QoTD: Will You See United 93 ?
OK, so read the review first. Then continue reading this post.
...Short pause to read review...
Good. So let's start with the basics. Paul Greengrass is a very talented director. Bloody Sunday is possibly one of the better movies I've seen, and I thoroughly enjoyed The Bourne Supremacy. And no, I categorically do not think it is too soon for a movie about September 11. But I am not going to see this movie. Part of it is because this is still a really difficult subject for me to talk about, and the other part was kind of nebulous -- like a knee jerk "No Way".
This review made me think though. What is the point of this movie? It's all but completely devoid of any historical conext, background, motivation, message. It's sheer terror for terror's sake. I have thought many times, long and painfully, about what it must have been like to be aboard one of those four planes. Do I really want to see those thoughts played in in lush Technicolor? Not really. Is seeing a re-enactment going to make those thoughts any easier to bear? Certainly not -- perhaps even worse.
So no, I'm not going to see United 93, though I hold no ill will toward it -- I hope it does well. I am holding out for mighty Oliver's World Trade Center, which given his past will hopefully be a bit more in-depth. However, I do admit that it will be quite difficult to make a movie about this subject that has some sort of message without being bashed as partisan garbage. C'est la vie, I guess -- welcome to America, 2006.
Hey, I ain't never comin' home/
Hey, I'll just wander my own road/
Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow, no/
Say Goodbye...Don't follow
...Short pause to read review...
Good. So let's start with the basics. Paul Greengrass is a very talented director. Bloody Sunday is possibly one of the better movies I've seen, and I thoroughly enjoyed The Bourne Supremacy. And no, I categorically do not think it is too soon for a movie about September 11. But I am not going to see this movie. Part of it is because this is still a really difficult subject for me to talk about, and the other part was kind of nebulous -- like a knee jerk "No Way".
This review made me think though. What is the point of this movie? It's all but completely devoid of any historical conext, background, motivation, message. It's sheer terror for terror's sake. I have thought many times, long and painfully, about what it must have been like to be aboard one of those four planes. Do I really want to see those thoughts played in in lush Technicolor? Not really. Is seeing a re-enactment going to make those thoughts any easier to bear? Certainly not -- perhaps even worse.
So no, I'm not going to see United 93, though I hold no ill will toward it -- I hope it does well. I am holding out for mighty Oliver's World Trade Center, which given his past will hopefully be a bit more in-depth. However, I do admit that it will be quite difficult to make a movie about this subject that has some sort of message without being bashed as partisan garbage. C'est la vie, I guess -- welcome to America, 2006.
Hey, I ain't never comin' home/
Hey, I'll just wander my own road/
Hey, I can't meet you here tomorrow, no/
Say Goodbye...Don't follow
posted by Dr. Duke Nukem, Ph.D. at
4/28/2006 12:18:00 PM
1 Comments:
Won't see the movie. As time goes by, and as I've observed the past 5-10 years in movies, there is a trend. There is nothing going on. 10 years ago, we saw some "original" movies (as original as movies can be) and we saw some pretty solid stuff too. Though we did see the Titanic...Anyway, in the past 5 years there have been no original movies. Nothing. It's been absolute remake rubissh.
I won't see this movie because it's a subject I don't want to talk about. I did see Fahrenheit 911 and that was enough. While it's not exactly this, I don't want to see this, not as someone who has considered NY their home for the past decade, and will continue to do so for the unseeable future.
I also think that nearly every movie coming out is going to be somewhat Propagandaish, portrying heros as heros and the terrorists as the most pungent vile humans alive. It's going to be Hollywood, who has failed to entertain me for a couple of years now (save for a few good directors), trying to make money. Unfortunatly, that is my knee-jerk reaction.
I'd much rather watching something on The History Channel 40 years from now. At least then I'll know it's more about truth and knowledge, not some quick-flick-thriller.
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