Cashing In
The Mesh and I went to the cinema yesterday evening for a bit of light-hearted fun. She had been eagerly awaiting the release of a film, y'see, so in spite of having just got back from Tahoe (ACE!) off we went.
The film itself was cool, but I was really annoyed that in front of a comedy about clothes they put a trailer for "World Trade Center", a re-enactment of the terrorist attacks barely 5 years after the event. I'm sure it is being handled very carefully and all, but I question the need for another 9/11 dramatisation so soon, (particularly featuring Nicholas Cage). "Flight 93" has only been out a few months, and now here's a new one with a very Hollywood trailer that left no doubt as to the graphic scenes contained in the film. We all know that the studios can tell this story, (particularly due to the events tragically playing out to almost cinematic conventions), but why make this now? I'm sure it was a pretty harrowing experience for those who actually knew people killed in the attacks. I'm sure because Miss Mesh is one of them, and to see her in tears two minutes after the theatre lights went down upset me greatly.
The film itself was cool, but I was really annoyed that in front of a comedy about clothes they put a trailer for "World Trade Center", a re-enactment of the terrorist attacks barely 5 years after the event. I'm sure it is being handled very carefully and all, but I question the need for another 9/11 dramatisation so soon, (particularly featuring Nicholas Cage). "Flight 93" has only been out a few months, and now here's a new one with a very Hollywood trailer that left no doubt as to the graphic scenes contained in the film. We all know that the studios can tell this story, (particularly due to the events tragically playing out to almost cinematic conventions), but why make this now? I'm sure it was a pretty harrowing experience for those who actually knew people killed in the attacks. I'm sure because Miss Mesh is one of them, and to see her in tears two minutes after the theatre lights went down upset me greatly.
I assume that the people making the film didn't lose anyone in New York in 2001, for if they had Mr. Cage would not be donning a fireman's hat and pretending like he had any clue what those people experienced on that day, and that of the others left behind to mourn them.
posted by Kevan at
7/05/2006 05:38:00 PM
3 Comments:
Fortunately for me, I didn't know anyone that died in the attacks, but it is still hard to see stuff like that trailer. I think its important to remember, but it just feels too soon.
On a side note, my wife and I also just got back from Tahoe, and we also had to head on over to the theater for the same movie as soon as we got back into town...weird, eh?
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Barry, at 8:37 AM
Very!
Maybe it's the perfect post-Tahoe film?
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Kevan, at 11:18 AM
haha..maybe! Interestingly enough, while we were in Tahoe, we saw a celebrity walking around with a Prada bag...
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Barry, at 12:32 PM
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