Post by Rob W. Case on Sept 4, 2006 23:04:20 GMT -6
Oliver Stone's legacy (pertaining to the accuracy of factual events) has been called into question many times. Oliver Stone is a director who bases his films more on conspiracy than fact.
In this decade, Stone prepared a movie for SHOWTIME entitled"The Day Reagan Was Shot" (1981). The movie revolved around the assasination attempt of Ronald Reagan.
In 2004, he produced the film Alexander. The film sparked an array of controversy as many in the entertainment industry thought that Stone's point was to protray Alexander the Great as a homosexual.
And now, Oliver Stone produces a movie about the September 11th attacks. Not knowing what to expect, many wondered if Stone's protrayal of the terrorist attacks were going to be fair, or an attempt to discredit the Bush administration.
Seeing the film, I can safely say that Oliver Stone got it right. I can say that his protrayal was accurate. Stone, in this film, simply lets the facts play out, and the subject of blame (whether it be the Clinton or Bush administration) does not even factor in at all.
The Plot: The plot revolves around two police officers, both of which are called to evacuate workers from the World Trade Center. As they try to evacuate the people, they are entrapped by the rubble of the falling towers.
My take: Although the film was lighthearted and fair, it coould have been much shorter. When I went to see the movie, I expected to see a film where it would show you graphic depections of the airplanes landing in the trade center, glass shattering, and jet fuel burning the walls. Such did not happen. The moviemakers decided to take a different approach. Most of the movie revolves around the two COPS trapped within the rubble, and the anxiety that their families are living through, not knowing if their loved ones are alive or dead.
While some parts were touching and good, other parts were, in my opinion, hoaky and annoying.
I wish, for example, they showed the towers fall from the outside (instead of showing the actual footage of them falling while the nation is watching the terrorist act on their TV screens). Some of the trapped victim scenes, I thought, dragged on. The hoakiest part of the movie, in my opinion, is where the COP Will (played by Michael Pena) has a vision that Jesus Christ is giving him bottled water.
It's refreshing to see that Oliver Stone can make a movie that is credible. As a liberal film maker, he received a lot of criticism from his fellow liberals for doing so. They thirsted for propaganda.
Out of 4 stars, I would rate it at 2 and 1/2.
In this decade, Stone prepared a movie for SHOWTIME entitled"The Day Reagan Was Shot" (1981). The movie revolved around the assasination attempt of Ronald Reagan.
In 2004, he produced the film Alexander. The film sparked an array of controversy as many in the entertainment industry thought that Stone's point was to protray Alexander the Great as a homosexual.
And now, Oliver Stone produces a movie about the September 11th attacks. Not knowing what to expect, many wondered if Stone's protrayal of the terrorist attacks were going to be fair, or an attempt to discredit the Bush administration.
Seeing the film, I can safely say that Oliver Stone got it right. I can say that his protrayal was accurate. Stone, in this film, simply lets the facts play out, and the subject of blame (whether it be the Clinton or Bush administration) does not even factor in at all.
The Plot: The plot revolves around two police officers, both of which are called to evacuate workers from the World Trade Center. As they try to evacuate the people, they are entrapped by the rubble of the falling towers.
My take: Although the film was lighthearted and fair, it coould have been much shorter. When I went to see the movie, I expected to see a film where it would show you graphic depections of the airplanes landing in the trade center, glass shattering, and jet fuel burning the walls. Such did not happen. The moviemakers decided to take a different approach. Most of the movie revolves around the two COPS trapped within the rubble, and the anxiety that their families are living through, not knowing if their loved ones are alive or dead.
While some parts were touching and good, other parts were, in my opinion, hoaky and annoying.
I wish, for example, they showed the towers fall from the outside (instead of showing the actual footage of them falling while the nation is watching the terrorist act on their TV screens). Some of the trapped victim scenes, I thought, dragged on. The hoakiest part of the movie, in my opinion, is where the COP Will (played by Michael Pena) has a vision that Jesus Christ is giving him bottled water.
It's refreshing to see that Oliver Stone can make a movie that is credible. As a liberal film maker, he received a lot of criticism from his fellow liberals for doing so. They thirsted for propaganda.
Out of 4 stars, I would rate it at 2 and 1/2.