From 9/11 - it is the courage we need to remember!

Rating: 6/10 (10 August 2006)

I really don't understand why some people seem to hate this movie so much - and it's not because they think it is too soon; these people actually hate this movie because they think it isn't any good.
Well, I have to disagree.
It tells a simple story of a handful of people who were really involved in the events of 9/11.
It tells it without over-sentimentality for the horrific events.
It tells it without many special effects, and with some real TV footage to illustrate much of the horror felt by the people on the ground.
The story is mainly about 2 Port Authority police officers who got caught inside the chaos when the Towers fell. It tells how their families felt, and the viewer gets to experience a little of what the horror felt like, not on a national or international level, but on a human level.
***SMALL SPOILER HERE*** This is a very small spoiler, which is only relevant to anyone who didn't actually see the footage in 2001 as the 2 officers were brought out of the rubble (which I did).
When they bring out the 2 survivors, as we know they will since it is a true story, I did feel a certain sense of relief, but at the same time I had an overwhelming feeling of sadness for the 2700 or so people who didn't have the same lucky fate.
I think this movie could be an Oscar contender - these stories are real, unlike United 93, which was fictionalized because no one really knows what happened on that flight, they can only hypothesize and guess and piece together fragments.
Nicholas Cage does a great job, and Oliver Stone really surprised me with this one - it was not at all like his other politically charged movies! I gave this movie a 10 - because it needed to be made, so we remember that it wasn't just buildings that fell - it was human souls that left this earth that day too.