9/11 Revisited? No Thanks
Yesterday I had some fun at the expense of X-Men: The Last Stand and their smurfette/Cookie Monster love child (We hear that furry-ol-lovable-Grover is asking for a DNA paternity test). But today let’s look at the new movie actually opening today – one I can’t see. I won’t see.
It’s called “United 93” – a supposedly real life dramatization of what happened to United Airlines flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
We all know exactly what happened that day – it’s been burned into our memories forever. Horrible, horrible shit went down that morning. It’s something I know that I’ll never forget. So why Hollywood thinks we need a movie to “dramatically recreate what may have happened” is beyond me.
I’m sure that there those of you out there who don’t see anything wrong with this movie, but I’m willing to bet that a lot of people are bothered as I am – turning a horrific tragedy into box office bucks. Does anyone really want to relive it? I sure don’t.
The Lovely Mrs. G. and I won a trip to New York City on August 30, 2001. Airfare, hotel, tickets to a Broadway show, $500 spending money, you name it. Our exact travel dates hadn’t yet been set, but we were excited to finally be able to see the Big Apple.
Then September 11 happened.
A couple of months later the trip sponsor called us and asked if we were still interested in coming to Manhattan. Mayor Giuliani had officially declared “New York is open for business!”, and even though his city was down, it definitely wasn’t out.
So in early December 2001, Mrs. G. and I made our way to NYC, courtesy of the nice people at American Movie Classics. And we had a fantastic time in the big city – things couldn’t have been any better for us. We saw the Rockettes Christmas show, went to a musical, walked down 5th Ave and Central Park, and had monstrous pastrami sandwiches in Times Square.
Then, early on Sunday AM, we went down to Ground Zero.
I’ll let these photos that I took that morning explain how I felt that day – and why I won’t be paying Hollywood $8.50 to relive that day.
But perhaps that's just me.
It’s called “United 93” – a supposedly real life dramatization of what happened to United Airlines flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
We all know exactly what happened that day – it’s been burned into our memories forever. Horrible, horrible shit went down that morning. It’s something I know that I’ll never forget. So why Hollywood thinks we need a movie to “dramatically recreate what may have happened” is beyond me.
I’m sure that there those of you out there who don’t see anything wrong with this movie, but I’m willing to bet that a lot of people are bothered as I am – turning a horrific tragedy into box office bucks. Does anyone really want to relive it? I sure don’t.
The Lovely Mrs. G. and I won a trip to New York City on August 30, 2001. Airfare, hotel, tickets to a Broadway show, $500 spending money, you name it. Our exact travel dates hadn’t yet been set, but we were excited to finally be able to see the Big Apple.
Then September 11 happened.
A couple of months later the trip sponsor called us and asked if we were still interested in coming to Manhattan. Mayor Giuliani had officially declared “New York is open for business!”, and even though his city was down, it definitely wasn’t out.
So in early December 2001, Mrs. G. and I made our way to NYC, courtesy of the nice people at American Movie Classics. And we had a fantastic time in the big city – things couldn’t have been any better for us. We saw the Rockettes Christmas show, went to a musical, walked down 5th Ave and Central Park, and had monstrous pastrami sandwiches in Times Square.
Then, early on Sunday AM, we went down to Ground Zero.
I’ll let these photos that I took that morning explain how I felt that day – and why I won’t be paying Hollywood $8.50 to relive that day.
But perhaps that's just me.
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