What a shame....

Rating: 1/10 (16 December 2006)

I knew these movies were coming a year after 9/11 when it was announced that our government had tapped certain directors to make them. Whether thats true I don't know but here they are(United 93-WTC) I do think its too soon but the way United was promoted was very subtle and respectable the complete opposite of WTC. Stones WTC previews made me very angry and I refused to see it theatrically but my curiosity did get the best of me so I rented it.
"GLORIFIES THAT WHICH IS BEST IN THE American SPIRIT" RICHARD SCHICKEL,TIME
"A CELEBRATION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT UNDENIABLY UPLIFTING" CLAUDIA PUIG,USA TODAY
This is whats written on the box for the DVD. I was in no way directly affected by the events of September 11th so im not sure if my feelings would be any different. Nor am I surprised by Hollywood cashing in it wouldn't be the 1st time and it will not be the last. So in my opinion what should have been on the box was I don't know maybe information on where people can donate money or offer their to time or assistance anything other than shallow quotes from people who obviously do not give a damn about the actual events that took place or its aftermath. World Trade Center the movie is a farce with no redeeming merits at all. In the end all that really shocks me is how so many people can be fooled by it and not see it for what really is. A green eyed monster with broken cardboard angel wings and a rusty beat up hanger for a halo around its ugly disfigured head. Then again this the same country that re elected a dumb ass for a president so what I've learned is what I've actually known all along. Worst of all I have kids all under the age of 15 who are clearly frustrated by the society they live in and reject the notion of authority based on what they consider is wrong and I can not argue. All I can tell them is do the right thing and think with your head and fight with your heart no matter if it is a losing battle and no matter if you feel like your the minority or not. I agree 9/11 was a wake up call in a series of wake up calls and like every other one over the course of my 31 years in due time we go right back to sleep. Zero for Oliver Stones World Trade Center.