Wasted the name

Rating: 1/10 (30 August 2006)

Before watching this film, I decided to read the IMDb reviews. All of them. Took awhile, but now I no longer need to see the film at all.
Remember "The Net"? A film with that title should have been the definitive movie about the Internet. It wasn't. It was a giant turkey. Probably not a good career move for Sandra Bullock. Just terrible.
You know what's coming: A film titled "World Trade Center" should be a sensitive, impartial and courageous portrayal of the horrid events of that day. What did we get? A formulaic disaster/rescue script with Hallmark dialog, cheesy acting and (yawn) total predictability. While I wouldn't really expect such maudlin drivel from Stone, I'm not really surprised. There is a big swatch of population all set to open their wallets for such opportunistic sentimentality. Mr. Stone couldn't resist. Maybe he even had orders.
So, a missed opportunity. Somebody else is going to have to make the *real* WTC film, but they'll have to call it some other name, else it will get confused with this uninspiring piece of dung. Personally, I think they should leave it alone; I can't think of who we have that might make said film without resorting to said maudlin plot devices. Might be best to just leave it be. But if you haven't seen this garbage yet, then don't bother. If you must, then first inquire as to whether any profits from it went to families bereaved by the disaster.