Originally posted by: Warbler

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father

I remember a when I first heard about this film 5 or 6 months ago the tagline was 'buildings will fall, heroes will rise' or some cheesy bullshit to that effect. Anyone know if they are still using that?

Originally posted by: sean wookie
No the newone is "The World Saw Evil That Day. Two Men Saw Something Else."
IMHO still cheesey bull shit.

now calling those lines b.s. and insulted the heroes the died that day won't get you labeled a Communist, but they will get you labeled as Anti-American in my book. When you talk like that you trivialize 911.

Are you kidding me? I think this movie and the cheesy over the top patriotism trivialises 9/11 far more than me or Sean calling the tagline of a movie bullshit. Because both of those lines are bullshit, tailor-made by the hollywood machine to tug at the heart-strings and emotions of a certain percentage of the American and world public.

I am not anti-American, and I think what happened on 9/11 was fucking terrible. What I am against is the media in general and the way they manipulate and dramatise stuff (and BTW the English media and government do the same thing, although perhaps on a slightly lesser level). I also think what happened in London on July 7th 2005 when I was on the bloody underground network was terrible too but a great many Americans forget about that one. I just think this whole movie-making flag waving freedom loving fists in the air heroes will rise from the rubble stuff is bullshit. Yes, there were undoubtedly heroes that day, no doubt. But that tagline, and (I imagine the whole movie although I cannot comment for sure because I haven't and won't see it) is basically a Rocky movie set against the backdrop of a factual and terrible event.

And as for my Communist comment, do you know how many times I have heard some idiot throw out the word Communist (not at me BTW) in the 3 and a half months since I have been here when they clearly don't have a clue what a Communist (and again, the media of the 50s and 60s can be partly blamed for this misconception (although the actions of some people claiming to be communist as well as plin old ignorance also have a role). My comment was not anti-American. It was a comment based on personal experience of what people call other people who do or say something that in their eyes is 'anti-american' because in their narrow and ignorant minds anti-american = communist.

And you calling me anti-american because I think the TAGLINE of a MOVIE is cheesy is a bit much IMO.