tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post115524252701222554..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Stone's World Trade Center MovieHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1155288263117448532006-08-11T05:24:00.000-04:002006-08-11T05:24:00.000-04:00I can't say I was disappointed, if there was anyth...I can't say I was disappointed, if there was anything missing it was the collective sense of pain everyone else felt. I can see why the directors ommited conveying it, among other things. The religions references were plainly of a comedic nature... I laughed. <BR/><BR/>It's my impression that any movie which truly tries to bring out the contrast between good and evil humans, just ends up humanizing the evil ones. That would be those pesky terrorists. It seems like nothing these days is complete without relating islamo-fascism to it, so perhaps some good ol' demonizing might have been good in the movie...Devanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08039407801743458960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1155266892563389292006-08-10T23:28:00.000-04:002006-08-10T23:28:00.000-04:00Or it can be an attempt to remove all context from...Or it can be an attempt to remove all context from the heinous attack that may have precipitated WWIII (or IV, depending on who's doing the sabermetrics).<BR/><BR/>"People taking care of each other, for no other reason than it was the right thing to do," sez leading man Cage, or so the ads and internet tell me.<BR/><BR/>Still, I'll take Ollie Stone following his heart instead of his diseased head any ol' time, even if its a muddled We Are the World thing. It can't be denied that he wields the power of myth, the greatest of all artistic gifts---<I>Platoon, JFK,</I> and screenwriter for <I> Scarface</I>, the latter of which has destroyed so many lives, particularly African-American ones.<BR/><BR/>Art, especially as myth and poetry, is quite dangerous, which is why Plato wanted to ban it.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com