Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
I finally saw WORLD TRADE CENTER tonight on demand.

I was reluctant to see it in the movies because I was one of the people that thought it was just too soon for the subject matter. But then I got to thinking about the thread on war movies and it occurred to me that our veterans have watched movies about wars that they've been in, even sooner.

Anyway, I found it to be fair. No better, no worse. I knew going in that it would be anti-climactic because we all knew how it would end. I was moved by some of the little touches, like the pictures of all of the missing up in the hospital. I'd forgotten about those being posted in every hospital and local bar and on telephone pole imaginable.

The effects were frightening, especially the shaking of the insides of the towers. It wasn't political whatsoever, I'll give Stone credit for that. All in all, a fair movie that was thought provoking at the very least.


If you liked World Trade Center then I would endorse a viewing of United 93. I found it to be much better and more moving.