world trade centre

[answers2424]

i9d the film world trade centre any good. have any of you been to see it? was it upsetting? what did you think of it?

[fotografics]

The big problem would be that the real footage is more spectacular than any special effects could be. Also the story has been "done to death" in numerous documentaries, no fiction could compete with the actual event.
I'll be surprised if the film breaks even,

[Kinger]

The problem with making a film about such a sensitive subject especially such a recent one, is that Oliver Stone will have had no choice but to make the movie over-patriotic, almost propagandic (may have made that word up). I havent seen it yet, I have no intention of crying in front of a cinema full of people...because I can gaurantee it will be almost overly emotional as people would revolt if he didnt show the horror of it all. Im not saying 911 wasnt the most horrific incident of our time (possibly) but I don't know if its the kind of incident that should be made into a feature film yet. It kinda seems to me like he's cashed out on it.

[dot.hawkes]

I saw it the day it came out, it is nothing like you would expect, there are no great dramatic CGI effects and nothing to feel uneasy about the exploitation of the true horrors that went on that day. The majority of the film is Nick cage and another port Authority Police Officer trapped in the debris and the attempts to reach them. The overall intent i believe was to use these two real stories to represent to us the bravery and sacrifice shown that day but not create a film that could be called a Disaster movie and all the hype that comes with it. It is a slow reflective drama and Nick Cage harrowingly recreates the hell the real cops must have suffered. Don't go expecting blood gore and lots od death, it is not what the film needed to show to get the message across that these were real heroes.

[dot.hawkes]

i would be surprised if there were not a handful of Oscar nominations.

[sg2]

looks crap though because i think its just another money hungry cast making a movie just so they can win awards and be called patriotic.my opinion anyways

[dot.hawkes]

it isn't crap, it is moving, realistic, unsensationalist (if that is the word), it uses sound and movement to depict the collapsing towers and is anecdotal to reflect the real confusion and realisation of the events. It is not a film to go and see if you want to be shocked or want to see blood and guts, it is a thoughtful way of portraying acts of heroism by ordinary people. Nick Cage spends most of the film buried and all you see are his eyes.