When Jackals Pounce
When Hollywood Makes History
“United 93,” Hollywood’s first big-budget film about the events of Sept. 11, 2001, is faithful to the major aspects of the tragic morning it depicts.
Am I the only person who thinks the whole idea of this movie is really sick and cruel? Don’t these Hollywood types have any compassion at all? Yeah… let’s make a movie depicting the last horrific moments of United’s Flight 93 so the friends and family of the people who were killed can relive their loved one’s death over and over and OVER. Yeah! That’s a greeeeeaaaaaat idea!
Jeez.
It’s not that I’ve got a problem with fictionalized “historical” type movies. I just think the movie-makers ought to wait at least 50 or 60 years before they turn trajedies into summertime box office hits.
These movie people are of the same ilk as “news” reporters who approach people at funerals to ask them “penetrating” questions like “How do you feel right now?”
Posted by RebeccaHartong on April 28, 2006 under Uncategorized
You are right on. In this crass society, almost anything can be
rationalized, especially if it has instant commercial value.
Unfortunately, the “peephole” mentality has spread to such an extent that those who are exposed often seem to be unaware that their private lives are subjected to the fantasies of others.
Even worse, maybe they are aware–and thus are willing to trade on their own humiliation.
No kidding. Isn’t that the whole premise of “Reality TV”?
I just don’t get it.
I don’t understand why people would participate in it and I don’t understand why anyone wants to watch it.