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Before this, Matthew had not seen the film, and he didn't know what the finished film would look like, but he just guessed that a famous director like Ridley Scott would definitely not shoot exactly according to the original book, and it would inevitably add something unique to it.

In fact, Ridley Scott obviously has his own angle in the film, that is, the "love of robes" that has been repeatedly emphasized in the film.

In this operation, the U.S. military was originally a surprise operation launched to hunt down the militia leader Aideed, but because the information was inaccurate, it was surrounded by Somali militias, and the number of soldiers in need of rescue continued to increase due to improper tactics on the U.S. side.

Ridley Scott basically cut out the problem of overall tactics, and naturally did not show the views of the Somali militia, mainly focusing on how the American soldiers pounced on the besieged troops in the rain of bullets, regardless of their safety, and from the top command to the front-line soldiers, they resolutely held the belief that "no robes will be abandoned" - even the corpses must be rescued.

Of course, this may also be Jack Bruckheimer's masterpiece, after all, Ridley Scott does not have the final editing rights, and the current social situation, such content can also be accepted by the public to the greatest extent.

Matthew is just an ordinary actor in the crew, very far away from the decision-making level of the crew, and these are also speculations from watching the film and combining with the current social and political environment.

Perhaps only Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer know what the truth is.

At the end of the film, Matthew sees his character having a very deep conversation with Josh Naihart.

"We are working hard for our compatriots, it's as simple as that!"

This line from Sergeant Hutter once again highlights the theme of the whole film.

It's not an anti-war movie, at least Matthew doesn't think it's an anti-war movie after seeing it.

"If you look like this......" he muttered to himself, looking at the close-up of the face of Sergeant Hut, who he played on the screen, "my acting skills are not bad!"

In order to shoot this shot, he automatically ignored the NG so many times before and after.

End credits appeared on the screen, and Matthew briefly recalled that the film was only a fraction of the thousands of shots shot by Ridley Scott, and that the scenes where Sergeant Hood and the rest of the Delta team members later returned to the battlefield were all cut.

The plot of the movie ends with the arrival of the rescue forces at the stadium, but it does not end here in the script and the original book.

Especially in the original book, there is a detailed description of what happened after that, the Somali militia captured Black Hawk helicopter pilot Mike Durant, intending to exchange him for the captured Somali prisoners, but when they were about to take Mike Durant to their village, they were stopped on the way by local robbers who robbed Mike Durant and wanted to exchange him for ransom.

Mike Durant was sent to a house where he was interrogated and slapped in front of a video camera, which was later sent to CNN to be shown in the United States, along with a video of Somalis insulting the bodies of American troops, causing an uproar that led to the Zipper government having to withdraw its troops.

On the Somali militia side, after Aideed paid Mike Durant's ransom, Mike Durant was transferred to the residence of Aideed's Minister of Propaganda, five days later he was visited by a representative of the International Red Cross and interviewed by British and French journalists, and then ten days later, he exchanged with Aideed officers captured by the U.S. military, returned to his hometown and was greeted heroically.

The plot of the original book is only over here.

However, Matthew also knows that the film is different from the text, and it is impossible to cram too much content into the head, and Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer will definitely have to make a trade-off.

Mark Boughton's original book also featured many interviews with Somalis, many of which saw the battle from a Somali perspective, but all of them were discarded.

At the end of the day, this is an American movie, or a war movie with the help of the Pentagon.

There was a round of applause in the screening room, and Matthew stood up and applauded along with the rest of the crew, not saying anything about the messy background and current political issues, from the perspective of the film alone, at least he thought it was a very good war movie.

If he were to judge for himself, he felt that he could be classified as a classic, although the criteria for judging classics were more based on popcorn movies.

Subsequently, many guests, media reporters and film critics came to the front row to have a brief exchange with the crew.

Matthew was naturally not in the ranks of the exchanges, he was basically on the sidelines, and he didn't even attend the preview press conference later, and the actors only went to Josh Hartnett and William Fidnel, and even Johnny Lee Miller and Orlando Bloom did not enter the press room.

This has something to do with the style of the film, after watching the film, even if Matthew's professional level is not very high, it can be seen that the presence of the actors and characters in "Black Hawk Down" is very low.

Even in the fierce battle scenes and in the streets and alleys of Mogadishu, you can only see heavily armed American GIs, and it is impossible to tell who is who.

Although Ridley Scott deliberately asked the prop master to mark the character's name on the corresponding helmet during the shooting, it was no better than the actor's face hidden under the smoke and camouflage.

"It's okay...... Matthew sighed as he left the Passanadi Theater, "I had a very clear face in the last close-up. ”

But he vaguely felt that this didn't seem to have much effect, Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer determined the narrative style for the film, obviously choosing to do things rather than people, that is, to show the whole process of events in a relatively complete way, without focusing on the shaping of individual internal characters, although the main body of each unit of the US military in the film has at least one main character, such as Sergeant Hute played by him, but the personalities and backgrounds of these characters are not emphatically described.

To be precise, this is a war movie that shows the U.S. military as a whole and relatively ignores the individual.

Perhaps because of his long-term habit of watching other people's performances through videotapes, when Matthew watches movies, it is difficult to watch them from the perspective of a pure audience as he once did, and he will always unconsciously analyze them, even if he knows that these so-called analyses are superficial.

It can't be helped, his level of expertise is still very limited.

Back at home, Matthew immediately updated his blog, wrote a blog post about "Black Hawk Down", and put a few posters of his role as Sergeant Hut, and then uploaded them to his personal blog.

The number of followers on his blog has not exceeded 10,000, and the publicity role is relatively limited, and most of the people who come to pay attention to it are also because of "Scorpion King".

Matthew is not in a hurry, knowing that now is not the future, this kind of online social media fans need to be accumulated slowly, and then when the time comes, there may be a big explosion.

In the following time, he has participated in many media conferences, test screenings and screenings of "Black Hawk Down", and has also been interviewed by several reporters, and has also appeared in some newspapers, especially the close-up of Sergeant Hute played by Sergeant Hute in the end, which is used by media websites from time to time, which can be regarded as a lot of popularity.

Universal Pictures and the Scorpion King crew also took the opportunity to launch a promotional campaign, frequently associating the Scorpion King's poster with Sergeant Hut's image.

Matthew went back and forth between the two crews, but he also mixed up some pages in the media.

On the other hand, his idea of going to the crew of "The Lord of the Rings" to gain popularity did not materialize, and Orlando Bloom called to inform him that he did not get an invitation to the premiere.

Matthew didn't care either, this kind of heat can be rubbed the best, and if it can't be rubbed, forget it.

In contrast, he paid more attention to the "Scorpion King" and "Black Hawk Down" in which he starred.

"The Scorpion King" is in post-production, and as far as he knows, post-editing has begun, but it is impossible for him to interfere in post-production, let alone him, and even director Chuck Russell is not involved in post-production.

"Black Hawk Down" began to be screened in five theaters in Los Angeles, due to the limited scale of the screening, the attendance rate was considerable, and what was more eye-catching than the attendance rate was the professional evaluation of the film.

Whether it is a film critic or a professional media, the evaluation of "Black Hawk Down" is basically positive.

Matthew had seen a lot of positive reviews in newspapers and magazines.

"Black Hawk Landing" is not a simple anti-war movie, Ridley Scott directed it as a documentary, a true reproduction of the long day and night in Mogadishu, Somalia, whether it is the mentality of American GIs in the face of desperate situations, or the close-up of urban armed violence, its outrageous authenticity and the profound meaning behind it, are destined to be a unique war film in film history!"

The film's excellent reputation has also made Sony Columbia Pictures vigorously promote it, and their plan to make this film hit the Oscars is very obvious.

Some critics have even suggested that the history channels of various television stations use this film instead of related documentaries, arguing that the description of "Black Hawk Down" is more accurate and detailed in comparison.

Compared to the film itself, the actor received much less attention, not to mention Matthew, a supporting role who is not ranked highly, and even the actor Josh Hartnett did not receive much praise from the media.

The plot of this film completely overwhelms the actors.

Maybe critics and a lot of viewers like to see it, but for actors like Matthew, it's not a good sign.

Fortunately, even if the role is relatively flat, if "Black Hawk Down" can make a difference in the box office market and the Oscars, it can also become a brilliant qualification for many major actors.

Especially for Matthew, the rich qualifications are conducive to his competition for certain roles.