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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Adele[/i] [br]Ok ok...I know that I am months behind on the subject of Black Hawk Down, but I finally got to see the DVD a week or so ago, and I just wanted to say...I liked it! I must admit to watching it with a slightly cynical eye...I did expect it to be a bit more US gung-ho, and not very accurate...but I was fairly pleasantly surprised. It took the necessary liberties Hollywood must take to condense the whole story and number of people involved into a manageable quantity, but aside from that, I thought it seemed a reasonably accurate portrayal of events. I must admit, I really enjoyed the extras on the DVD too, the 'making of' documentary was extremely entertaining - don't skip that, if you rent the DVD. I am halfway through the book by Mark Bowden now, and enjoying it tremendously. It is quite hard to put down. Naturally, the book covers the story in a great deal more detail, and talks of all the people involved, including stories from some of the Somali people and their perception of events. Heartily recommend it. I haven't seen Gangs of New York yet, which has just been released here, but I did see a 'Making Of' documentary on television the other night, and there was one thing that struck me above everything else, and that was Daniel Day-Lewis' voice! Has anyone else noticed that his voice never sounds the sams in any two films? It isn't just a question of accent....his whole voice seems to change completely. It's quite extraordinary...Newland Archer....Hawkeye...Cecil Vyse..Bill the Butcher...never the same voice... HM [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.