A little out of my expectation

Rating: 5/10 (22 November 2006)

Compared with United 93, World Trade Centre is a little of a failure. Such rescuing work could happen anywhere when there is an earthquake or a mine disater. At least the movie did not convincingly show the tension built up there on 911. If for courage sake, for love sake, etc, so many movies in the past had already done so. I would watch over and over The Shawshank Redemption for the category of courage, I would watch Titanic for the category of love, I would watch repeatedly Erin Brockovich for the category of persistence, I would watch United 93 for the category of tragedy, love, and courage. So World Trade Centre makes no difference in 2006 movie history. A Chinese documentary reporting the rescuing of two trapped miners did better than this one.
The two movie stars I loved so much before, Nicolas Cage and Maggie Gyllenhaal did not prove a wise choice.
We are not expecting too much political, but it does not mean the movie under such special background should not have any appeal to the emotion. When United 93 came out, I saw some comments saying propaganda, I knew it was bias, and I knew the movie will soon attract more fans, and now it has become true.