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The issue of when or if it's appropriate to make a film about recent tragedy is very significant. The director of this movie, Paul Greengrass, seems to be committed to creating films that speak of tragedy and heroism within recent historical events - I've seen a number of his films and they have been thought provoking and moving. He doesn't tend to bring in high name actors nor any of the typical Hollywood devices that are cynically employed to get maximum crowds into the cinema. I don't think his movies tend to be big in box office terms. I understand there is a film out in the US now, World Trade Centre, which unfortunately sounds like the kind of crass Hollywood exploitation that is best ignored.
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robdon67
on August 30, 2006 at 3:56 AM
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Hollywood movies gone too far
I think it to be offensive, that Hollywood seeks to capitalize on a recent traumatic event in our history. If you have not heard, this is the second movie to come out about 9/11. It would be far less offensive to me if profits from the movie were to be donated to the victims’ families, or some other charitable organization. I am very surprised that more of an outcry is not being heard about these movies.
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millerj81
on August 24, 2006 at 4:11 PM
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thanks for your comment Mrs-B25
My girldfriend was born in Jordan, though she is not Muslim, and I remember how worried I was during the anti-middle eastern riots that happened in Sydney a year ago... especially since I was away from Sydney because my mum was dying at the time. Generalisations about people on account of race and religion are always a stupid and dangerous option. At the same time we know that there are individuals (with mistaken and distorted religious motivations - not representative of the belief of the majority in that religion) who have done and will continue to do terrible things. It must be horrible to hear the treasured words of prayer, words that are about the beauty of surrender to God, coming out of the mouth of someone as he commits murder. And the thought that these treasured words could be automatically associtaed with murder and destruction rather than simple daily surrender must be heart breaking and frustrating for someone who prays these words with good and faithful intentions. Such is the ugliness of extremism (from any religious tradition) - it covers what is beautiful and true with ugly distortion.
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robdon67
on August 19, 2006 at 4:29 PM
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Robdon
I would like to see that.
posted by
BlondeAmbition007
on August 19, 2006 at 5:36 AM
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I didn't like the movie because, being an Arab Muslim i didn't think it was fair the way the terrorist where portrayed. I would want to clarify that if those terrorists where true believers and followed the religion the way they're supposed to, they would know that taking innocents people's lives is not allowed like in many other religion sand even by morals. I felt offended because in the movie, when they attempted to kill the first passenger they started saying Islamic phrases as though what they were doing was in the name of God and all. And that would surely support all the propaganda about how Arabs are terrorist, and the bad image the western media is portraying about Islam.
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Mrs.B-25
on August 19, 2006 at 12:37 AM
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