September 11th

[anksta]

I cant believe they are bringin a film out about this already, its only been 5 years. Its got Nicholas cage in and its about a gang of dibble who go in to rescue them, based on a true story and I do appreciate what they went through but its a bit soon isnt it to be making money off such a thing.

Trailer here

Be crap anyway if Nicholas Cage is in it, whats that? He's playing a hard done by cop forced into a difficult situation requiring him to say some lines with a clenched jaw? Hmm that doesnt sound familiar.

 

[anksta]

they're makin money off it though arent they, not like its just a documentary to show the world what happened.

I knew a film would be brought out at some point, just not this soon.

 

[anksta]

Nicholas Cage aint that bad, give him a break! He was good in adaptation.

This does seem a little frustrating after United 93 etc. but hey, if people want to see it, it will get made!

Hes an awful actor, Con Air, the Rock and Gone in 60 Seconds, it was all the same character! I just grimace now whenever a film with him in comes out.

 

[anksta]

You saying documentarys don't make any money

not saying that, just meant it in the way that a documentary is usually made to show people something or to teach, a hollywood blockbuster is usually for entertainment.

If they were saying somethin like a large percent of the gross was goin to help victims families or whatever then I'd be on board with everythin except Nicolas Cage, but I bet you hes not offering up his 10mil paycheck to anyone.

 

[anksta]

All he does is walk around in slow motion, shoot people and just escape from large & dramatic explosions.. not a NC fan, either.

yep, was reading about this film before and his part was offered to George Clooney and Mel Gibson and some others I cant remember.

Why they went with Cage I have no idea. One of them was Kevin Costner though and I can understand why they didnt go with him, hes nearly as bad as Cage.

 

[anksta]

I'm debating whether or not a film about September 11th should be made, just whether or not the time is right, its still a pretty recent event in terms of history. Just gives me the impression that this is the earliest they could have made it.

I understand Hollywood is a business that needs to make money but there are other ways of making money than this and also I'm sure this film will be pretty massive and therefore I;m sure a reasonable slice of the profits could go to charity.

Also, Cage sucks.

 

[anksta]

I suppose when you consider WW2 movies I guess that puts things into a bit more perspective with regard to movies about tragic events but in general they are an accurate, gritty portrayals of events. To me, the trailer seemed incredibly cheesy. This just seems wrong to me. It just looks like they're cashing in by turning it all into some sentimental hollywood style thing.

my thoughts exactly

Why would the profits go to helping people rebuild their lives? 9/11 was a tragedy, but people die all the time. Why would the families of 9/11 victims deserve more funding than someone who died getting hit by a drunk driver while they were walking home?

you dont see hollywood making a film about anyone gettin hit by a drunk driver on the way home, and if they did then I'd think it wouldnt be too much to give the family of that person some sort of donation.

And to everyone else whos said they dont have to go see it, I dont think thats the point, the point is its still gonna be yet another constant reminder of what happened to them, and even worse, it obviously ends up with a happy ending for Cage so they're just gonna think why did that person deserve to live through it and their family member/friend not?

 

[anksta]

thats it though isnt it, its never gonna be a sentimental film with him prancing around it with his jaw clenched and break out into RANDOM FITS OF TEMPER!!!

Seriously though, I think another few years at least would have been better to wait to bring this film out.

 

[anksta]

But is the film about anyone specifically? From what i have seen its just about an event that happened with fictional characters. Should every WW2 family be given funding from every film based on WW2 because they were there/died? Films have no obligation to give money for being about an event.

Dont get me wrong, im not against charity (probably the opposite), but i think the amount of funding for 9/11 families is ridiculous in comparison to the amount given to cancer/heart disease research groups (especially as the death toll from these makes 9.11 nearly insignificant)

Well for a start, its based on about 5 real people who were there, cant remember their names but its a true story, not just based on the events.

And also, if there was no crime, no hatred in the world then people would still die of cancer and heart disease but the people who died in 9/11 were innocent people. I'm not sayin people with cancer arent innocent but disease is just part of the world, an unavoidable part.