World Trade Center

[DotTheEyes]

I saw World Trade Center opening day and thought it was a very good. Oliver Stone, the celebrated director of Born On The Fourth Of July, JFK, and Platoon, did a fantastic job of conveying the sadness and terror of 9/11 and, overall, the movie was very uplifting, sobering, and cathartic. Nicolas Cage (my favorite contemporary actor, for the record) and Maggie Gyllenhaal gave great performances. Yes, the pace could've used tightening and the movie was occasionally heavy-handed, but, overall, very good.

However, 2006 other's 9/11-themed drama, April's United 93, was far better. It's not as uplifting (WTC has a happy ending ; U93, of course, does not), but it is more hard-hitting and a tad more powerful.

[Somdmommy]

Originally Posted by DotTheEyes

I saw World Trade Center opening day and thought it was a very good. Oliver Stone, the celebrated director of Born On The Fourth Of July, JFK, and Platoon, did a fantastic job of conveying the sadness and terror of 9/11 and, overall, the movie was very uplifting, sobering, and cathartic. Nicolas Cage (my favorite contemporary actor, for the record) and Maggie Gyllenhaal gave great performances. Yes, the pace could've used tightening and the movie was occasionally heavy-handed, but, overall, very good.

However, 2006 other's 9/11-themed drama, April's United 93, was far better. It's not as uplifting (WTC has a happy ending ; U93, of course, does not), but it is more hard-hitting and a tad more powerful.

I will wait for both to come out on DVD. I saw the trailer for WTC and I cried like someone shot me.

[DotTheEyes]

I didn't cry watching World Trade Center, but borderline-bawled at the end of United 93.

[Homesick]

This movie was very good, not sad at all. Courage was what it was about, courage of men.

[kwillia]

I watched "From the Twin Towers" this weekend on Discovery and ended up crying though I braced myself beforehand.