Attended NYC premiere & would like to comment

Rating: 10/10 (4 August 2006)

I attended the NYC premiere of 'World Trade Center' last night and would just like to say how wonderfully written, directed, produced and acted this movie was. I understand that some people are totally against it and will not go and see it, but for those of you who are thinking about it and wondering whether or not you should see it, please do. Of course the movie is sad and yes there were tears but the ending is uplifting and the entire movie reminds us of the courage and strength of the firefighters, police officers, Port Authority workers, paramedics, military and all others involved in the rescue efforts of that day. The real-life rescue of John & Will and the ordeal that their families go through while waiting for word of their condition is the focus of the movie. As I mentioned, there were tears. But there was also laughter, at just the right moments in the movie. I am in no way a movie critic and I must admit that I have close family ties with John and/or Will, but this is in no way affecting my opinion of the movie. The script was "written" (as much as a script for a movie based on a real-life event can be written) extremely well and the acting was superb. Nicolas Cage & Michael Pena delivered incredible performances, conveying the terror that John & Will faced being trapped underneath the rubble. I hope that people will give this movie a chance. If you do, I think you will come away from it with a new perspective of that day. A sense of hope and gratefulness that out of the thousands of people that untimely perished that day and the multitude of heartbreaking stories and memories, there are men & women courageous enough to head in the opposite direction that most of us take when a tragedy occurs, and because of these men & women, John & Will are here today.