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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message Icon:                             Message: Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by richfed[/i] [br]When I first heard that Oliver Stone was the director of another "too soon" [i]World Trade Center [/i] movie, I thought, "Oh no!" Started doubting if I even really wanted to see it. Not that it is too soon. Clearly, judging from the current state of American politics, it isn't. Maybe "overdue" is more like it. How soon so many of us do forget. I think Americans - maybe the World - in this day & age NEED a reminder. Sad, but true. We seem to forget so very easily. Just go on with our lives. All the while, the enemy is focused. So, forget the "too soon" angle. That was not a concern for me. But, [i]Oliver Stone[/i]???? Hey, no doubt, the man knows how to make a movie. Clearly, he is a great filmmaker. That wasn't a concern, either. I was very worried about the [i]angle[/i] ... [i]Americans[/i] are the bad guys, the [i]Bush Administration [/i] imploded the buildings, there are [i]NO[/i] terrorists. So, during the drive to Asheville yesterday, that's what I addressed to my 3 eldest daughters who accompanied me to the theater. Inside, I was feeling like perhaps we should have stayed home. Man was I mistaken. I will not offer a review here. Just see it! It was not at all what I expected. Forget the angles, even the film making was way different than I anticipated. I anticipated epic shots of buildings crumbling; vast panoramas depicting planes in flight; masses of people fleeing in terror. You know, recreations of all we had seen on the news - live in many cases - on that dreadful day 5 years ago. A [size=5]HUGE[/size=5] movie. It wasn't. It was [size=1]small[/size=1]. The only "big" pictures were on televisions in the background being watched by family members & co-workers. The movie tells small stories within the big one. You only experience what the characters were able to experience. Small does not mean not powerful. And the angles were of love ... of honor ... of heroism. Wimp that I am, I cried throughout the ENTIRE movie. No exaggeration! My eyes were pools of tears for however long that movie ran. Tears trickled down my cheeks at regular intervals. It was all I could do to keep from breaking down bawling at points. There was not a sound in the theater, except for sniffles. Those were my countrymen; that is my homeland; I grew up on those streets ... I kept thinking that, over and over. I don't know what any one else was feeling or thinking, but I'd wager it wasn't much different. In the end, I was certain of one thing ... Oliver Stone gets it. Kudus to him. A masterpiece! [b]NEVER[/b] Forget, friends! [img]http://www.mohicanpress.com/images/wtc_steve_25.jpg[/img][br][size=1][i]Photo by eyewitness Steve Gagliano, my cousin[/i][/size=1] [/quote]    Upload an Image File From Your PC For Insertion in Your Post    -  HTML is OFF | Forum Code is ON   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.