First it was United 93 The Movie…now it’s World Trade Center — The Movie. We saw the preview this past afternoon for the film when we went to go see The Davinci Code.

The trailer — though short — was enough to churn up a number of emotions in me, emotions that I felt on 9/11. The film stars Nicholas Cage as a policeman and the events that led up to, during and after that aweful morning.

I guess it wasn’t enough that Universal Studios had to capitalize off the tragedy that was 9/11 — now Paramount Pictures and Oliver Stone want a piece of the pie. Part of me wants to see the film, knowing that it will evoke emotions in me like Titanic did when I saw that in the theatre…but the Titanic sank generations before I was even born. September 11th, 2001 was not that long ago. Is five years enough time to pass to attempt at making epic movies after recent tragedies? How long before we start seeing films about the war in Iraq (besides Fahrenheit 911)?

I have mixed emotions — I may see the movie despite the issue of capitalizing off tragedy, particularly recent tragedy.

May 28, 2006, 10:50 pm

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