Black Hawk Down was poorly directed?
Listen here for a second. That movie often had four storylines all going on at once. And they weren't the same four storylines throughout. And everybody was confused, barely knew what was going on.
On top of that, it was the story of hundreds of people fighting thousands of people all across the area of an entire city. And the nature of the fight was that it was important to know where everyone was in relation to each other.
Yet, Ridley Scott managed to convey this story in such a way that the audience more or less knows what's going on at all times. That is not a feat to be sneered at. And oh yeah, it was also pretty realistic. At least that's what soldiers say. I wouldn't know.
Bob, you say you were expecting "something" in the movie. Well, here's something that the movie offers:
"A modern urban battle looks like this. One particular modern urban battle looked like this."
Not good enough? How about the line spoken towards the end: "It's just about the man next to you." I think the movie makes the point pretty well. I'll bet you weren't thinking about politics for most of the movie.
You can like it or not like it. That's your prerogative. But to say that it was poorly directed or didn't have any substance is to not think about it adequately.
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