Review: World Trade Center

How does a producer/directer accurately recreate one of the most memorable days in recent history? Or perhaps a better question, should they? Well, I wasn't around for Pearl Harbor, but I certainly don't want to forget that day. Granted, the movie Pearl Harbor doesn't do the day justice, but that's another story. Perhaps, it was too soon for such a movie. And Hollywood seems to be about profit so it does seem to have a sketchy motive. But people have forgotten that day and what it felt like to be attacked. This movie isn't a political movie designed to renew positive feelings about the War on Terrorism though. The only slightly political statement I caught in the whole film was an ex-marine considering duty again because "they are going to need a few good men to avenge this."
This movie felt less like a documentary than did "Flight 93". It was more about two Port Authority Police officers, the 18th and 19th of 20 people, pulled from the debris alive. I was actually looking for more of a complete documentary, I wanted to know what happened that day. I wanted details- more than I got from those repeated news shots. But by the end, that's not what I wanted. They didn't actually show much of the towers. In one of the more graphic scenes, there are people jumping but it mainly focuses on the police response to a tragidy with no action plan. It's quite interesting that so much of the movie was shot between two men buried in rubble and I still was held in rapt attention.
The score kept me ingrossed in the scenes and the cinemetography is amazing. I was impresssed with many of the shots and I usually don't notice these things. Course, this time I may have been looking harder...The human aspect was great too, I was disappointed with the one wife, she seemed a bit dull, like she wasn't quite sure how to act, but there were many touching moments.
There is a definite need to laugh or do something after the movie. There is a distinct mood that totally takes over and it feels good to get out of the theater. But it's remeniscent of the Passion of the Christ. Watch it to remember. Rememeber. Be grateful. Go about your day.