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"World Trade Center yields lovely and touching moments but proves a slow-going, arduous movie experience, if more uplifting than Universal's earlier test of that historic day's box office potential, United 93 ," says Variety's Brian Lowryin his 7.31 review .
"Stone's film bears some thematic resemblance to Alive , Frank Marshall's 1993 chronicle of a plane crash in the Andes. Both offer a tribute to human endurance under unimaginable conditions, but watching young guys huddle together trying not to freeze to death or two cops pinned under tons of debris isn't exactly a cinematic thrill ride. Long stretches are shot in tight close-up on John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage ) and more personable Will Jimeno (Michael Pena) lying immersed in gray muck, seeking to stay alive.
"While both actors deliver strong performances, they are confined by the narrative figuratively as well as literally, spurring a degree of impatience for the climax. Yet the film ultimately present[s] an inspiring vision of can-do American spirit amid adversity, exemplified by [Connecticut rescuer Dave] Karnes and the rescue workers (played by, among others, Stephen Dorff and Frank Whaley) risking life and limb to assist complete strangers."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 1, 2006 at 8:42 AM
comment #1
Anonymous says ...
So, we are to buy into the power of victimization to unite while ignoring all possible reasons why this happened to begin with?
Does this mean we should just be good people and not ask tough questions and not risk sounding foolish?
Oliver Stone is telling us to just feel good about the helpful people who will always lend a hand when the mass populace gets fucked by tyranical politics. We're all in it together and we cant hope to know more.
Hear that Katrina? Its not about why and how to prevent simialr loss. Its about celebrating the few people who lifted helpless babies onto roofs to adult contemporary soundtracks. Dont think or feel too deeply.
Posted by Anonymous at August 1, 2006 10:29 AM
comment #2
Anonymous says ...
http://www.loosechange911.com/
This is scary documentary with a frightening perspective on the events of 9-11. Some of it may sound paranoid and crackpot but it makes you question what you know.
Some of these theories are what I would expect Stone to pursue in a 9-11 movie, not a toothless rescue pic.
Posted by Anonymous at August 1, 2006 10:35 AM
comment #3
Anonymous says ...
....sure, followed by Oliver pouring gasoline over his head and lighting a roman candle to himself.
Posted by Anonymous at August 1, 2006 10:43 AM
comment #4
Jesse says ...
Stop the Loose Change madness. If it were true, you wouldn't post anonymously. Or are you afraid the government's gonna get you, maaaaan? Yawn.
Posted by Jesse at August 1, 2006 10:45 AM
comment #5
L.B. says ...
Amen, Jesse.
I'm so tired of that amateurish sack of crap "documentary" popping up in any and every discussion of anything related to 9-11. It's a fraud. Get over it. Even Stone turning in a toothless product isn't going to change that.
Posted by L.B. at August 1, 2006 10:55 AM
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NYCBusybody says ...
"Some of it may sound paranoid and crackpot but it makes you question what you know. "
Anything can make you question what you know. It's an arbitrary concept. One can question knowledge into the ground, until one is never firmly sure of anything. All things in moderation.
I wish the far-left would take their own advice and Question Authority. Their own.
Posted by NYCBusybody at August 1, 2006 1:05 PM
comment #7
MagillaOrangutang says ...
Some of that documentary is pretty far fetched but I think it does have some interesting ideas. I dont know which have been proven or disproven nor do I necessarily believe them.
I am disappointed in Stones choice of perspectivew with this movie. Its just not what I want from an Oliver Stone 9-11 movie.
BTW-Im not sure that "Jesse" is any less anonymous!
Posted by MagillaOrangutang at August 1, 2006 1:28 PM
comment #8
jose j santos says ...
I wish the far right would stop trying to villify people for asking questions and acting concerned about the state of our country. There's a fine line between being supportive of an administration's actions and turning a blind eye to them, and it seems that a lot of Bush Republicans would like the more liberal of us to just shut up and keep our opinions to ourselves.
Not saying there aren't problems with "Loose Change," just saying the filmmakers have the right to present their case fairly without being dismissed as crackpots.
It's the duty of every member of the republic to Question Authority if the authority in question is executing actions that hurt the republic. Don't Tread on Me ... Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness ... you know, frickin' America.
Posted by jose j santos at August 1, 2006 3:23 PM
comment #9
JCSmith says ...
Well, Loose Change - like many other films - asks a lot of questions about what happened around 9-11.
Sure, these films are not totally objective and 100% true, but if I have to choose what brings us closest to Truth between these films and the official 9-11 commission report, I don't hesitate.
The 9-11 Commission report is a big fiction, just like Stone's movie.
Posted by JCSmith at August 10, 2006 9:36 AM
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