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Posted on 7/21/17 at 6:27 pm to xenythx
Charlie Sheen’s ‘9/11’ Thriller Looks Like One of the Most Offensive Films Ever Made
There are really no words to describe how disgraceful and offensive the trailer is for Charlie Sheen’s “9/11.” We know you shouldn’t necessarily judge an entire movie based on the trailer, but that motto doesn’t apply for a drama that turns the tragedy of September 11, 2001 into a survival thriller and uses the impending collapse of the towers as a ticking-time clock against which your main characters must escape if they want to live.
Sheen’s involvement with such tragedy exploitation is hardly surprising given his career nosedive in recent years, but what exactly co-stars Whoopi Goldberg and Gina Gerhson saw in this material remains to be seen. Movies like “United 93” and “World Trade Center” have used the tragedy of 9/11 to tell real stories of American heroism. Sheen’s “9/11” turns the event into a disaster thriller.
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There are really no words to describe how disgraceful and offensive the trailer is for Charlie Sheen’s “9/11.” We know you shouldn’t necessarily judge an entire movie based on the trailer, but that motto doesn’t apply for a drama that turns the tragedy of September 11, 2001 into a survival thriller and uses the impending collapse of the towers as a ticking-time clock against which your main characters must escape if they want to live.
Sheen’s involvement with such tragedy exploitation is hardly surprising given his career nosedive in recent years, but what exactly co-stars Whoopi Goldberg and Gina Gerhson saw in this material remains to be seen. Movies like “United 93” and “World Trade Center” have used the tragedy of 9/11 to tell real stories of American heroism. Sheen’s “9/11” turns the event into a disaster thriller.
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Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:46 pm to hsfolk
I'm surprised marky mark isn't in this..
Doesn't he have first rights on starring in shitty real life disaster movies?
Doesn't he have first rights on starring in shitty real life disaster movies?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:47 pm to vilma4prez
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Doesn't he have first rights on starring in shitty real life disaster movies?
Patriot's Day was pretty good.....
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:53 pm to McCaigBro69
I meant like, shitty real life events..
I never saw the marathon bombing movie... so no judgement there..
The oil rig one was shite though. . Seemed very sensationalized
I never saw the marathon bombing movie... so no judgement there..
The oil rig one was shite though. . Seemed very sensationalized
Posted on 7/21/17 at 7:59 pm to hsfolk
This has to be a joke, right?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 8:29 pm to Patrick_Bateman
That last scene in the trailer with the fall... man. This is such a terrible idea.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 9:40 pm to hsfolk
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Whoopi Goldberg
Welp. Don't have to worry about me watching it.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 10:20 pm to hsfolk
Holy shite I just spit out my water when the elevator fell and the floated up in slow motion.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 10:23 pm to hsfolk
This movie needs the Rock scaling the side of the building to rescue them.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 10:36 pm to Master of Sinanju
What's offensive about this trailer is that there is someone who has a real job in Hollywood getting paid good money who felt he had to write into the trailer "based on real events."
We need this, we need this disclaimer in the trailer?
We need this, we need this disclaimer in the trailer?
Posted on 7/21/17 at 10:42 pm to hsfolk
What are you guys talking about?
This is from the director who gave us National Lampoons Cattle Call.
frickING CATTLE CALL!!!
This is from the director who gave us National Lampoons Cattle Call.
frickING CATTLE CALL!!!
Posted on 7/21/17 at 10:44 pm to WarSlamEagle
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That last scene in the trailer with the fall... man.
"They say it's not the fall that kills you...."
Terrible. TERRIBLE idea.
Posted on 7/21/17 at 10:51 pm to RollTide1987
whoever wrote that line needs to be taken out and beaten
Posted on 7/22/17 at 12:28 am to hsfolk
Lmao, I love the part of Whoopi Goldberg telling firefighters they can't use the elevators like they don't already know that shite.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 12:50 am to hsfolk
What a load of shite. They have a 9/11 conspiracy theorist star in this bullshite.
And by the way, there is no more surefire way to determine if a movie is going to be a total piece of shite than the following quote "based on actual events". The Lord of the Rings was based on actual events. Saying that you're "basing something on actual events" is fricking ridiculous since almost all naratives are based on some actual events, especially since no one but crazy people like Charlie Sheen question if 9/11 was an actual event. Pan's Labyrinth was based on actual events in the Spanish Civil War, but you don't see halfway decent film makers saying that shite.
Anyone who pays to see this movie should be ashamed of themselves. In an otherwise so far so good year for movies, shite like this should be shunned and we should tar and feather anyone who is a part of shite like this.
And by the way, there is no more surefire way to determine if a movie is going to be a total piece of shite than the following quote "based on actual events". The Lord of the Rings was based on actual events. Saying that you're "basing something on actual events" is fricking ridiculous since almost all naratives are based on some actual events, especially since no one but crazy people like Charlie Sheen question if 9/11 was an actual event. Pan's Labyrinth was based on actual events in the Spanish Civil War, but you don't see halfway decent film makers saying that shite.
Anyone who pays to see this movie should be ashamed of themselves. In an otherwise so far so good year for movies, shite like this should be shunned and we should tar and feather anyone who is a part of shite like this.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 12:54 am to Green Chili Tiger
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Meh. Outside of the fact that it looks like a lifetime movie with b-list actors, I didn't see anything "highly offensive".
Tell that to the families of 9/11 victims. I'd be extremely fricking offended if they had a 9/11 conspiracy theorist starring in a 9/11 film. On second thought why am I saying "I would be offended", because I absolutely am offended by it. This is simply tasteless and everyone involved should be publically ridiculed and shamed.
Marion Cotillard was initially going to be in Anne Hathaway's role in Interstellar, but Nolan immediately canned her once he found out her opinions on the Moon Landing being a conspiracy. This is much worse than that.
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Posted on 7/22/17 at 12:56 am to Green Chili Tiger
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People were sensitive about Pearl Harbor and we still let Michael Bay make a movie about it.
And it fricking sucked, it was offensive, and Michael Bay still owes all of America a public apology for it.
Posted on 7/22/17 at 1:54 am to hsfolk
WTF is highly offensive about this?
It's not any different than United 93. They both are taking advantage of the 9-11 story movie plot. The difference is Charlie Sheen ruffles the critics with his acting and United 93 had no one of relevance in the film
It's not any different than United 93. They both are taking advantage of the 9-11 story movie plot. The difference is Charlie Sheen ruffles the critics with his acting and United 93 had no one of relevance in the film
Posted on 7/22/17 at 6:16 am to DJ3K
United 93 told the true story of one of the most heroic events in American history. I posted this in another thread but this is basically Sharknado with 9/11 as a backdrop, it will and should be pulled. I want to say who in the hell would actually agree to this but then again it's not like Charlie, Whoopi, and Gina Gershon are known for their stable mental states.
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