World Trade Center

Originally Posted By DAR

Well I gotta ask will you see it? Some here won't some will. At first when I saw that Oliver Stone was directing, a few alarms went off. I thought it was going to be a big conspiracy movie. But it seems that Stone wisely chose to tell the story of two Port Authority cops. My verdict is that I may go see it, I'm not quite sure.

 

Originally Posted By mele

No, I probably won't see it. I usually try to avoid these sorts of movies, plus any movies about 9/11. And I hardly ever watch movies with Nicolas Cage. Bleh.

 

Originally Posted By TexasTeaIII

That movie looks so damn lame. Oh definitely .... Cage has got to go. The only movie he has been in that I like was Fast Times at Rigemont and he bearly had any part.

 

Originally Posted By LadyKluck

I will not be seeing this movie. I had a REALLY hard enough time mentally and emotionally dealing with the real thing when it happened, why on earth would I want to pay someone else money (besides my doctor) to re-live it?!?!

 

Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder

No desire. If I were to have any interest, it would have to feature unknown actors, because I wouldn't be able to shake the idea of "hey look, it's Nicholas Cage pretending to be anguished" type of thing. That aside, as my wife has said more than once as we see ad after ad for it, "Not now, maybe in 20 years, it's still too vivid and besides, how do we know this story is over?" For me, we all saw it on TV, I was in a government building in L.A. that went into lockdown for a while until they figured things out, and I'd just rather not.

 

Originally Posted By LilliBelle

I agree with LK. I cannot see spending money to relive that horror all over again. I still have to turn the channel when any mention of it comes up.

I work at a school and a few days after 9/11, I was coming out of the office and a plane flew overhead and I actually ducked. I was scared. All kinds of thoughts ran through my head. I was afraid for the students in class; what should I do? The government had just allowed planes to fly again and I was so angry that I felt fear in my own country.

I can only imagine how hard it is for those who lost family or friends.

 

Originally Posted By LadyKluck

>>>I still have to turn the channel when any mention of it comes up. <<

I am the exact same way. Anything from news blurbs about it to those shows on the Discovery Channel that they came out with - I can't watch any of them.

 

Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF

Have no interest in it.

 

Originally Posted By wahooskipper

I'll watch it. To me it is important to know some of those who perished. Particularly those who were heroes. I think I owe it to them and their families.

 

Originally Posted By vbdad55

^^^^^^^^^^

while I understand that sentiment -- still too close to the event for me to want to go and see -- I don;t need anyone's interpretation of what happened

 

Originally Posted By wahooskipper

Even though it is an Oliver Stone film, I haven't seen a review yet that wasn't very positive...for what it is worth.

 

Originally Posted By TheRedhead

There is one quick shot in the trailer of the WTC lobby that is SO accurate that I felt myself get queasy.

It seems like they got all the details right, which will make it impossible for me to sit through without getting way too upset.

 

Originally Posted By RoadTrip

We will probably see the film. We saw the trailer when we went to Lady in the Water, and it looked like a really good film.

We also really like Nicholas Cage, so that is a big plus for us.

 

Originally Posted By cstephens

I'm glad no one has said that people need to see this film so they won't forget what happened that day. It ticks me off to no end that people have said that about the other 9/11 related films. I don't know how a total stranger can presume to tell me what I don't and don't remember about that day and how often it might come up in my thoughts or what memories might be triggered.


As for the film, the combination of Oliver Stone and Nicholas Cage would turn me off any film anyway. But I won't be seeing this film mostly because I wouldn't be able to handle it. I already know that the next time I'm at a movie and the trailer comes up, I'm going to have to leave the theatre until it's done. I was seeing "The Devil Wears Prada" when this trailer was shown, and I was sobbing by the end of the trailer. No way I can sit through an entire movie of it. Just the other day, I was listening to a talk show that played tapes of what was recorded at NORAD, I think, the morning of the attacks, and that alone was bringing me to tears. I've heard "United 93" was really good, and part of me wants to watch it, but with these kinds of reactions, I know it's a long way off before I'll be able to handle watching this kind of movie. I still haven't yet been able to bring myself to see the movie version of "The Guys" even though I bought the DVD.




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Originally Posted By Ursula

I think I will see this movie.

I had no interest in the other one, I think because that particular aspect of that flight's occurances on that day, well, any movie would be just a best guess at the most.

For this movie, I've seen a few scenes. I know that it's based on true stories from the guys who the movie is about. And I think that because it's about people and not events, I *THINK* I can handle this better. I was one of the ones who thought the other movie was too soon, but I've since read opinions from others that have swayed me away from that thinking.

Of course, we are not all like The Redhead...had I been in your shoes, I doubt I'd EVER want to see a movie about it ever. How are you, by the way?

Having never set foot in New York myself, maybe I have just enough distance from the subject to be ready now. And since the two guys involved helped with the story, it carries more weight with me.

If they do release "WTC" in the proper format in a properly tuned theatre, bring earplugs. It's loud.

 

Originally Posted By gurgitoy2

Having also lived through it and once working in the WTC, it's still to fresh for me too. I agree with TheRedHead totally.

The other thing is I don't think I would be able to get over Nicholas Cage. He's too much of a celebrity to be a real person to me. It may be a good film, but whenever I see the trailers, my stomach turns.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

I think I will pass on this one. I'm in the boat that says it is still too recent. We all remember what happened, and I doubt that anyone is going to forget what they were doing when they found out, or who told them. Maybe in 20 or 30 years, when it isn't as fresh in people's memory, and there are people out there that weren't even born yet, but now old enough to see the movie, then it might be time. But now it just seems tacky. When the TV show Third Watch (about the firefighters in NY) did their 9/11 shows, it was alright, because the show was around before it happened, and they were being fairly realistic. With this, it just seems like a tacky way to get people's money.

I'm also not a fan of Nicholas Cage. He just creeps me out. And for this movie to be effective, I can't see any even remotely major roles being played by somebody who is recognzable. There is really just nothing about this movie that makes me want to see it.

 

Originally Posted By Lake Nona

No, waiting for POTCIII.

Like The Fast Times at Ridgemont High post.

Last Cage movie I saw was Leaving Las Vegas...yuck.

 

Originally Posted By wahooskipper

Hmm, I like Cage. Face Off, The Rock, Raising Arizona, Gone in 60 Seconds, etc. No real problem with him.

I also like him in Romantic Comedies. That one where he wins the lottery and shares it with the waitress? Yeah, that was cute too.

 

Originally Posted By nevadarebel

Having just lost my father in law who survived both attacks on the WTC and we thought we were lucky to have him live through that, I think I will pass on this too. It is one of those that I will eventually like to see but not now. While we were in New York for his funeral, we took our kids to ground zero. It was very surreal being there knowing what was lost.

The previews look good but my kids freak out every time they see it and we change the channel because they knew that their poppa was there that day and how many friends were lost by my husband.