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2006-08-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

World Trade Center "is a solid piece of filmmaking."

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Posted by Mike 2006-08-04 07:40|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I will reserve judgment until after I've seen the film. However, most of the reviews thus far say that Stone has avoided his penchant for conspiracy tropes and instead has delivered a fine film. We'll see.

Posted by Lancasters Over Dresden 2006-08-04 10:15|| http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp]">[http://www.michaelcalderonscall.com/HomePage.asp] 2006-08-04 10:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like one I've gotta see, reading most of the reviews. While I can't stand Stone's politics, we should be the first to support him, if this film is as truly politically neutral as many say it is.

Posted by BA 2006-08-04 10:41|| 2006-08-04 10:41|| Front Page Top

#3 From what I've gleaned, it IS a good film, about people doing the right thing, about heroism, about sacrifice, about helping your fellow man.

However, at the risk of being the lone voice of dissent, I have to say that a film about 9/11 that isn't political misses the point. True, 9/11 did bring out the best in people, and particularly, the best in New Yorkers. But the same could be said about American heroes down through the decades, who, when faced with horror and tragedy, rose above it and acted with the highest nobility and courage.

9/11 was about Islamofascist terror. It was about a paradigm shift. It was about a new and harsh reality in the world, that there are ragheads who want the death of every American and every Jew, and who actively seek to kill them. Of course, this reality wasn't new on 9/11, but the magnitude of the event brought the issue into focus. The WTC film should deal with that as well as the heroes. How do you de-politicize an inherently political and world-changing event?

In many ways, you do a disservice to those who died by de-politicizing the events of that day, because it is only in the context of why they died that their deaths have meaning.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-04 14:13|| 2006-08-04 14:13|| Front Page Top

#4 How do you de-politicize an inherently political and world-changing event?

Yes, and the irony is that any movie about Katrina will have more politics in it than a movie about 9-11.

Posted by qwerty 2006-08-04 14:32|| 2006-08-04 14:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Once the fight starts its not about politics and Islam. It's about survival at the lowest level. I'm sure there will be many movies covering the politics of this war and their strike on 9/11, a time I am not wanting to arrive. The stories of the folks at the WTC and their heroics transcend the politics that lead up to it. This is such an emotional issue; I'm relieved to hear the director left all the politics out when telling these heroic stories. The last thing I needed to hear was Stone's political views during a story this important.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-08-04 14:45|| 2006-08-04 14:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Agreed, 49 Pan--- I've already heard his political views and have no desire to hear them again. I'm not saying Stone should have politicized the film, but that a film that clearly delineates what happened, without the BDS or hate America content, needs to be made. In the end though, for what this film is, it's sounding good. My criticisms dealt with what it is not.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-04 15:29|| 2006-08-04 15:29|| Front Page Top

#7 M1 I would like to see a movie from a pro US perspective on the politics and struggle we have with the EU cowards, the French apologists, Russia and China stabbing us in the back and Iran, the Soddies all in their true colors. But then there is no one in hollywood that would even concider it!

Posted by 49 Pan 2006-08-04 17:45|| 2006-08-04 17:45|| Front Page Top

#8 The New York Post panned it in a big way.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-04 17:53|| 2006-08-04 17:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Cindy's a narcissistic idiot

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-08-04 17:55|| 2006-08-04 17:55|| Front Page Top

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