9/11 Movies Maybe A Little too Early
September 11, 2001 was the most tragic event in our nation's recent history. Just like the bombing of Pearl Harbor it caught the nation by surprise; just like JFK's murder, everyone will remember where they were when it happened. People have been mourning the losses from that day for 5 years coming this September 11, but it seems that film makers have just found another tragedy to turn into big bucks. With 2 9/11 movies already into theatres and a made for TV movie ready to air on ABC, it makes someone wonder, is this a little too much for only 5 years after the actual event took place? According to Fox News, the producers of "World Trade Center", the movie that has just been released, have donated 1.3 million dollars to the building of the 9/11 memorial. That may seem like a huge amount of money, but when looking at the grand scheme of things, that's only about 2% of their gross (50 million) from the movie. Dyson and Baudo have put more money than that into Marietta College. Another movie, "United 93" has been released to DVD after being shown in theatres. This movie depicts the actual events on one of the planes from 9/11. It may just be me, but it's a little early for these movies to come out. I'm sure movie producers could have waited another 5 years. Going to the movie theatre to relive the horror of 9/11 this soon just doesn't interest me. I think that when the producers were thinking of making this movie they should have thought more about the pain people have felt from this tragedy instead of trying to roll over a profit.
2 comments:
I agree that it is a bit too soon for the movies about 9/11 to have came out. However, it is typical of American society to turn a profit anywhere they can. I feel that it they had waited a few more years to produce the movies, they may have been more profitable, as people are unwilling to subject themselves to relive the tragedy. I know I did not wish to see the movies.
Yes i agree that America tries to produce profit any where they can get it. But I disagree with the fact that it is to early to show the 9-11 movies. They should show the clips everyday to remind our country what our soldiers are fighting for. I believe that we need to be reminded that President Bush didnt just make a decision on suspicions but based on how many people died and how bad families felt. SO to say it was too early for the movies to produce them would have to be a disagreement for me. But I do find it wrong that they make profit off of this horrible tradegy.
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