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Spent the 12th anniversary of 9/11 watching or rewatching movies whose theme centers around it.
Let me first start by saying that this movie is a bit long. It drags just a bit in some places. But other than that, it's a wonderful story about "the worst day" in USA history. Up until Sept. 11, 2001, the worst day most Americans could recall was the day of the assassination of JFK. The whole nation grieved over this single death. Nearly 40 years passed before a day came when thousands were killed and maimed and scarred for life by an act of pure evil.
I also want to say that Thomas Horn is a very good young actor and I am not sure where the "hate" for his character is coming from. I didn't find the boy annoying or bratty in the least. Oskar is a child of above average intelligence and very fragile mental health after the trauma he suffered in losing his father (Tom Hanks). I thought Horn's performance was amazing!
I was unclear about the significance of falling. Obviously the father was still inside Trade Center 2 when it collapsed before Oskar's eyes on live television, but we see several sequences of his father "falling," first at the very beginning, and then in the middle, and represented within Oskar's log book of his recognizance mission to learn about the key his dad left behind.
Sandra Bullock, Jeffrey Wright, Max Von Sydow and Viola Davis give wonderful supporting roles.
A very beautiful and compelling portrait of lives forever changed by a tragic day.
Spent the 12th anniversary of 9/11 watching or rewatching movies whose theme centers around it.
Let me first start by saying that this movie is a bit long. It drags just a bit in some places. But other than that, it's a wonderful story about "the worst day" in USA history. Up until Sept. 11, 2001, the worst day most Americans could recall was the day of the assassination of JFK. The whole nation grieved over this single death. Nearly 40 years passed before a day came when thousands were killed and maimed and scarred for life by an act of pure evil.
I also want to say that Thomas Horn is a very good young actor and I am not sure where the "hate" for his character is coming from. I didn't find the boy annoying or bratty in the least. Oskar is a child of above average intelligence and very fragile mental health after the trauma he suffered in losing his father (Tom Hanks). I thought Horn's performance was amazing!
I was unclear about the significance of falling. Obviously the father was still inside Trade Center 2 when it collapsed before Oskar's eyes on live television, but we see several sequences of his father "falling," first at the very beginning, and then in the middle, and represented within Oskar's log book of his recognizance mission to learn about the key his dad left behind.
Sandra Bullock, Jeffrey Wright, Max Von Sydow and Viola Davis give wonderful supporting roles.
A very beautiful and compelling portrait of lives forever changed by a tragic day.