QUOTE(BooZker @ Jul 26 2006, 12:06 AM) I do not think it matters if it is released in theatres or in stores because either way you have to go and buy it. The people that wanna watch it are going to watch it in a theatre or on a tape or DVD. I really don't think it makes a difference at all. Well the only reason I asked that is mostly because of the different advertising schemes they use. When something is released on to DVD or tape, the advertisement is not as massive as for a movie that is being released in theater.

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well i think the very same thing. Movies with subjects like these are really just about the money, it's the deal with every hollywood pic. I don't say it's bad, sure you can get a profit out of it. But can you do that? Don't you think it's wrong to put money out of other people's misery. OK, which movie isn't? but not on this scale. That's why it's too early to make this kinda movie, not because it's a tragedi or anything, just because of the profits. The picture doesn't have to be good, it's about 9/11 so everyone likes it anyway. The same with United 93. I really have to say: the movie sucks. i was only attracted to it the last 15 minutes or so. Sure you say, but the purpose of the movie was to show the life in the plane and giving information about how thing went that day. If you want to give information make a documentary like Fahrenheit 9/11, not a roleplay movie. Then you are looking for entertainement (information comes in second place) and like i said i only got that for the last 15 minutes. I'm afraid the very same thing is going to happen with this next 9/11 movie.

I can't see why families of victims of the attacks would stop this movie, or the public in general. I mean: i wanna know what's it like, hidden in a good entertaining story. I think the families want to know the exact same thing (correct me if i'm wrong, i'm talking in my experience) they now can only imagine what that hell was like, when they see the movie, it's visualized. Offcourse the day after is a bit early to make a movie about it but 5 years after, i can't see why not.

 

 

 

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Well just as an update to my board, I haven't heard anything on the news saying bad things about it, actually all I'm hearing is good reviews so far. I guess that could of been a reason for the advertising campaign to have started so early and was so harsh, so people could prepare to actually go see the movie.

However, I have also seen a recent flood of documentaries on 9/11 on TV shortly after the movie was released. I know next month is the 5 year anniversary of 9/11, but its still a month off. I'm guess they TV industry wants their cut of the profits as well.

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I dont think its too early. Hundreds, thousands of events occur frequently...and movies are made about them. No one normally seems to care. Oh wait, but its because what those events happened out of America?

Its been 5 years, people need to start moving on honestly. I personally, and many think im cold hearted was not effected by september 11th, i took it as just a tragedy that we, like many other countries have and will...need to move on from.


The event is still pretty fresh in our minds, and perhaps the writers wanted to give praise to the 'heros' of 9/11 before they all died. Because if you do a war/distaster movie like 20 or 40 years after the event, chances are a lot of those people who were directly involved will be older, or dead. Plus those who are young, may have just had kids and probably its nice for them to have a video they can show their kids, and be like i was there, i helped those people etc... The story is still fresh for them, so they can still express the freshest ideas on what happened, after years....things become blurred and stories exist that arent real, or you leave out amazing stories, because its been so long.

But people aren't thinking like that, instead they are just thinking about how horrible this event was and how angry they are that people are making money over it, okay it was horrible but stuff like this happens in OTHER countries ALL the time. America isnt perfect, and people need to get over their high and mighty opinions, and their pride. Its okay to be prideful of your country, but everyone from every country needs to understand, their country is NOT perfect, and bad things will and can happen.

But no, i dont think its too soon.



Wow, so its not okay for them to make a movie about something that happened, but its quite alright for you to wish harm on them? Who is really the 'bad' guy? My eyes are looking towards you. Its rude to sit there and state, what happened was such a horrible thing, then basically wish the same onto someone else.

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I really want to see this movie and hopefully will soon. Many people gave it great reviews and didn't think anything of it being too early. It has been almost 5 years now and although sacred ground we have other conflicts to worry about. People who don't want to see it don't have to and that's all there is to it. It may be just for the money but I think it will be interesting to see. I saw a documentry on it onces on TV and that was the year after and it was pretty crazy and now I sort of want to see just what it was like that day.

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Well, I'm glad to be seeing the what the other side of this issue finally come up. However, I wasn't really complaining too much about them coming out with a movie based on it, but more like the choice of doing a full scale mass advertising campaign for the movie. I was hoping for more of a less advertising campaign then what they would pull for a normal movie. I'm now seeing more people releasing more documentaries on 9/11 and the TV kind of getting full of advertisements for those documentaries. I'm not saying its a bad thing, since it is getting close to 9/11, but I'm still thinking it is torture for the families to turn on the TV and all they see is people making money off of there misery.

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