THE TOTAL REALITY OF THE GOAL. THERE ARE A FEW SCENES THAT SEEM HOLLYWOODED, AS IN THE LINES TO KEEP US ENTERTAINED, BUT OVERALL IT WAS-AS THE A MARK IMPLICATES-OUTSTANDING. SEE IT! AND FEEL THE AWE AND HORROR OF WAR. SECOND TO APOCOLYPSE NOW, THIS FILM REVEALS THE NIGHTMARE OF BATTLE. |
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