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At the risk of turning your thread into a political debate I'll try to be brief Pyro...
And that's all well and good and yet people are profiting aren't they? You want to impress me? Then donate every cent from this flick to the various charities that are still trying to help these families recover. See, to me this encapsulates one of the things that really bothers me about the world in general today. People are always assigning dollar amounts to other peoples pain. It's like they're saying; "Look here, we donated 1.15 million and even though from now until the end of time itself all of the rest of the profit goes into someone's pocket, what are you bitching about?"
I realize that's a generalization, but, is it? I know I am a conspiracy theory nut job and I'm more than a little biased when it comes to this sort of thing but I guess for me it just comes down to this. I watched it all live (as I'm sure you did too mark) and I really don't need to see a movie about it no matter how good it is. And being the cynical person that I am, I called it almost to the day when I predicted that it wouldn't even be 5 years before we saw a film about 9/11. I realize that last point is neither here nor there but it bothered me nonetheless. Doesn't that bother you?
That's cool Pyro, I was in no way trying to belittle your feelings for the film and if I were being a little more objective then I should be able to see how a movie like this can do some good in different parts of the world. Sometimes I can't get out of the way of my own opinion and it appears this is one of those times.
Excellent point and yes I have. It also depends on the film obviously. That's a rather large can of worms so to speak and perhaps I should shut up and let you get back to your excellent list.
I'm sure that your heart is in the right place, but United 93 is seriously-moving and wasn't made to cash in on people's heartache.
The filmmakers donated a percentage of the opening weekend proceeds to the Flight 93 memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The actual amount donated turned out to be $1.15 million.
At the request of the filmmakers, no studio-produced trailers were shown before the start of the movie in its theatrical run.
The filmmakers donated a percentage of the opening weekend proceeds to the Flight 93 memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The actual amount donated turned out to be $1.15 million.
At the request of the filmmakers, no studio-produced trailers were shown before the start of the movie in its theatrical run.
I realize that's a generalization, but, is it? I know I am a conspiracy theory nut job and I'm more than a little biased when it comes to this sort of thing but I guess for me it just comes down to this. I watched it all live (as I'm sure you did too mark) and I really don't need to see a movie about it no matter how good it is. And being the cynical person that I am, I called it almost to the day when I predicted that it wouldn't even be 5 years before we saw a film about 9/11. I realize that last point is neither here nor there but it bothered me nonetheless. Doesn't that bother you?
Oh, well looks like Mark beat me to the punch a bit. Anyway, 9/11 never really had a big impact on me, heck, when i was told i didn't even know what the Twin Towers or World Trade Center was. Obviously the images of the crash were pretty shocking and that was all i really took away from the event, seeing people jumping off was obviously upsetting. However United 93 completely internalised the reality of the last flight and made a truly moving film. Not for commerce but as a memorial of the tragedy and heroic nature of those poor souls lost. And the whole way Greengrass follows it is remarkably objective but brutally real so by the end as the inevitable occurs, it was totally devastating as a viewer. As for watching it, it got good word of mouth while it was at the cinema and i eventually got it cheap on DVD. And i'm not at all ashamed to have spent money on it as otherwise i'd never have appreciate or realised the brevity the event as much.
On an aside, have you thought about the profits plenty of other films have made from World Wars and such? Out of interest, does your reasoning extend to that or does their more fictional nature avoid the problem?
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Remember quite vividly the TV ads for it and was hooked from the first episode. Epic, indeed.
