"World Trade Center" or bust!

I don't get out much, so I will be expecting reviews from my constant readers on the opening of "World Trade Center".

I recieved a sneak preview of this movie today. As I suspected, I'll pay $7.00 to cry for two hours.

Oliver Stone has maybe redeemed himself as a filmmaker. I have boycotted this gentleman since his urination upon Vietnam troopers with "Platoon". He reached heights of idiocy with "JFK". "Natural Born Killers " was sheer trash. He may just be finding his way home with "WTC". I hope he overcomes his demons, and allows his visions to come through unobscured. Stone can be a great director, if he becomes unhinged like Sam Peckinpah and quits playing partisan politics with his visions.

I though it was a great inside joke that Stone did a cameo in "The Doors" as Jim Morrison's film school teacher. Only Alfred Hitchcock could have done a better job. At some future point I'll praise Val Kilmer's work in that movie; only his role as Doc Holliday in "Tombstone" impresses me more than his portrayal of Jim Morrison.

It's ironic that this ex-Marine, Ollie Stone, is the first to step up to the plate on 9/11. He gave a good explanation of why "WTC" is an "old-fashioned" movie, made with the sensibility of drawing upon common emotions. I will depend upon my constant readers for an ultimate judgement; then I'll pay $7.00 to cry for two hours.