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OT: United 93 -- WILL YOU BE SEEING IT?
Chanterais:
--- Quote from: latjoreme on April 28, 2006, 08:23:14 am ---Well, I burst into tears yesterday while watching the commercial.
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Oh, me too. How silly is that? I'm not normally susceptible to the manipulations of 30-second ads in commercial breaks, but I was just flattened by it. Not just a lump in the throat, or a quiet sniffle. I bawled for a good five minutes. Very therapeutic. Invest in Kleenex stocks now.
Flashframe777:
--- Quote from: rtprod on April 28, 2006, 05:47:56 pm ---The Wall Sreet Journal this morning contains an excellent, insightful review.
Just at FYI.
rt
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I've only heard or read positive reviews myself.
twistedude:
Read a review in the local rag this afternoon, which said, no matter ho0w well-made it is, if it's not helping anyione get over the tragedy, why bother to see it?
I don't feel that way. I had nobiody involved, except several people I know in NYC mentioned that the smell of decomposing bodies was a real downer (something that didn't get mentioned in the papers), but I am still going to watch it..
Like theJFK assination, we all know where we were, when it happened...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Flashframe777 on April 28, 2006, 09:42:37 pm ---
--- Quote from: rtprod on April 28, 2006, 05:47:56 pm ---The Wall Sreet Journal this morning contains an excellent, insightful review.
Just at FYI.
rt
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I've only heard or read positive reviews myself.
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Slate's review isn't all that positive, and I really like the woman who is now their film critic (Dana Stevens). But that don't mean nothin; nobody's infallible.
rtprod:
Read the Rotten Tomatoes meter -- it's 93% fresh.
Funny that some reviews would like to focus on whether or not it's "right" to make this film or whether it "adds" anything -- oh, please, let's look at what a terrifically made film it is, and not throw the baby out with the bathwater. It has just as much right to exist as the Hollywood dreck opening each weekend.
Many are talking about their personal sensitivity to the subject, but that really has nothing to do with what an expert film this is when it comes to craft, and speaks to scenarios we personally visit on movies, rather than looking objectively at a core statement:
What was the director trying to achieve? And how well did he achieve it?
Whether or not we "like" it doesn't always make much difference if we want to be objective. I might personally think certain modern art is junk but by the definition above, it certainly is my point of view rather than the artist's intention or execution. My personal opinion doesn't remove its merit. It's an interesting subject.
rt
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