Way too early for this movie

Rating: Null/10 (16 January 2007)

I do not know what everyone else thinks, but I think it is absurd that they are actually making movies about 9/11. I love this country and I am extremely proud to be an American, (so don't reply and call me a communist or anything) but when other countries attack us and say that our society has a complete lack of morals, I think that movies like this give them ammunition. Has Hollywood really sunk this low? I swear, those people will do anything for a buck. It seems that the only thing that is truly worshiped these days and the only thing held sacred in this country anymore is the almighty dollar.
Don't get me wrong, I am an advocate of free speech and freedom of the press and media, but I think some things should just be held taboo. For example, when I heard that murdering bastard OJ Simpson wrote a book and was going to have a TV special called "If I Did It?" I was embarrassed for this entire nation. Only in America would a son of a bitch like OJ Simpson get proved innocent, let alone have the chance to write a book about "how he would have committed murder". Thank God, the network brass and the publishing company canceled both of the projects. I understand that "United 93" and "World Trade Center" are not the same as "If I Did It", but calling those movies tributes makes me sick. How much of Stone and Cage's salaries were donated to the grieving families of those who were murdered. How much of the $170,000,000+ world wide gross was donated? Obviously this movie made a profit, and someone in Hollywood made money on a subject that is still painful for millions.
All that being said, I am speaking from a New Yorker's point of view. My Uncle Brendan was murdered on September 11, 2001 and I know there are others who suffered loss that day who share my sentiment. Jeanette Pezzulo, the widow of Port Authority police officer Dominick Pezzulo (who died on 9/11 and is played by Jay Hernandez in this film), has expressed anger with this film and feels it is wrong McLoughlin and Jimeno participated in the production. She's quoted as saying, "My thing is: this man died for you. How do you do this to this family?". Staten Island resident Jamie Amoroso, whose husband also died during the rescue operation, has also expressed her anger over the film and said she does "not need a movie" to tell her "what a hero" her husband was.
Like I said earlier, I think this is the greatest country in the world, and I thank God everyday that I was born an American, but I think that the fact that movies like this are being made is absolutely unacceptable.
The Departed- Best Picture; Martin Scorsese- Best Director (Finally!!!)