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Really OT: United 93
JCinNYC2006:
I'm dying to see X-3, big X-fan here. The second one rocks. As far as this United 93 movie, the biggest problem I have with it is that it seems so speculative. Aside from a few bittersweet last phone calls, what can we really know about what happened on that flight?
As a NYer, I'd be more interested in seeing something that handles how people deal with life afterwards or get through their grief and loss. I guess I'll wait and see what kind of reviews this one gets.
Juan
slayers_creek_oth:
--- Quote from: JCinNYC2006 on April 05, 2006, 09:52:42 pm ---Aside from a few bittersweet last phone calls, what can we really know about what happened on that flight?
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I know what you mean.....I guess thats what makes it historical fiction....
littledarlin:
it is waaaaay too early. and unnecessary. we all lived through it. they can start making movies about it in 20 years. it just comes off as nothing but exploitative this soon. why would we want to watch a movie about it when we saw it with our own eyes and everything that has come from it? sorry just the thought of it makes my blood boil.
on a lighter note, x3 should be awesome. i'm not a video game nerd or anything, but silent hill is the best video game ever and the movie actually looks really fuckin cool (can we cuss on here?) also excited as hell for dreamgirls.
Chanterais:
--- Quote from: littledarlin on April 05, 2006, 10:57:22 pm ---it is waaaaay too early. and unnecessary. we all lived through it. they can start making movies about it in 20 years. it just comes off as nothing but exploitative this soon. why would we want to watch a movie about it when we saw it with our own eyes and everything that has come from it? sorry just the thought of it makes my blood boil.
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My father had a meeting at the World Trade Center that morning, but his flight got in late. He was in a taxi telling the cabbie to hurry up when he saw the first plane hit. My brother was working at the Pentagon (he's a journalist) when it was hit. I couldn't get through to anyone in my family for hours. A really, really bad day. But we all came out of it okay.
9/11 had a massive impact on me, as it did so many others. I haven't stopped grieving. However, I don't think that it's too early to address it. In fact, I'm frankly surprised that it's taken this long. (Recall how many people declared that America wasn't yet ready for Brokeback) I believe so strongly that art has not only a right, but also a responsibility to tell the stories of our times. One can certainly make the argument that the studio that financed United 93 is looking at the bottom line, and not at the artistry or cultural relevance. Nevertheless, it appears to be a film put together with the utmost sensitivity - every single one of the families of the victims signed off on the film. Not one has said that this film shouldn't have been made. In fact, many of them have articulated just how vital it is that we take the time to remember, how important and respectful the film is.
I dunno. It won't be nearly as much fun as Pirates or Superman, and I expect the jokes will be thin on the ground. But I'll still go see it. And I will remember. And I will remind myself that though the current administration would like us to believe many things about terrorism and its purveyors, a more honest reflection of its reality can be no bad thing.
vkm91941:
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--- Quote from: vkm91941 on April 05, 2006, 09:29:32 pm ---Hey Chris...Did you ever get to see the Libertine? I'm still haven't spoken to a real person who's seen it. I love Johnny Depp but not so much I'll waste my time and cash if it's as bad as they say. anyone?
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My best friend is a Johnny Depp fan and she saw it. Said it was OK. Not as bad as I told her some of the reviews were.
The minute the Mission Impossible movies became a single person vehicle for Tom Cruise I stopped watching. The whole Mission Impossible thing was originally about team-work not one guy who's the super-spy.
Plus I already watch movies about a super-spy who can do anything and everything - but he dresses better. They're called 'James Bond' movies.
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Hey Del Thanks for the notes on The Libertine, and Re Cruise verseses Bond...touche'....Bond is a class act all the way no matter who portrays him, althought I still have my doubts about Daniel Craig being right for the part...time will tell.
After all.. I was one of those fools who cried "Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger what the hell are they thinking"! Never been so pleased about being wrong in my life!
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