Originally Posted by
b-diddy
i would want it to be a movie where i wouldnt come out wanting to drop the bomb on iraq.
in all honesty, i dont know if i can answer the question.
1) theyre going to make the people overly heroic. those people that downed the plane in pennsylvania are heroes, no doubt. but, to me, its a heroic sense that could never translate to a movie. they did it to die. not too much commercial about that. theirs no way to put it on film without cheepening it.
so what do you do about the most compelling plotline of the movie? imo, you have to distance it. i wouldnt portray that flight at all, and perhaps just talk about it from the distance (ala the news). but then whats the point of making a movie about it- none.
2- how do you depict the terrorists? like it or not, these terrorists had a reason for doing it. so do you give a voice to the terrorists? in one sense, this movie has to be an american story, and when discussing perhaps our greatest national tragedy, is it appropriate to mention the counterpoints to our policies in the ME and israel?
but if you dont give the terrorists a voice, we get back to the idea where the movie is just "raw raw america!", which i've already said i'm against.
basically, i've got a lot of ambivalence towards this topic. its a subject i dont feel should be broached. not yet.
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