E.Vi.L.
Well-Known Member
Saw this.
It was solidly made. Good acting, especially on the part of the wives played by Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhal.
The technical aspect was well done. It looked real.
And it was completely apolitical, focusing simply on this story of survival.
And that end up being the problem. It was so focused on just telling the story that in the end this could be just about any other catastrophe/survival tale you have ever seen.
It could be 2 guys stuck in a cave after an earthquake, it'd be almost the same the movie.
United 93 is a far superior 9/11 movie because even though it is also apolitical, it has perspective. In United 93, you contemplate 9/11, not just another airplane hijacking movie. It has context. A child born after 9/11 who sees United 93 will get a sense of what 9/11 was. Not so with WTC.
In WTC, you are so close to the ground that all you see are the rubbles.
2.5 / 5
It was solidly made. Good acting, especially on the part of the wives played by Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhal.
The technical aspect was well done. It looked real.
And it was completely apolitical, focusing simply on this story of survival.
And that end up being the problem. It was so focused on just telling the story that in the end this could be just about any other catastrophe/survival tale you have ever seen.
It could be 2 guys stuck in a cave after an earthquake, it'd be almost the same the movie.
United 93 is a far superior 9/11 movie because even though it is also apolitical, it has perspective. In United 93, you contemplate 9/11, not just another airplane hijacking movie. It has context. A child born after 9/11 who sees United 93 will get a sense of what 9/11 was. Not so with WTC.
In WTC, you are so close to the ground that all you see are the rubbles.
2.5 / 5
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