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just typical of the yanks!!!
yer auld aunt nelly:
You 've got to give it to ollie stone he is a class act all over I still havent forgiven him for the DOORS and i dont even like them.And get some perspective bud I dont think an act of terrorism no matter how well orchestrated is never going to pall the death of 60 million in both world wars(that were fought for the rights of the free world to excist).And terrible as it was im sorry mate but we have been attacked by the disgruntled of the world for longer than I can remember :roll:
V8MoneyPit:
I have to go along with the general sentiment of this thread. The actual event will live with us. I cannot, though, see why a film will make us remember it more.
As I said before, the fact it was televised, live, throughout the world made the difference between this act and most others that went before. Do you remember the footage of the assault in the Iranian Embassy in London? At the time the pictures were shocking because we had never seen anything like it before. But it looks tame now. Purely because of the way we saw 9/11. I firmly believe, we would not have the same impression of it had it only been in the newspapers. Then, a film to help us to remember would make more sense.
I'm not saying the film is wrong, just that I cannot see it makes a difference to the way we remember the dreadful events of that day.
strapping young lad:
maybe the film is also there to make the americans feel that their homeland services (fire dept, fuzz etc) are heroes and work through adversity no matter how sinister..
then again i havent seen the film so i dont know how it ends (although everyone knows the story)
Fireyred:
Wow, that really hit me, made me feel a little emotional infact.
Am shocked that they have made a film so soon after the incident, also if it's true that the reason was so people don't forget, then that is unlikely.
Millions of people stopped in there tracks that day, in pure shock.
But if the famillies wanted to have the film made to remind them of there lost loved ones and that is there way of coping with the losses, you have to admire there courage.
However, Nicolas Cage is a babe and makes any film worth watching :oops: :wink:
laser_jock99:
--- Quote from: "beast5680" ---i have to say i am in agreement with rangerider, i dont think the film is any more in bad taste than the one on at the minute telling the IRA story from the view of those in the IRA
--- End quote ---
It's interesting to bear in mind most of the IRA funding 1970-1995 came from the US via NORAID (from New York in particular...). When New York gets a taste of terrorism we get a film.
Let us not forget the UK had to put up with similar horror week in-week out for over thirty years (and it's still not over yet)
Over 30 years, the IRA and other terror groups have murdered 302 police officers, 651 soldiers and reservists, around 2,000 civilians....
The yearly death toll:
2006 1 (2)
2005 5 (7)
2004 2 (3)
2003 10 (3)
2002 11 (5)
2001 16
2000 19
1999 8
1998 55
1997 21
1996 18
1995 9
1994 64
1993 88
1992 89
1991 96
1990 81
1989 75
1988 104
1987 98
1986 61
1985 57
1984 69
1983 85
1982 110
1981 113
1980 80
1979 121
1978 81
1977 111
1976 295
1975 260
1974 294
1973 253
1972 479
1971 171
1970 26
1969 16
In addition to those killed there were around 47,000 injured
Shooting incidents 37,000
Armed robberies 22,500
Persons imprisoned for paramilitary offences 19,600
Bombings and attempted bombings 16,200
Arson incidents 2,200
.....and no 'gooey' movies.
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