World Trade Center Movie

GMitch · 08-07-2006, 08:05 PM

My wife and I went to an advance screening of this movie the other night. I keep seeing great reviews for it but we were disappointed. Not by the quality of the movie or the acting, but by what it focused on.

*Spoiler alert*

If you want a nice human interest story about two guys trapped underground and what they and their families go through, see this movie. If you want to see what the people in the building went through, don't bother. If you want to see what the rescuers did, come in in the last 15 minutes. For the most part, you could substitute two guys trapped in a mine cave-in and make only minor changes to the script. If you've seen the documentary made by the French guys that day with one of the fire companies, it's much more interesting and moving.

keg in kc · 08-07-2006, 08:09 PM

Most of the talk about it from sites/reviewers I respect has been negative, along the lines of "if you want to see a good film about 9/11, see Flight 93. If you want to see a sappy piece of crap with no real substance see World Trade Center.

CoMoChief · 08-07-2006, 08:15 PM

Flight 93 was terrible. It made me realize how stupid people are in they're in danger.

ROYC75 · 08-07-2006, 08:18 PM

I watched the real one........ that was enough for me.

**Donger** · 08-07-2006, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GMitch

*Spoiler alert*

Darn. I thought you were going to say that Stone threw in an alien, or something.

WilliamTheIrish · 08-07-2006, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BSPimpDude

Flight 93 was terrible. It made me realize how stupid people are in they're in danger.

Stupid people are in they're in danger?

JBucc · 08-07-2006, 08:57 PM

Is anybody else watching OCC on discovery?

this is some funny shit

**grandllama** · 08-07-2006, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by ROYC75

I watched the real one........ that was enough for me.

'zactly.

That said, I've heard critics say this is the best Stone movie ever...

I still won't go see it or Flight 93... I saw all I needed to see live on TV from 5 minutes after the first plane crashed up until both towers collapsed.

I appreciate Hollywood in their warped sense of contributing in trying to tell the story, but... as Royc said, we saw it. we lived it. leave it alone.

Brock · 08-07-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BSPimpDude

Flight 93 was terrible. It made me realize how stupid people are in they're in danger.

You be dumb.

Ultra Peanut · 08-07-2006, 09:20 PM

It's unfair to United 93 to even lump it into the same universe as this turd.

Garcia Bronco · 08-07-2006, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ROYC75

I watched the real one........ that was enough for me.

Amen...Those days just drained me...from Ed McCaffery breaking his leg on the night of the tenth...to the first report...to the days of dust and fire and news....everyone stopped for a minute and oddly for a few moments nothing else really mattered at all except being together.

Brock · 08-07-2006, 09:24 PM

The Katrina movie will probably be out next month.

Deberg_1990 · 08-07-2006, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by grandllama

That said, I've heard critics say this is the best Stone movie ever...

WTF?? They would be wrong. Salvador, Platoon, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born on the 4th, JFK, The Doors, Natural Born Killers......The dude is a shell of his former self.....At one time he was one of the greats.....

Hammock Parties · 08-07-2006, 09:35 PM

That's too bad. I have to see it.

Al Bundy · 08-07-2006, 09:42 PM

I don't know if I could see either of them. I unfortunately was up in the air that day and was in Atlanta for several hours. I have relived that day over and over in my head and I just dont know if I could sit through either of those movies.

08-07-2006, 08:05 PM
GMitch We're coming for YOU! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Oklahoma Casino cash: $1625774	World Trade Center Movie My wife and I went to an advance screening of this movie the other night. I keep seeing great reviews for it but we were disappointed. Not by the quality of the movie or the acting, but by what it focused on. Spoiler alert If you want a nice human interest story about two guys trapped underground and what they and their families go through, see this movie. If you want to see what the people in the building went through, don't bother. If you want to see what the rescuers did, come in in the last 15 minutes. For the most part, you could substitute two guys trapped in a mine cave-in and make only minor changes to the script. If you've seen the documentary made by the French guys that day with one of the fire companies, it's much more interesting and moving.
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08-07-2006, 08:09 PM	#2
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08-07-2006, 08:15 PM	#3
CoMoChief Mahomes Dynasty Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Parts Unknown Casino cash: $7872254	Flight 93 was terrible. It made me realize how stupid people are in they're in danger. __________________
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08-07-2006, 08:18 PM	#4
ROYC75 Time For Your Wake Up Call !!! Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Barn Yard Casino cash: $4352400	I watched the real one........ that was enough for me. __________________ Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. John Lennon
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Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $3260478	That's too bad. I have to see it. __________________ Chiefs game films
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08-07-2006, 09:42 PM	#15
Al Bundy Damnit Peg Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $4411831	I don't know if I could see either of them. I unfortunately was up in the air that day and was in Atlanta for several hours. I have relived that day over and over in my head and I just dont know if I could sit through either of those movies.
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