Larry Gude
Strung Out
...Johnny come lately, I know, but I just saw it at my favorite theater, mine, rented it.
I had heard good things about it, done properly in terms of true to life and all.
Call me picky but if anybody carried as much ammo as they had our heroes shooting off the Blackhawks woulda been down from the get go on account of being to heavy to get off the ground.
And why does everybody insist on having the heavy duty bad guys look like they are straight out of a gangsta rap video?
The boys 'n the hood are all buff and tough in an area destitute and mal-nourished for everybody, including the bad guys. A bag of meal is not gonna make you look like Carl Weathers, I don't care how much you eat. They're bigger than the US troopers for crying out loud.
And where were the video shots of the hoods hiding behind women and children, hmmm? Most of the people killed never picked up a gun. They got shot by the troopers because that was the only way to get at the bad guys.
On the hard to take side, they seemd to get Sgts. Shuggart and Gordon right. They were the two Berets who argued repeatedly to be put on the ground, by themselves, to secure the 2nd downed chopper knowing full damn well that surviving was probably not in the cards.
They did it anyway and saved one pilot from the mob before he was captured. They ran out of time when they ran out of ammo.
On the whole, I don't know what else they could have done with this movie. I'm just bitching. This subject and why it happened, like Lebanon, will forever be a sore point with me.
The History Channel did this with the real participants if you want the truth.
I had heard good things about it, done properly in terms of true to life and all.
Call me picky but if anybody carried as much ammo as they had our heroes shooting off the Blackhawks woulda been down from the get go on account of being to heavy to get off the ground.
And why does everybody insist on having the heavy duty bad guys look like they are straight out of a gangsta rap video?
The boys 'n the hood are all buff and tough in an area destitute and mal-nourished for everybody, including the bad guys. A bag of meal is not gonna make you look like Carl Weathers, I don't care how much you eat. They're bigger than the US troopers for crying out loud.
And where were the video shots of the hoods hiding behind women and children, hmmm? Most of the people killed never picked up a gun. They got shot by the troopers because that was the only way to get at the bad guys.
On the hard to take side, they seemd to get Sgts. Shuggart and Gordon right. They were the two Berets who argued repeatedly to be put on the ground, by themselves, to secure the 2nd downed chopper knowing full damn well that surviving was probably not in the cards.
They did it anyway and saved one pilot from the mob before he was captured. They ran out of time when they ran out of ammo.
On the whole, I don't know what else they could have done with this movie. I'm just bitching. This subject and why it happened, like Lebanon, will forever be a sore point with me.
The History Channel did this with the real participants if you want the truth.
