Why did they have to make a movie out of it???

LikeAnOcean
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edited August 2006 in A Moving Train
World Trade Center.. just a few years later Hollywood is trying to cash in.

If people really want to relive the tragic events, there's plenty of real-life footage to float their boats.

Maybe 50 years from now this movie would be OK, but we're still under the 9/11 cloud..


Sadly, I king of want to see it, but would feel guilty forking over the cash.
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  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    Cause there is money to be made...
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I was watching the original Superman the other day and it was kind of depressing seeing the towers in the back-drop.. Where was Superman when we needed him..
  • RockinInCanada
    RockinInCanada Posts: 2,016
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I was watching the original Superman the other day and it was kind of depressing seeing the towers in the back-drop.. Where was Superman when we needed him..

    There was a lot missing that day....
  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I was watching the original Superman the other day ..

    Do you remember the part when a cat is stuck in a tree and superman comes down and gives it to the girl? If you turn up the volume you can hear the mother slap the girl after she says she saw a man flying.

    Just thought it was funny.
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    MrBrian wrote:
    Do you remember the part when a cat is stuck in a tree and superman comes down and gives it to the girl? If you turn up the volume you can hear the mother slap the girl after she says she saw a man flying.

    Just thought it was funny.
    LOL! Yeah.. it was kind of making fun of the cornyness of the moment. The movie is purposely corny, and pokes fun of itself at a few moments. I never caught on when I was a kid. Also when the pimp tells superman "nice outfit". lol.
  • Jeremy2009
    Jeremy2009 Posts: 53
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    World Trade Center.. just a few years later Hollywood is trying to cash in.

    If people really want to relive the tragic events, there's plenty of real-life footage to float their boats.

    Maybe 50 years from now this movie would be OK, but we're still under the 9/11 cloud..


    Sadly, I king of want to see it, but would feel guilty forking over the cash.

    What can I say, it's California man. Everyone is too consumed by the almighty dollar out west.

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  • MrBrian
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    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    LOL! Yeah.. it was kind of making fun of the cornyness of the moment. The movie is purposely corny, and pokes fun of itself at a few moments. I never caught on when I was a kid. Also when the pimp tells superman "nice outfit". lol.

    haha! yeah dude that was classic!
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Is this thread in reference to United 93?

    In one of the promos they said all the victim's family members wanted the film to be made.
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  • sponger
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    then again, this is oliver stone. controversial shit is his thing.
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  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    I too think its way too soon for this movie. I have no desire to relive that day thru a movie. We have heard all the eye witness accounts up front and personal. We witnessed it ourselves that horrible day.
    Maybe in 15 years, when the people who are little kids now grow up, it would have impact, but why see a movie about something you seen up front and personal recently.
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  • enharmonic
    enharmonic Posts: 1,917
    So then don't go :)

    send a message. Hand Hollywood a beatdown that they will under$tand.

    My guess is that this movie will become a blockbuster. It's good old fashiond heartstrings propaganda at its best.
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  • lukin2006
    lukin2006 Posts: 9,087
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Is this thread in reference to United 93?

    In one of the promos they said all the victim's family members wanted the film to be made.

    It's in reference to the movie by Oliver Stone-World Trade Center. Opens August 9

    People who don't like it don't go see, but the real life firefighters that appear in the movie feel like it's a good movie. This is about the rescuing of trapped firefighters.
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    i'm actually surprised it wasnt done sooner......

    and i definitely won't be seeing it, just like i dont watch movies about the holocaust and other horrible manmade tragedies. cant see paying money to be depressed, i can turn on the news for that any time of day.
  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    Dollpartz wrote:
    i'm actually surprised it wasnt done sooner......

    and i definitely won't be seeing it, just like i dont watch movies about the holocaust and other horrible manmade tragedies. cant see paying money to be depressed, i can turn on the news for that any time of day.

    Out of curiousity, did you see Fahrenheit 9/11?
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  • SuzannePjam
    SuzannePjam Posts: 411
    There is no way I can go to that movie. I knew several people who died in the WTC that day. To see it brought to the big screen as entertainment just doesn't sit right with me. Maybe it's just too soon?
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  • BeBe
    BeBe Posts: 229
    It is a movie that many will not see. I probably will not until it comes out on video. But if I may add this:

    I have a very good friend who lost her husband (a police officer) at 9/11. She did email many of us that she wanted this film to be made so many will still remember that earth-shattering day. Her point was not to see her husband glorified, but to remind Americans the vulnerability that exists. How we still need to be cautious.

    Now, my son was only 7 years old that day and now that he is 12 years old, he seems interested in seeing the movie and understanding what happened. News reports and pictures are available. But he did ask me if he can go and do a small memorial in his school yard. A small group of middle schoolers are going to see the movie to further understand more of that day.

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  • Anon
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    PaperPlates wrote:
    Out of curiousity, did you see Fahrenheit 9/11?

    I did actually and even though I came out of the theatre feeling more informed than when I went in, I also felt angry and sad, and I just don't like to see movies that disturb me like that, I'd rather laugh at something stupid and lighten the load if you know what I mean.
  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    i saw the movie
    and i read the book
    but when it happened to me
    i sure was glad i had what it took
    to get away
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • rarghrargh-brownstar
    rarghrargh-brownstar Posts: 1,272
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    World Trade Center.. just a few years later Hollywood is trying to cash in.

    If people really want to relive the tragic events, there's plenty of real-life footage to float their boats.

    Maybe 50 years from now this movie would be OK, but we're still under the 9/11 cloud..


    Sadly, I king of want to see it, but would feel guilty forking over the cash.

    i agree with it all. ^

    :( i dont think ill go and see though....
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    Stone to Donate 9/11 Movie Profits

    By WENN Thursday, July 27, 2006

    HOLLYWOOD - Director Oliver Stone will donate 10 percent of new movie World Trade Center's first five-day profits to 9/11 charities.
    The controversial movie, which stars Nicolas Cage, tells the story of the last two people found alive in the rubble of New York City's collapsed Twin Towers in 2001.

    Half of the money raised will be given to the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, which is funding a $500 million memorial on the Manhattan site of the terrorist attack.

    After families of 9/11 victims expressed concerns over his film project, Stone promised sensitivity and will split the remaining five percent of profits between three charities: Tuesday's Children, which helps youngsters who lost a parent in the tragedy; the Tribute WTC Visitor Center, due to open this summer; and the New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund.

    World Trade Center Memorial Foundation president Joseph Daniels says, "It's our sacred obligation to remember the innocent victims and honor the sacrifice of the many brave individuals who gave their lives in the September 11 attacks.

    "This contribution will help ensure that the memory of those heroes lives on through the World Trade Center Memorial."

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