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Directed By
Oliver Stone
Written By:
Andrea Berloff
Cast:
Nicolas Cage, Michael Peña, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jay Hernandez, Stephen Dorff, Nick Damici, Jude Ciccolella, Martin Pfefferkorn, Alexa Gerasimovich, Armando Riesco, Jon Bernthal, Connor Paolo, Connor Paolo, Anthony Piccininni, Morgan Flynn, William Jimeno, Nelson Peña
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World Trade Center (2006)
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Movie Review by Seth C 
August 13th, 2006
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(NOTE: There may be some spoiler alerts ahead, although no names are used)
As I sat motionless in the dark theater with Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" playing out in front of me, I couldn't stop myself from thinking one thing, over and over again.
"It's amazing the things we can do."
As a selfish human being, I couldn't imagine running into a fire or a falling building in order to save someone else. Not that I wouldn't want to, I would, but I just don't think I would be able to perform something so heroic. Honestly, it's unhuman-like trait for us to lay our lives down for anothers and thats why it takes a certain special type of person to do something as mindblowing as that.
Stone's flim, which may be his first that is shot with a straight-foward eye (i.e. no trick photography or fast paced cuts), tells the story of two such man, their families and more men like them that come to their rescue. It's a true story that never feels forced or spiced up. As the film plays out, it stays emotional effective every step of the way. In all honesty, "World Trade Center" is such a emotionally stirring film, that I still can't wrap my mind around it. I mean, there are scenes in this film that made me want to live a different life, as a different man. There are moments that these men lived through that I feel are going to inspire so many more men to become better human beings.
Take for instance a scene in which two Marines set out into the rubble after the towers have fallen to search for those buried within. As the camera pans out we see the mass of the pitch-black, smoke filled area and I couldn't help but think to myself that it was a lost cause. No one could be found in this mess, it would be impossible. Of course, men were found and in the end what I saw as a lost cause, other men saw as a starting point. Another scene that I found myself becoming speechless during was when a certain character is willing to lose one of his limbs just so someone else can make it out the hell their in. Can you imagine doing this? How one would be willing to lose a part of their body just in the hopes that someone else may live, the keyword being MAY, is honestly to difficult for me to imagine. It's almost, Christ-like.
"World Trade Center" is one of the best films of 2006. It is a film filled with hope, love, courage and unitity; a film that shows the best in people; a film that shows that there is no limit to what a human being is willing to do, not to mention, is ABLE to do.
And all the while, all I could think of was, "It's amazing the things we can do."
God, is it ever.
- SCF
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 | Andrew
Oct 9, 2006 6:02 AM
also wrote a review of World Trade Center 
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| I'm sorry but you suck. That movie was terrible. Only the most socially detatched freak could be fooled into feeling any kind of emotion other than absolute rage and hatred after watching that dribble. It was like the crap overblown telemovie to end all crap overblown telemovies. |
 | Justin
Aug 14, 2006 8:47 PM
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| Nicely written. The movies sounds like just the right take on an event that stirs WAY too much political controversy. You make me really want to see it. |
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Oct 9, 2006 10:38 AM