World Trade Center (the movie)

[adina]

So while we were at the movies last weekend, we saw a preview for this.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/wtc/



Is this something you'd go see?

Not going to post my opinion on it yet.....

[Asylum Steve]

is this something you'd go see?

Should be interesting to see how he rewrites history this time...:nono:

Seriously, I don't think I'm quite ready to relive those events yet, even if the film does focus on the bravery and courage of those involved.

[poker]

Is this something you'd go see?

No. There's enough news reports, documentaries, and literature (past and future) to give us the fine details of that terrible event without needing a Hollywood version of it.

IMO

[walterick]

Is this something you'd go see?

No, not me either. It's still too soon.

I did however watch the Loose Change conspiracy documentary which makes some interesting arguments :devil:

[molaselake]

Yuck. That's all I have to say about that.

[adina]

I forgot I asked about this!

I thought the preview was dumb. I think the movie looks dumb. I think the concept is dumb.

Unless they are doing some kind of massive "all proceeds go towards" something, I think this is pretty tactless.

Also, Nicholas Cage isn't as good as he used to be. And he struck me as really fake.

[walterick]

I wondered how long until you would inform us on your opinion!

Was Nick Cage ever good?

[julsoph]

Should be interesting to see how he rewrites history this time...:nono:

Seriously, I don't think I'm quite ready to relive those events yet, even if the film does focus on the bravery and courage of those involved.

This is how I feel too.

[walterick]

Just wondering if anyone ever saw this?

[Tom_Proctor]

No, not me either. It's still too soon.

I did however watch the Loose Change conspiracy documentary which makes some interesting arguments :devil:

I saw it too. It does bring up some interesting points, and you realize all they put in there are hard scientific facts. Same with some movies Alex Jones has made.

[jar_e]

I was lucky enough to watch this on a pre-screening through work. I'll copy and paste my "review" from another forum I participate in:

Well,

I had the great opportunity through work to see a pre-screening of Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center." As you read this, you should realize that this movie has alot of personal meaning to me as my dad is a firefighter and had the somewhat "honor" to attend New York and ground zero to honor fallen firefighters. That along with that I now work with Calgary Fire made me appreciate this movie on a different level. That being said, here's my review.

As much as I think this got drawn up as borderline American propaganda, the lack of Americanism in it is quite surprising. I didn't see this movie as a homage to the American spirit but rather a great documentation of the willpower and strength of the human spirit. If you weren't aware of the general idea of the movie, it depicts the true story of two Port Authority police officers who get trapped underneath the fallen buildings. I think Oliver Stone did a great job of showing the pure mayhem that occured on that day. There was a great mix of showing the family lives and what they went through and showing the two trapped police officers determination and will to live.

I'll be honest, I was very close to shedding tears twice in the movie. Both times included the family and the kids of the police officers and the second time was near the end when the one officer is thanking everybody as he was being rescued.

Suprisingly, there were moments of laughter in the movie. I was surprised at when people laughed and I'm not sure if it was just nervous laughter or what, but there were some "funny" parts. In my opinion, this worked greatly most of the times, though there were times where I questioned how close some of these "funny" moments popped up to more serious ones.

With everything considered, I'd highly recommend this movie. It was a great story as I said and thought the cinematography of the whole movie was stunning. I wasn't sure how much of the footage they used was real, but it was hard to tell what was from a newscast and what was genuine footage. It was a great movie (almost 2 hours on the dot) and I think didn't push any boundaries in regards to how close the movie came out to the date of it happening. As I said, I didn't see this as an "American" movie, but rather a "human" movie.

[Liz]

I was lucky enough to watch this on a pre-screening through work. I'll copy and paste my "review" from another forum I participate in:

Thanks for the review Jared. I've heard a few reviews from others who had seen it - they shared similar thoughts. I'm going to see it this week if it's still around.

Liz

[adina]

I was thinking about this recently.

We've all seen the movies based on WW 1 & 2, or Pearl Harbor, or other similar events. Is this different because it happened in "our time" rather than being a historical event?