Movie Title: World Trade Center
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ (3/10)
Year: 2006
World Trade Center official site: http://www.wtcmovie.com/
It just didn’t do it for me… despite the hype of the event. Even my greatest respect for Nicholas Cage. No it just fails to nail it. Since Oliver Stone has disappoint me in Alexander… I was not a bit surprised he will disappoint me this time.
I understand the intention and the “happy ending” in this sorta movie to tell how much they have try to overcome the situation, how brave, courage and much love can be… but it totally shadows the intention and what is the core of the movie about. It’s about the World Trade Center. It’s about 11th September 2001. It’s suppose to be a tragedy. It’s suppose to be the worst day in all American’s life. It’s suppose to be a sad day where you felt the lights from heaven just didn’t shine at all.
Despite how much I think it is a boring movie, sad storyline and all, I must say I liked the opening quite a lot where they tells details of police officers patrolling, the busy town, people walking here and there… the slow motion scenes showing the World Trade Center. The conditions of building and stuff around it. It was superb. The colour correction was perfect… it really does bring up the mood. (this is where they score a 2 star)
The moment I saw this plane shadow casted on the buildings… I was expecting something exciting to happen. Probably a little more detailed. To my disappointment… nothing much was shown. Everything else is plainly explained through conversations from walkie-talkie and the real footage that we see over and over again from the television box.
The next scene onwards till the end of the movie, the context of the movie just resolves around the Port Authority cops. In much detail… it actually only resolves around John McLoughlin (Nicholas Cage) and Will Jimeno (Michael Peña). Which I think was boring… and just wrong. It somehow makes this movie sorta like gone out of topic. It was so sadly done that it makes as if there were only 2 person in this whole wide tragic that deserves saving. No attention was paid to the other 9 survivors.
What is worst… this movie, in my opinion should be about the around 2000++ lost, probably about how the event happen… but no… it was the two men talking… talking… talking… and how much it affected their family.
At times… when it gets so boring… I wonder what sorta movie I am watching? Am I watching Armageddon here? Or am I watching Ladder49? Or what? I don’t know… it really does disappoint me a lot.
But I must say, I was sorta impressed with how they portray the thick dust, the scraps after the bomb and the scene when the building collapse on Nicholas Cage. That looks convincing and real. (yes, the other 1 and 1/2 star)
Conclusion, lack of intensity, out of focus, too much drama, just didn’t really understand what they were doing, lack of research and reference of the true event. Seriously, it’s a terrible and sad day, event and I would say a terrible history. Why must somehow end it like a lovey-dovey ending. It just makes me feel so uneasy.