The Path To 9/11 - TV Dramatisation

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Yes a 911 program was aired here, it was about the lead up to September 11 2001.

Didn't really watch it, especially as the Formula 1 came on TV during (on another channel).
 
The Say It Will Be Aired All Around The World Theres 2 Parts

I don't think anything is being aired here in two parts but that 911 thing last night went for a long time.
 
A program? Seems like every channel has been airing 9/11 stuff for the past few days. I find no fault in airing or re-airing such programs.
 
Yeah, I watched it, and I found it interesting at best. Although it certainly was trivialized and fictionalized just a bit to become a bit more "entertaining," I belive the message still stands; We f'ed up. Plain and simple.

Quite frankly, much of the press about the movie has been a bit overblown thus far. While the film certainly is indeed critical of the Clinton Administration (particularly of Clinton himself, as well as Albright and Reno), it is pretty clear that it won't take actions taken by the Bush Administration lightly either.

The "Spin" will be on all day tomorow, sad that a tragedy can become such a political event. I'm just hoping that you all take a minute out of your lives and think about what has happened, and what can happen. I don't care if you say a prayer, just close your eyes and think, or whatever. It is a day of rememberance for me and many other Americans, and I hope you partake as well.
 
The two-part programme, starring Harvey Keitel, was called 'The Path to 9/11' and was/is being aired here in the UK last night and tonight - and Bill Clinton is not happy about it at all and even tried to get it taken off air.... (Article...)

Of course, from the lack of detail in the original post, we could be talking about just about any of the multitude of television programmes, documentaries, dramatisations, film reviews or films on the subject of 9/11, shown across the world over the course of this weekend, but I'm assuming that IH8GWB was referring to 'The Path to 9/11'...

Was this thread intended to be a discussion about the issues raised in the film, the qualities of the film itself (the screenplay, the acting etc.) or was it just a mere observation?? This thread will either be left in the Opinions forum, moved to the Movies & TV forum, or deleted depending on the answer...
 
Need more fodder for your anti-bush movement huh.


Actually its about the lead up and the way the DEMOCRATS / Clinton administration blew it durring the lead up to 9/11 by missing oppurtunity and not taking terrorism seriously...even to point of ignoring it as a minor nuisense.


The dems are so concerned about the program that they tried to stop it from being aired at all and attempted to force changes in the story..:)


They are already percieved as " soft " on security and military issues..this only drives that fact home .

Clinton letting the USS Cole bombing go along unpunished for diplomacy reasons was a true picture of the way they were willing to sacrifice US military for their agenda..something that the US military will NEVER forget and part of the reason almost 90 percent of active and retired military do not vote for Democrats .
 
Could they possible bob the camera around anymore than they did?! I literally got a headache because they couldn’t keep the camera still for more than two seconds at a time. I realize they did it on purpose to convey action, but I’m complaining about them over-doing it. I concentrated so much on the camera movement that I wasn’t paying attention to the plot.
 
The past week actually, on almost all the news and documentary channels.
 
Could they possible bob the camera around anymore than they did?! I literally got a headache because they couldn’t keep the camera still for more than two seconds at a time. I realize they did it on purpose to convey action, but I’m complaining about them over-doing it. I concentrated so much on the camera movement that I wasn’t paying attention to the plot.

Yeah I agree it was annoying for time I watched, at times with the bobbing and zooming in too far It was hard to see what was going on.

That was a large reason I stopped watching it.
 
I literally got a headache because they couldn’t keep the camera still for more than two seconds at a time.

Me too. Immediately after it ended tonight I took two Tylenols.

I caught it last night and the rest of it tonight. I must say though, the last 30 minutes or so were pretty powerful. Watching this has probably put me in a bad mood for the rest of the night.
 
I thought it was pretty good - despite the vomit-inducing camerawork. They invented steadycam for a reason, folks :irked: It seemed pretty even-handed and brought home the point (especially with the quote at the end) that it doesn't really matter who is in power in the US administration or how ever much efforts we expend to stop them, the terrorists who seek to destroy our way of life will keep trying and will take their chances if they get any... I thought it provided an interesting perspective that challenges the notion that the attacks came 'out of nowhere', when they clear did not. Although there may be a great deal of controversy regarding some of the more subtle allegations/assertions made about certain people/actions etc., but largely I think the factual basis of the film is pretty accurate - plus they do atleast add a disclaimer to say that some of it is not verbatim and has been dramatised, like the murder of the Northern Alliance chief for example...

On a lighter note, I couldn't help noticing this still from imdb.com... OMG, they arrested Santa! :(

I've now moved this thread to the Movies & TV section, since this thread is specifically about the film and how it portrays the issues (as opposed to the actual issues themselves)...
 
I thought it was pretty good - despite the vomit-inducing camerawork.

It was El Toro all over again.


I also thought it was pretty good, even though im going to be tired as hell for the next couple of days.
 
the was also a show about 9/11 being done by the U.S the night before

it showed how you couldn't see windows on the plane & the big bowl shaped thing on the bottom along with the "Flash you see before the plane hits the tower"(i think it's fake)
 
it showed how you couldn't see windows on the plane & the big bowl shaped thing on the bottom along with the "Flash you see before the plane hits the tower"(i think it's fake)

What? :confused:
 
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