Your review is very interesting to me, Adam. I'm reading it as if you want to like the movie (not love, just like) but feel like you can't because it is Michael Bay so it must be bad. Honestly, I'm not trying to be funny by saying that as it is really how I'm reading it. Briefly I had the expectation you would mention "Bob" not giving the order to stand down (according to Bob and disputed by the Operators) because that is what most negative reviews seem to point out first.
As for the little Libyan character involvement I can only think of Blackhawk Down, which is also a reference Tanto (Pablo Schreiber) makes. Blackhawk Down is a superior film and does show us a bit of the other side of the conflict. That, however, is because Mark Bowden did an extensive investigation featuring individuals involved on both sides of the conflict.
I had sent a Tweet to City about the female involvement. I just can't think of any place to involve a woman in the story except for the CIA Operations Officer who was included. After reading the book I am pretty sure she would be the only opportunity for a female character and unfortunately that is how she was treated according to Mark Geist who was with her at the dinner when the attack began.
By the way, read your Revenant review and I said exactly the same things after the viewing to my brother-in-law. I enjoy reading your reviews and look forward to more.
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Your review is very interesting to me, Adam. I'm reading it as if you want to like the movie (not love, just like) but feel like you can't because it is Michael Bay so it must be bad. Honestly, I'm not trying to be funny by saying that as it is really how I'm reading it. Briefly I had the expectation you would mention "Bob" not giving the order to stand down (according to Bob and disputed by the Operators) because that is what most negative reviews seem to point out first.
As for the little Libyan character involvement I can only think of Blackhawk Down, which is also a reference Tanto (Pablo Schreiber) makes. Blackhawk Down is a superior film and does show us a bit of the other side of the conflict. That, however, is because Mark Bowden did an extensive investigation featuring individuals involved on both sides of the conflict.
I had sent a Tweet to City about the female involvement. I just can't think of any place to involve a woman in the story except for the CIA Operations Officer who was included. After reading the book I am pretty sure she would be the only opportunity for a female character and unfortunately that is how she was treated according to Mark Geist who was with her at the dinner when the attack began.
By the way, read your Revenant review and I said exactly the same things after the viewing to my brother-in-law. I enjoy reading your reviews and look forward to more.