Very good, emotional

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 2006)

My daughter and I decided to go to the movies tonight. ThecChoices came down to two movies with Nick Cage as a cop getting his legs broken.
My Daughter has been fascinated by 9-11 since it happened, she was only 7 at the time. She really wanted to see WTC, so we went. I don't know if I would have gone with out her urging, I had mixed feelings about it. And you may have noticed I'm not into political debates. Some of the reason is that we can't really know what is going on. Everyone is lying to us, IMO. But about the movie...
I'm glad I went.
I'll start with what bothered me about it first. There was a bit of it at the beginning and end that just smacked of propaganda. My daughter noticed the flags and other American symbols in every shot till the first tower was hit. And at the end SPOILERS one of the characters told his work he wasn't going back in, he was reenlisting in the marines. "This need avenging."
How ever I did like the movie. The start, as you are meeting the characters, there is no background music. It feels like a documentary or reality TV, bringing home that this is a true story, it happened. The music doesn't really start till the main characters get trapped. It was a fabulous story of incredible people. It was heartfelt and wonderful. Focusing on a few characters really brought in the emotions, and then allowed your mind to magnify it for all the souls lost.
As is stated at the end, this wasn't a story of what evil can do, but of the wonderful, bravery, courage and love that exists in people. It was surprisingly life affirming and positive, yet still tragically sad.
At the end, the music is again gone. No a single sound could be heard in the theater I was in. No one moved or spoke. I myself was bawling. When the credits started we all left, still no one spoke, the lights and sounds of the theater and people seemed quite garish after this movie. I just wanted to get home to hug my hubby and other two kids.