It’s Like Deja Vu All Over Again
This is starting to remind me of the so-called “controversy” that surrounded The Passion of the Christ.
Same shi’ite, different meme.
“United 93,” Hollywood’s first big-budget film about the events of Sept. 11, 2001, is faithful to the major aspects of the tragic morning it depicts. The movie tracks the key events detailed in the 9/11 Commission Report, the most definitive source on the subject: the commandeering of the United jet by four terrorists, the panic of the passengers and the heroic rebellion that ended with the plane crashing in a field near Shanksville, Pa.
But the movie, which opens nationwide today, is a dramatic re-creation that includes scenes and images that go far beyond what is known about the attacks.
Those scenes raise questions: How far can a dramatic movie go in imposing its own reality before it distorts the public’s understanding of the event? And with memories of 9/11 still vivid and raw, is it too soon for such films to be made?
First off, duh. Of course the movie has to dramatize what went on inside the plane. There are no eyewitnesses. However, they did also draw from the contents of the black box and friend’s and relative’s accounts from the cell phone calls made.
What a lame-ass stupid farking criticism of the movie to make. In case WaPo missed it, there was a Discovery Channel (or TLC, can’t remember which exactly) show about Flight 93 that (gasp!) dramatized the same events. They weren’t bitching when that aired.
But what has me retching until my dry heaves turn bloody is the retarded “is it too soon?” bullshi’ite. From the same people who decided it was too much to keep showing the pictures and images from that awful day within a few weeks. The same people who slobber over every “grim milestone” in Iraq. The same people who have been beating us over the head with Vietnam for the last 40 years.
Too soon my ass. I think it might have been filmed too late.
Ms. Underestimated says:
Uncomfortably Numb, Re-Awakened Anew
I just pray that no other American has to watch as that green, grassy field approaches before everything goes dark. This is not just a reminder, folks….it’s a warning. It’s not a matter of “if” anymore…. but of “when.”