Interesting. BHD is not a personal fav either; however, after spending the summer riding in one--a Blackhawk helicopter--over Baghdad--I have a new appreciation for the film--likewise, many service members told me Iraq feels like the film BHD because of the color, dust, and so many Blackhawks flying at low altitudes around Iraq...not unlike WWII-John Wayne films for Vietnam service members...morten -----Original Message----- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Thompson Sent: Saturday, 09 October, 2004 15:49 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [SCREEN-L] Black Hawk Down Related to politicians' favorite films, many of you may know that Turner Classics is doing a series of interviews with politicians on their favorite films. So far John Edwards--Dr. Strangelove; John McCain--Paths of Glory; Orrin Hatch--To Kill a Mockingbird; Joe Biden--Dead Poet's Society. Al Gore isn't in this group, but I do recall that his favorite film is Local Hero, which makes sense given the environmental theme of that delightful film. I thought Bush's favorite was Porky's. ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Hutchins To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:35 PM Subject: [SCREEN-L] Black Hawk Down I was curious if anyone in film studies actually LIKES _Black Hawk Down_. Every film studies student I've encountered, both undergraduate in Indianapolis and graduate in Staten Island, has had nothing but bad things to say about it, while I have massive "unhelpful" votes on Amazon for my lenghty and cogent negative assessment of the film, which got me some hate mail when it was new and not as far down the list. A bunch of people told me I was incompetent at writing film reviews and didn't have any business reviewing it if I hadn't served in the military (which I produly have not done). I heard it's George W. Bush's favorite movie. Scott ________________________________________________________________ Sent via the WebMail system at cix.csi.cuny.edu ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]