diff --git a/content/reviews/movies/13-hours.md b/content/reviews/movies/13-hours.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7efa5d0 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/movies/13-hours.md @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ ++++ +title = "13 Hours (2016)" +date = 2021-03-25 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["movies", "reviews", "michael bay", "benghazi", "stars:1", "movies:2021"] ++++ + +[Wikipedia Summary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Hours:_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi): +The film follows six members of Annex Security Team who fought to defend the +American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya after waves of attacks by +militants on September 11, 2012. + + + +{{ stars(stars=1) }} + +For some weird reason, I thought the movie was directed by Scorcese: Long +explanations, long dialogues, almost like some chess match in which players just +keep moving one peon at the time... + +... and then the explosions started. + +"Scorcese went full Michael Bay", I though. Lo and behold, this is a Michael Bay +movie. + +And, as any Michael Bay movie, you can't expect that it was two actual players +just moving peons in a board. No no, it was just two pigeons pecking the peons +thinking it was food. + +As any war movie of this kind, there is the obvious camaraderie between +soldiers, in which you actually know one of them will die; as any war movie of +this kind, one of the soldiers is about to become a parent; as any war movie of +this kind, the enemy is just bad and have no reason besides "kill the +protagonists". + +But it is based on real facts, but the movie seems to have ignored the *why* it +reached that situation. History tells us that Gaddafi was taken out of power and +that created a power vacuum, which led to extremists taking control. That's +bad. And that is portrayed as the only reason everyone hates the American +ambassador. + +Actually, no. That isn't portrayed. The Libyans simply *hate* Americans and +want to kill Americans. No, it is not because everybody drives their beaten up +cars while the Americans have brand new -- and, weirdly enough, never truly +covered in dust -- cars. No, it is not because everywhere is a desert, except in +the ambassador house and the annex compound. No, it is not because it seems +Americans have turned their life pretty comfortable and doesn't seem any bit +interested in helping the country they are in. Nope, it is pure hate for +Americans. + +Again, as any war movie of this kind, there is the obvious "6 guys can hold up a +horde of 300". No, it is fine, really. You see, Americans are way superior than +any other country, so they can easily hold against that many. Bullets? Oh, no +worries, bullets materialize up in thin air to keep the blood of the enemies of +the greatest nation flowing. + +In the end, the movie is only worth for the [Michael Bay +Explosions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ssUivM-eM). + +(Actually, fun fact: There is a scene when a bus coming with a large bomb and +the Americans manage to hit it while it is inside the bus, which explodes like +some sort of fire works factory going nuts.) + +PS: Heck, I understand that I tried to stay away from showing any signs of +taking sides, but I guess I'm still pissed with +[Greenland](@/reviews/movies/greenland.md).