A Travesty From Start to Finish

Rating: 1/10 (10 August 2006)

The tragedy of 9/11 was the targeting of civilians on a beautiful September morning. Those who boarded a plane to visit family or return to family, who took a flight for business had no expectation that their transportation would become a terrible weapon. And those who went to work in New York and Washington, D.C. --- just another day of work, had no expectation that their mass murder would be a statement made by fanatics.
"World Trade Center" makes a travesty of the tragedy. By taking the view that the most important and pertinent story to tell is of two Port Authority policemen (who survive the ordeal) is a satisfactory summation of the tragedy is: 1) terrible storytelling and, 2) shows tremendous disrespect to those who were the focus of the terrorists...everyday Americans doing everyday things.
The film is technically brilliant, as one would expect from Oliver Stone. But it is also heart-breaking, not for the story it tells, but for what it does not.