Either/Or – Saving Private Ryan vs Black Hawk Down

Which movie is better?

War movies are like crack for me –  if smoking crack made me weepy and jingoistic.  I’ve never been in the military, and the few guns I’ve ever shot did more damage to me then anything I was aiming at.  I know next to nothing about defending my country (or being a pawn led into deadly situations to help rich people get more oil, but I digress) and the extent of my heroics involve carrying in ALL of the groceries from the trunk to the kitchen in one trip.  Yet even still, I would happily watch a two day long war movie marathon with nothing other then a bedpan and a bag of sliders by my side.  Don’t test me!  I just finished watching two of my all time favorite war movies, Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down.  Today, I’m going to break these movies down and decide which one is better.  Join me as I delve deep into the minutia of these flicks and spend far more time debating their virtues than is healthy.

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