Stone's best sinc Platoon

Rating: 8/10 (12 August 2006)

I have to say, Oliver Stone surprised me. Politics were left aside. Grand standing was left aside. This is an incredible delicate and inspiring movie.
Stone aptly recaptures many of the moments burned into our minds. The paper filled air and streets. Soot and ash covered survivors and rescue workers. Exhausted rescuers. They are all here and handled with class and dignity.
I was worried that Stone would use this movie, this event, for his own political ideals. But instead he has respectfully paid homage to but one of the heroic and inspirational stories that came out of the 9/11 tragedy. All actors, across the board, are to be applauded for their performance. This could have easily become a soap opera.
When the movie quietly ended, as the final update to the story flashed on the screen and the names of the port authority's finest that didn't make it home that day scrolled, the theater was deathly silent. Just the sound of feet slowly walking and the sound of people choking back tears. It was an experience of terror and of hope. That we once again can be united as we were in those early weeks and months after the tragedy.