Let's go out to a movie
Posting after midnight is quite nice . . . takes care of my blogging requirement for Sunday before I even wake up on Sunday morning.
I saw World Trade Center tonight. This is the second 9/11 movie I've seen . . . the first was United 93. And these two movies are very different. If you are looking for an "inspirational" movie, full of soaring music, tear-jerking speeches, and drama, you should see WTC. It definitely had the feel of a made-for-TV movie at times, right down to the rugged ex-Marine who looked at a cross a bunch of times and realized that his call was to go dig people out of the rubble, and then quit his office job to go avenging in Iraq.
United 93 felt much more like a documentary. The events of that day and the flight were shown, but the filmmakers let the horror speak for itself. There was not a lot of musical score, not a lot of tears . . . and yet you felt the fear and the horror from the start, because you knew what was coming. I was nervous during the whole beginning, just watching the hijackers and waiting for them to put the horror in motion.
So, that's it. I'm not much of a movie reviewer, but I kind of like comparing/contrasting movies about the same topics.
Next up: Deep Impact vs. Armageddon, which I haven't seen since 1998 and 1999 respectively, so that should be interesting. Not sure yet when it'll happen, though.
I saw World Trade Center tonight. This is the second 9/11 movie I've seen . . . the first was United 93. And these two movies are very different. If you are looking for an "inspirational" movie, full of soaring music, tear-jerking speeches, and drama, you should see WTC. It definitely had the feel of a made-for-TV movie at times, right down to the rugged ex-Marine who looked at a cross a bunch of times and realized that his call was to go dig people out of the rubble, and then quit his office job to go avenging in Iraq.
United 93 felt much more like a documentary. The events of that day and the flight were shown, but the filmmakers let the horror speak for itself. There was not a lot of musical score, not a lot of tears . . . and yet you felt the fear and the horror from the start, because you knew what was coming. I was nervous during the whole beginning, just watching the hijackers and waiting for them to put the horror in motion.
So, that's it. I'm not much of a movie reviewer, but I kind of like comparing/contrasting movies about the same topics.
Next up: Deep Impact vs. Armageddon, which I haven't seen since 1998 and 1999 respectively, so that should be interesting. Not sure yet when it'll happen, though.
posted by Melanie at 12:11 AM
