WTC: A Blockbuster Guilt Trip?

Rating: 5/10 (17 August 2006)

We all know that the World Trade Center incident was a tragic event. Fortunately, having not lost anyone I cannot truly empathize with anyone and while I am sympathetic toward the message this film intends to portray, I personally believe that the tragic loss of life is not something we need to be reminded of.
I understand that this movie does not put emphasis on this, that it does so on the points of courage and freedom, the strength of the human spirit and I appreciate that. However, I feel that this movie, more so than anything else, plays on the emotions of us Americans for success. My fear is that this production will generate revenue based on sympathy, that it will sort of guilt trip us all into seeing it rather than it reeling us in by being a great movie in its own right. I cannot say for certain what the intentions of the cast and crew are, whether the director wanted to make a film to inspire and strengthen us or to play on an emotionally turbulent country to fill his pockets.
I do not intend to degrade the meaning of the film. I just do know that its in human nature to be greedy. I'm hoping that this is not the case. I'm just afraid that this movie intends to guilt-trip us into seeing it and turning out to be an over-dramatized hollywoodized film like Pearl Harbor. I am probably wrong but this is just what I think.
!Spike