I've made it a rather concious point not to watch any of the recent 9/11 based movies that have come out like United 93 and World Trade Center. No matter how well they stick to the truth or are considered sincere and well done, they are still presented to us in the realm of entertainment, and I haven't quite understood how one can put that disaster into neat two-hour capsules.
Also, despite all the good intentions that they espouse when they are marketing the movie, movies are still in the business of making money. Seriously, when have they ever made any movie for noble reasons?
Reason I bring this up, is despite my intentions, I got sucked into watching the last hour of a movie called Flight 93 on A&E or one of those channels. It was depressing and rough emotionally, but overall, I felt I was being manipulated into those emotions. All those events are sad enough without a soundtrack of mood music in the background, or actors crying fake tears on screen. Stop. Please. The real thing was bad enough. Is doing this really helping anybody?
On another point, I've seen all the major channels clamoring for viewers by presenting "docudramas" or by saying they'll have the best coverage of the 5th anniversary of 9/11, some even going so far as doing a replay of events in real time.
Fuck you, you self-serving, opportunistic pricks...hope you get your damn ratings. Wasn't it bad enough watching this once on live TV?
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