Zulu Vs. Black Hawk Down

I don't really have a knack for reviewing movies but I do enjoy connecting things that at first glance aren't similar. Here goes:

	Zulu	Black Hawk Down
When The Film Takes Place:	January 22-23, 1879	October 3-4, 1993
Year Film Was Released:	1964	2001
Takes Place In:	Natal, South Africa	Mogadishu, Somalia
Actually Filmed In:	South Africa	Morocco (apparently Mogadishu still wasn't safe)
Incendiary Oversimplification of the Plot:	Some white guys kill a lot of black guys.	Some white guys kill a lot of black guys.
Depicts:	The Battle Of Rorke's Drift where 139 British soldiers successfully defended their small garrison against 4000 Zulu warriors who had become fed up with having the British as neighbors.	The Battle Of Mogadishu where American military forces attempted to capture members of a warlord's clan. During the raid, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down in the city which was increasingly hostile.
Dead:	British Soldiers: 15 Zulu Warriors: 370	American Soldiers: 19 Somalis: 133 to 1000. Since most of the dead were "civilian militia" there isn't an accurate count.
Politics of the film:	Really doesn't address it. Nothing is said about why the British are in Africa (Ivory?) or whether they should be there at all. The movie ends as a statement against the horrors of war. Without injecting politics the filmmakers effectively comment on the nastiness of war whether "justified" or not while at the same time celebrating the efforts of the soldiers.	Stays way the hell away from politics. And for good reason. If you don't remember this battle by name, surely you will remember American soldiers' bodies being paraded through the streets of Mogadishu. The closest the movie gets to political commentary is when one of the characters reveals to his fellow soldiers that he truly wants to help the Somali people. Obviously, were not talking about the Somalis that our protagonists fight the entire movie. At the end we are left with the realization that war sucks.
Main character:	Lt. John Chard, a Royal Engineer sent to build a bridge. Instead, as the most senior man he finds himself leading the defense of the garrison. Oh, and he's a "proper gentleman."	Matt Eversman, who is placed in charge of a group of Army Rangers just before the raid due to another soldier's illness.
Voice of The Opposition:	Reverend Otto Witt who arrives at the garrison to warn the soldiers to leave. He is instead detained within the fort, gets drunk, and yells things like, "you're all going to die" for a good part of the movie.	Arms dealer Atto who is detained early in the movie and comments to the general in charge that the United States has injected itself into a civil war. The general replies that 300,000 dead isn't a civil war, "it's genocide."
Medals Won By the Actual Participants:	11 Victoria Crosses 5 Distinguished Conduct Medals	2 Medals Of Honor 6 Silver Stars 10 Bronze Stars 1 Distinguished Flying Cross 1 DeFleury Medal 1 Oak Leaf 2 Purple Hearts
Main Actors Playing Against Their Nationality:	Nigel Green (South Africa)	Eric Bana (Australia) Ewan McGregor (UK) Orlando Bloom (UK) Ewen Bremner (UK) Kim Coates (Canada) Hugh Dancy (UK) Loan Gruffudd (UK) (Holy crap! Why so many Brits?!)
Word From the Film That I Had to Look Up:	"Malingering"	"Urbane"
How We Begin:	Printed history of the event read by Sir Richard Burton.	Titles to get the audience up to date on the situation at hand. Also included is the quote, "Only the dead have seen the end of war," which is erroneously attributed to Plato.
Unintentionally Funny Line:	"Damn you Chard! Damn all you butchers!" [pronounced "booochers"]	Soldier: "Colonel, they're shooting at us. Lt. Col. McKnight: "Well, shoot back."
Geek Facts:	Ridley Scott, the director of Black Hawk Down, loves the film Zulu so much he used the actual Zulu war chant during the opening battle of his film Gladiator.	Michael Caine in Zulu. Michael Caine to Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality. Sandra Bullock to Jeff Daniels in Speed. Jeff Daniels to Laura Linney in Squid and the Whale. Laura Linney to Ed Harris in The Truman Show. Ed Harris to Sam Shephard in The Right Stuff. Sam Shepard in Black Hawk Down.

So the movies are more similar than not. What's this prove? Not much other than I don't have enough to do with my free time. I like both of the movies, in case you were wondering.