Sept 11 film 'too close' for Kiwi victim's family

Sunday Star * Times (New Zealand) ^ | 16 April 2006 | TONY WALL

[DieHard the Hunter]

Mixed feelings on this one. I intend to see the film.

[SouthernFreebird]

I don't like the idea of hollywood making money off this film. If it was so important to show why not make it for TV so all can see.

[Uncle Vlad]

People need to be shaken out of the dreamworld in which they've been living. They need to be reminded, early and often, of the fact that we're dealing with an enemy that won't stop until one of us is dead.

I will see the movie with my eyes wide open.

[STARWISE]

Standing Up for Heroes

[bondjamesbond]

After years of watching Hollywood spew forth every type of perversion imaginable while calling it "art", I feel quite comfortable saying that if anybody doesn't want to see this film, they should feel free to stay home.

[xcamel]

"The film, to open on April 28 in America, has ignited debate there over whether the country is ready for such a vivid portrayal of the attacks."

Ready? No.

In desperate need of a reality check? Yes, Yes indeed.

[TASMANIANRED]

There was already a TV version.

[Diligent]

I think it should be shown. People should remember what happened, but if they are truly going to be traumatized and don't want to see it, I can appreciate that too, especially for relatives of those who died.

[SouthernFreebird]

Then this is not to inform people is it.

[Calpernia]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1611889/posts
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[Diligent]

Of course, the movie better be accurate...

[Calpernia]

>>>>I don't like the idea of hollywood making money off this film. If it was so important to show why not make it for TV so all can see.


Or even covered in the news, as a public service.

[bondjamesbond]

When a trailer advertising the film was played at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, audience members began calling out, "Too soon!"

I'm sure these same people were tripping over one another to pat Michael Moore on the back over Fahrenheit 9/11.

[Calpernia]

Not at all. I won't see the Moore film either.

[dinok]

"People need to be shaken out of the dreamworld in which they've been living. They need to be reminded, early and often, of the fact that we're dealing with an enemy that won't stop until one of us is dead. "

Ditto. I don't want to see it, but I have to see it.
Saddly, the people who need to see it will not. I wish some could be made to. I would start with the staff at the State Department. Those types are too Arab friendly for my tastes.

[xcamel]

Funny, we see real people really dead before the corpse is even cold on the nightly news (and allot worse). What about them?

[Zeroisanumber]

I would rather crawl across a desert of salted glass than see this movie.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> They need to be reminded, early and often, of the fact that we're dealing with an enemy that won't stop until one of us is dead.

Said succinctly and well. George Santayana is variously quoted as having said "Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it."

This is why I will attend the movie.

[SouthernFreebird]

There you go, it's the biggest news event in our history and should not be reduced to a friggin popcorn eating movie.

I would be sick to my stomach if my loved one on that plane was turned into a show for profit.