Incredible film!

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2006)

I was prepared not to like this movie, which my wife ordered through our DVD mail service. Instead, I was knocked over by it. I didn't even know it was directed by Oliver Stone until the next day, when I was telling my boss at work how much I liked it. He said, "That's Oliver Stone. You can say what you want about his politics, but the man makes an incredible movie. JFK is still one of my favorite movies, and my reaction is not "Oh, wow, there really was a conspiracy to kill JFK. My reaction is, "What a great movie!" One aspect of WTC that really got to me was the way Stone juxtaposed details of every day life with the stark horror of being trapped beneath the rubble. Also, the casting was over-the-top great. You could not ask for a more believable cast. I felt I was watching the actual families of those buried in the rubble of the WTC as they interacted in their homes to the ever-changing news about their loved ones. I swear, I didn't even think of them as actors. And I am somebody who tneds to leave the fictional plot while watching a movie and instead look at the craft. This movie was so good I was mentally prevented from doing that.