Agonizing_Gas
Shared on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 04:27My usual evening consists of unwinding with an hour (or a few) of WoW, then turning on the television to search the several hundred channels that I subscribe to through cable for a movie to watch. Ordinarily I settle on a mindless action flick or a comedy. No matter what I pick, I end up staying up way too late, regretting my decision the instant my alarm fires up the next morning. Tonight I chose a drama, one that I hadn't seen before. United 93.
When the movie World Trace Center came out, I was sickened by the fact that someone would want to reproduce the events of September 11, 2001. While a few years had passed, I couldn't help but think about the families that lost loved ones, the graphic images that we replayed over and over in the weeks and months after the attack. Do we really need reminders like this? Aren't we still bearing the scars? I felt about the same emotional response when I heard about United 93.
After watching the movie, I'm surprised to find how much those images still tug at me. The movie discusses the events of the hijackings that happened that day, as well as the response as it was unraveling by the FAA and US military. As the title suggests, it focuses more on the only plane that did not hit its intended target, United 93. Watching the morning unfold again is just as harrowing today as it was five and a half years ago. And while bumper stickers can still be seen declaring their patriotism and inability to forget, I think that we can't help but lose the magnitude and weight of such events. It's a result of the passage of time fading over the horizon, more atmosphere gets between us and the things we should remember.
I think that people should watch movies like this for the same reason that they should watch Flags of our Fathers, When Trumpets Fade, Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan or the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers. We watch movies to remember the sacrifices, the selflessness, the heroism, the brotherhood. We watch so that we don't forget that others have died for the lifestyle that we are afforded every day.
One day soon I plan to watch World Trade Center. Not because I'm dying to see it, but because I should not just be reminded every September to bow my head and think of those who were lost. I will watch to remind myself. I will watch because there are people that were there that lived through it, people who lost their family members and friends, people that choked on the dust of the crumbling buildings, and no matter how far they distance themselves, they are really the only ones who will truly never forget.
When the movie World Trace Center came out, I was sickened by the fact that someone would want to reproduce the events of September 11, 2001. While a few years had passed, I couldn't help but think about the families that lost loved ones, the graphic images that we replayed over and over in the weeks and months after the attack. Do we really need reminders like this? Aren't we still bearing the scars? I felt about the same emotional response when I heard about United 93.
After watching the movie, I'm surprised to find how much those images still tug at me. The movie discusses the events of the hijackings that happened that day, as well as the response as it was unraveling by the FAA and US military. As the title suggests, it focuses more on the only plane that did not hit its intended target, United 93. Watching the morning unfold again is just as harrowing today as it was five and a half years ago. And while bumper stickers can still be seen declaring their patriotism and inability to forget, I think that we can't help but lose the magnitude and weight of such events. It's a result of the passage of time fading over the horizon, more atmosphere gets between us and the things we should remember.
I think that people should watch movies like this for the same reason that they should watch Flags of our Fathers, When Trumpets Fade, Blackhawk Down, Saving Private Ryan or the HBO mini-series Band of Brothers. We watch movies to remember the sacrifices, the selflessness, the heroism, the brotherhood. We watch so that we don't forget that others have died for the lifestyle that we are afforded every day.
One day soon I plan to watch World Trade Center. Not because I'm dying to see it, but because I should not just be reminded every September to bow my head and think of those who were lost. I will watch to remind myself. I will watch because there are people that were there that lived through it, people who lost their family members and friends, people that choked on the dust of the crumbling buildings, and no matter how far they distance themselves, they are really the only ones who will truly never forget.
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Submitted by Devonsangel on Fri, 05/04/2007 - 06:18