Made for Money and Nothing Else

Rating: 2/10 (7 August 2006)

I can't say that I am an Oliver Stone fan (he's way to political for my tastes)...but, I am fair minded and I gave this film an objective look at an advanced screening. I liked some of his movies in the past that had some bite and were a bit cutting edge, but here, in this disappointment, Stone morphs into a $ellout.
This movie was made to tug at our heart strings and appeal to our sorrowful sides of what each one of us experienced watching this horrific event unfold in 2001. The bottom line is that they wanted to cash in on America's most devastating tragedy.
Don't think for a minute that the producers and Stone were not thinking of anything else, but to exploit and "money grab" on an opportunity to benefit and capitalize. To me, that's just plain wrong.
Does the film succeed? I say no. It's too much manipulation and after a while you will not be able to stand all the nagging melodramatic music which is way over the top. The movie tries too hard to be a crowd pleaser. Period.
$tone used to be a good story teller...even when he was working as a paranoid rabble rousing conspiracy freak, but here he goes for the exploitive sentiment of bravery.
September 11, 2001 was a seminal moment in American history. On that day the world saw horror and evil. Oliver $tone and his producers saw dollar $ign$ and "possibilities".
The filmmakers didn't see evil that day... they saw the "opportunity" to make a lot of money and they should be ashamed of themselves for exploiting one of the greatest tragedies in American history.