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sledhead535
Reviews
Under Fire (1983)
A To-The-Left-View of what Actually Happened in Nicaragua.
I worked in Nicaragua from February, 1971 to May, 1979. I also owned an Island off the Southeast Coast of Nicaragua near Monkey Point.
The "popular" view by most filmmakers and "news people" of the time, viewed President Somoza as an evil man. What was thought to be a "saving Grace" for Nicaragua was a new Government.
What everyone there GOT was a Socialist/Communist takeover fueled by the Left and (then) President- Jimmy Carter, who even blackmailed Israel into not helping the Contras and President Somoza.
I always fume when I see "stories' of people and places written by people who were NEVER THERE. I WAS THERE. I SAW it FIRST HAND.
President Somoza wasn't perfect. No one IS. But what they got was FAR WORSE.
Nicaragua has been in my Family since 1928, when my Father and the U.S. Marines went there to help prevent Augusto Sandino from taking the country. My Association with my beloved Nicaragua ended in 1995.
Ground Control (1998)
"Ground Control.....More of a misnomer than a factual movie....."
Being a former Aviator since soloing at the age of 16, I was going to become an Air Traffic Controller. A stomach condition prevented that, but I maintained my Aviation activities and all of my friends in ATC and Aviation in general. So..... when I recently discovered this movie on Xfinity, I HAD to watch it.
A dismal disappointment. To me, and to (probably) many Controllers and Aviators alike.
I agree with all of the "goofs" in the summary. For some reason, Hellywood LOVES to use the words "FLIGHT LEVEL" for any reason in an Aviation film. Flight Levels BEGIN at 18,000 ft.
Another laugh, to ME, anyway, was when the pilot of a commercial jetliner complains about the cost of making a particular TURN. The female "Controller" tells the pilot to make the turn in the amount of money the pilot said it would cost. An OLD joke. Movie is a poor cliché.