I've been a skeptic of the 9/11 myth since 9/11/2001, just based on what i saw and heard that day. When i began to learn others questioned the official story i was thrilled to learn more. Then in 2007, when Dylan Avery and Korey Rowe produced their first edition of this documentary i was overwhelmed and have shared the film in its various incarnations with well over a dozen screenings. It always has an impact.
I see that other IMDb reviewers have labeled people who challenge the official version of 9/11 as the "tin foil hat brigade," but considering the number of times our government has straight up lied to us and then been caught, i was say the tin foil club are the people who blindly accept whatever swill our government puts out. As Jesse Ventura recently vented on "The View, "My government killed 58,000 of my generation in Vietnam on a lie, what makes you think they wouldn't sacrifice 3,000 to get what they want?"
Over the past several years, initial small-timers now transformed into internationally acclaimed activists, Dylan Avery and Korey Rowe have challenged the official story of 9/11 with a series of spectacular documentaries, not just re-edits, but whole new films, continuously evolving their presentation as newer evidence comes in. In a scientific approach, they have formed hypotheses, presented them, and then rejected and replaced them in favor of other approaches as different info comes to light. The several different installments of "Loose Change" have continuously refined the message,tossing aside the more sensational claims made in earlier incarnations and now Avery and Rowe have formed a pretty solid indictment by the time they finished "Loose Change: An American Coup."
The problem for me, was i liked the sensational stuff of the earlier versions better. And the breathless narration and the driving music. Once upon a time "Loose Change" was a sensational knockout that felt as subversive as its subject matter, now it's a very good, very serious film. The dilemma for us as audience is that veracity has come at a price of entertainment value, not by much but enough to where it is worth noting if the viewer hasn't seen any other versions. The second edition i felt was the strongest version,though it turns out some of their original assertions didn't hold up. But the pacing and the music of the earlier versions of this film series were so much more entertaining, it is sometimes hard for me to remember the newer editions are "improvements." This most recent edition is also more polished, done with a bigger staff, more elaborate in establishing its veracity and more historically grounded, just not as pulse-pounding.
Don't misunderstand though, this series is one of the most important docs ever to circulate and one of the biggest causes in American history and this edition has the best set of facts presented in the most rigorously evaluated way. Show this version to anyone who hasn't seen any versions since its version of the truth is the most probable.
All that said, after you've seen their "truest" vision, go back to earlier editions for the more exciting film making. Maybe Avery and Rowe still haven't found all the answers, but they make a solid effort with a series of progressively more professional quality films. I don't know if they'll ever get to the bottom of the mysteries around 9/11, but they've certainly learned how to be movie makes par excellence while on the quest.
I see that other IMDb reviewers have labeled people who challenge the official version of 9/11 as the "tin foil hat brigade," but considering the number of times our government has straight up lied to us and then been caught, i was say the tin foil club are the people who blindly accept whatever swill our government puts out. As Jesse Ventura recently vented on "The View, "My government killed 58,000 of my generation in Vietnam on a lie, what makes you think they wouldn't sacrifice 3,000 to get what they want?"
Over the past several years, initial small-timers now transformed into internationally acclaimed activists, Dylan Avery and Korey Rowe have challenged the official story of 9/11 with a series of spectacular documentaries, not just re-edits, but whole new films, continuously evolving their presentation as newer evidence comes in. In a scientific approach, they have formed hypotheses, presented them, and then rejected and replaced them in favor of other approaches as different info comes to light. The several different installments of "Loose Change" have continuously refined the message,tossing aside the more sensational claims made in earlier incarnations and now Avery and Rowe have formed a pretty solid indictment by the time they finished "Loose Change: An American Coup."
The problem for me, was i liked the sensational stuff of the earlier versions better. And the breathless narration and the driving music. Once upon a time "Loose Change" was a sensational knockout that felt as subversive as its subject matter, now it's a very good, very serious film. The dilemma for us as audience is that veracity has come at a price of entertainment value, not by much but enough to where it is worth noting if the viewer hasn't seen any other versions. The second edition i felt was the strongest version,though it turns out some of their original assertions didn't hold up. But the pacing and the music of the earlier versions of this film series were so much more entertaining, it is sometimes hard for me to remember the newer editions are "improvements." This most recent edition is also more polished, done with a bigger staff, more elaborate in establishing its veracity and more historically grounded, just not as pulse-pounding.
Don't misunderstand though, this series is one of the most important docs ever to circulate and one of the biggest causes in American history and this edition has the best set of facts presented in the most rigorously evaluated way. Show this version to anyone who hasn't seen any versions since its version of the truth is the most probable.
All that said, after you've seen their "truest" vision, go back to earlier editions for the more exciting film making. Maybe Avery and Rowe still haven't found all the answers, but they make a solid effort with a series of progressively more professional quality films. I don't know if they'll ever get to the bottom of the mysteries around 9/11, but they've certainly learned how to be movie makes par excellence while on the quest.
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