Black Hawk Down

[Asterix]

Had only seen this the once when it came out but I picked up the Blu Ray version last week.

What a film!

[6655321]

Asterix said:

Had only seen this the once when it came out but I picked up the Blu Ray version last week.

What a film!

Yup.. very good indeed. Surprising amount of British actors in it as well. I was expecting a gung-ho type hollywood cheesefest, but I recon they did a good job.

[Hugo a Gogo]

I thought it was a bit monotonous, mowing down all the faceless 'skinnies'

it was like a video game

[mat205125]

One of the best war films ever IMO, and a really good film to enjoy with your surround up to volume 11

[Guffy]

Enjoyable, but the 'skinnies' are de-humanised to the point that it is like an arcade video game, plus it's difficult to track who's who due to head gear and the fast paced action. 7/10 for me

[RizzoTheRat]

Guffy said:

plus it's difficult to track who's who due to head gear and the fast paced action.

Which gives it a pretty realistic feel IMO. Not watched it in ages though.

[JakeR]

'we gotta blackhawk down, we gotta black hawk down'

awesome,awesome film. The bit where (iirc) Shughart and Gordon go in to try to secure one of the crash sites is just brilliant. And, by all accounts, a fairly realistic version of the true events.

[Nic jones]

Wasn't one of the original pilots later convicted as a kiddy fiddler and so for the film his character has a different name?

Ah, a quick Googley shows that John Stebbins became John Grimes as Stebbins was convicted of sexually assaulting his daughter.

[dougc]

All units Irene. I say again, Irene.

fkin' Irene!

<JimiHendrix>

[mp3manager]

Good film but has the worst accent ever committed to celluloid.

[Jonny671]

Love this film! Brilliant.

I love it when the Helicopter goes over and lights up the roof tops through IR vision!

And this bit;

Grimes: Why aren't you shooting?
Waddell: We're not being shot at yet.
Grimes: How can you tell?
Waddell: A hiss means it's close. A snap means...
[a bullet whizzes close by]
Waddell: Now they're shooting at us!
[they begin returning fire]

[Z06George]

Epic film, the snipers are awesome and the poor bloke in the Humvee that gets an RPG-7 to his stomach is brutal. The music is also very very good.

[Dupont666]

Is this the one with the scene when they ask what they are shooting at and they say building A.... they get told its building B they should be shooting at and not A, just as someone rings in to tell them to stop shooting at their own people in building A.

[TheStig10]

Absolutely brilliant film seen it too many times to care!

Great acting and a good story line

[shirt]

JakeR said:

'we gotta blackhawk down, we gotta black hawk down'

awesome,awesome film. The bit where (iirc) Shughart and Gordon go in to try to secure one of the crash sites is just brilliant. And, by all accounts, a fairly realistic version of the true events.

ish. they leave out the fact that it was an pakistani armoured convoy from the UN who got them out, but if you read the book i think theyld be glad they were left out of it. FUBAR on all fronts.

[Z06George]

Um I might have mis-read you post but in the film they are escorted out by a pakistani amoured convoy, they're are assisted by humvees in the film.

[shirt]

rightio! long time since i've seen it and thought the armoured was US.

iirc, that armoured division were based something ridiculous like a mile outside the city in a heavily fortified compound yet sat there doing nothing due to politics up the command chain. on the way out they'd stop at every junction!

think the book is £3 or something daft from HMV. well worth a read. has a small chapter at the end of the surviving pilot's time held hostage.

[T89 Callan]

We gotta red sleigh down, we gotta red sleigh down!

[6655321]

T89 Callan said:

We gotta red sleigh down, we gotta red sleigh down!

For fks sake, it's only JUST November... Let's leave Santa out of this!

[T89 Callan]

6655321 said:

T89 Callan said:

We gotta red sleigh down, we gotta red sleigh down!

For fks sake, it's only JUST November... Let's leave Santa out of this!

Jesus christ they've just hit Santa with an RPG!!![/Underpants Gnomes]

Edited by T89 Callan on Thursday 5th November 20:58