spectacular

Rating: 9/10 (19 January 2008)

Because of the sensitivity of the subject, this is one of those films that would either be a) a surefire Oscar-winner, or b) a complete screw-up on the director's part. Because of some absolutely phenomenal camera shots this movie was a lot better than I expected. Acting was the same. Nicolas Cage and Maria Bello did not disappoint. He's a top-notch actor and she is the same. The fact that the first plane crash came less than 20 minutes into the movie is what did it. Where some directors decide to take forever to get into the details, this guy got right into it. Everything in this movie looked so real, it was almost easy to imagine being in NYC that Tuesday morning. Like I said before WTC was something that was going to be either a complete masterpiece, or a complete waste of time. The only part that was kind of hard to believe was that Michael Shannon's character was one of only 2 people who got the idea to go on a night search...where was everybody else who survived to live past the afternoon? The plane crashes in this were somewhat amazing too. How did the directors manage to pull off a similar effect??