AS FOR THE TOPIC ON 9/11, I WILL PUT A TRIGGER WARNING BEFORE THE TEXT IS SHOWN AND I WILL PUT A NOTE AFTER IT IS DONE BEING TALKED ABOUT. IT WILL LOOK LIKE THIS:
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LASTLY, THIS IS MY OPINION-NOT A FACT. THEREFORE, IF YOU DISAGREE WITH MY OPINION, PLEASE DO NOT DIRECT ANY HATEFUL MESSAGES TOWARDS ME FOR IT. THANK YOU.
VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.
The idea to talk about how the movie entertainment industry tends to profit off real tragedies-in a bad way-was brought up in my head after watching a trailer for the movie, "Passengers" (2016) in the movie theater with a good friend of mines.
So, I'm sitting there with my box of nachos and light lemonade stoked to make it in time to see the trailers (side note: Is it just me or do I love seeing trailers, almost as much as seeing the movie itself?). Writing this now though, I can't remember a single trailer off the top of my head but one, and that one I remember unsettled me so much because of its story and presentation.
I could feel my stomach twist and turn, my skin starting to sweat, and the fear of looking at other theater-goers just by watching the contents of this trailer. What could possibly make me feel so slimy, you ask?
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No, it was not "Fifty Shades Darker" (2017) the sequel to an erotic novel people either find ludicrous or incredibly alluring. To be honest, that's a story I find more amusing than uncomfortable.
No, the movie I'm speaking about is something that may not be obvious.
No, the movie I'm speaking about is something that may not be obvious.
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The trailer for "Patriots Day" (2016) left me feeling uncomfortable and even disgusted. The story involves a police officer played my Mark Wahlberg, who is viewing the Boston Marathon until several bombs exploded during the event, harming many people in the area. From this point, Wahlberg must find the terrorists in order to bring justice to the victims of this horrible attack.
This movie is inspired by the true events of the Boston Marathon Bombings that occurred in 2013, where two terrorists attacked innocent people during the yearly event by creating pressure cooker bombs and causing major injuries to 264 people and killed 3 people as well, including an 8 year old child. No one could have predicted this to happen, but from what I recall the officers who responded to the attack didn't take long to find the culprits Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev and give them the punishment they deserved.
Do I dislike the trailer because it's talking about something tragic? No.
Do I dislike it because it's based on a true story? Also no.
What I dislike about the movie, "Patriot's Day" is that I could tell by the trailer that it would be using this tragic event to its advantage and derive still fresh emotions from that day. This refers mainly to those who were personally affected by the bombings which include the victims and their families.
This movie was released 3 years after the attack and producing a movie takes a lot of work to complete, thus this must mean that the people a part of this production had to have conjured the idea to make this movie shortly after the attacks took place, at most a year after it took place. You cannot convince me that the people who worked on this did not think that by doing this movie they would open up fresh wounds.
"So are you saying that you want people to forget about this? To possibly repeat history because they'll never learn of the horrors from before?"
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No. That's not the problem. A lot of movies document real life tragedies, including the sinking of the Titanic and the fall of the Twin Towers (also known as 9/11 or the September 11th attacks). We need to know the history of our ancestors to learn from their mistakes or recognizes the evils in society.
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Even though the 1997 version of Titanic focuses more on the love story of Jack and Rose, it still reveals several realities: how there is prejudice against the lower class and how they were at a disadvantage to survive just because of their class too, abusive relationships, and how far some humans would go to protect those they care about.
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The September 11th attacks happened only 15 years ago, but it's talked about in schools yearly because it's the reason we have more safety precautions in America and that alone makes us question what is considered safety or an invasion of privacy. Plus, it brought about discrimination against other races and put us at war with countries for years.
(Topic done)
So the purpose of reminding people of our history isn't to torture them with horrible images, but rather enlighten them of how these events shaped up into the world we are today.
Knowing all of that, I still dislike "Patriot's Day" because again, instead of teaching people about the event and helping them gain knowledge about it, they're trying to bring intense emotions out of people. They're influencing their audience to remember that horrible day, because like I said, it wasn't that long ago that the bombings occurred.
"Well then, if you don't want a movie made about it, what do you want?"
A documentary. A documentary could've sufficed instead of a Hollywood made movie that talks about a fake character. If they had to make anything about this event, get interviews with the victims, their families, the people who coordinated the event, the townspeople. Enlighten the viewer on how this impacts everybody, and when I say everybody I don't just mean people from Boston or Americans. I mean everybody.
Countries look at our news like we look at theirs and they point out our successes, problems and tragedies. This brings me to a minor problem I have with how the "Patriot's Day" trailer is presented.
Now we can't deny the fact that the terrorists were not born in America, and that's completely fine. Don't worry, I'm not going to rant about how people are born in other countries, but given our current situation in America, I don't think it's safe to show a trailer that focuses so much on getting the terrorists.
There are so many people in America who have this dead set idea on how a terrorist looks, when in reality anybody can become one.
A terrorist isn't a race, it is not a gender and it is not a religion. *A terrorist by definition is a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
The two people who caused the Boston Bombing Attacks, they are terrorists. I'm only afraid people will think that people who look similar to them are all terrorists...
It must sound crazy, right? There's no way everyone of a certain race-including children-would be terrorists, right?
Well, many people do believe things like that.
Ultimately, I just don't agree with this movie being released so soon after these attacks. It's bad timing in every aspect. If this movie were released maybe...10 years down the line, I could let it slide, but right now it doesn't seem like the best idea.
If a film were to be made about the Boston Bombings, have it be a documentary. At least it helps people understand what happened, how it happened and what people did about it. "Patriot's Day" focuses more on a the fight to stop terrorists, which makes me uncomfortable thinking about it.
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Source/s
*"A terrorist...of political aims"- Google.com
This movie is inspired by the true events of the Boston Marathon Bombings that occurred in 2013, where two terrorists attacked innocent people during the yearly event by creating pressure cooker bombs and causing major injuries to 264 people and killed 3 people as well, including an 8 year old child. No one could have predicted this to happen, but from what I recall the officers who responded to the attack didn't take long to find the culprits Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev and give them the punishment they deserved.
Do I dislike the trailer because it's talking about something tragic? No.
Do I dislike it because it's based on a true story? Also no.
What I dislike about the movie, "Patriot's Day" is that I could tell by the trailer that it would be using this tragic event to its advantage and derive still fresh emotions from that day. This refers mainly to those who were personally affected by the bombings which include the victims and their families.
This movie was released 3 years after the attack and producing a movie takes a lot of work to complete, thus this must mean that the people a part of this production had to have conjured the idea to make this movie shortly after the attacks took place, at most a year after it took place. You cannot convince me that the people who worked on this did not think that by doing this movie they would open up fresh wounds.
"So are you saying that you want people to forget about this? To possibly repeat history because they'll never learn of the horrors from before?"
(Trigger warning)
(Topic done)
Even though the 1997 version of Titanic focuses more on the love story of Jack and Rose, it still reveals several realities: how there is prejudice against the lower class and how they were at a disadvantage to survive just because of their class too, abusive relationships, and how far some humans would go to protect those they care about.
(Trigger warning)
The September 11th attacks happened only 15 years ago, but it's talked about in schools yearly because it's the reason we have more safety precautions in America and that alone makes us question what is considered safety or an invasion of privacy. Plus, it brought about discrimination against other races and put us at war with countries for years.
(Topic done)
So the purpose of reminding people of our history isn't to torture them with horrible images, but rather enlighten them of how these events shaped up into the world we are today.
Knowing all of that, I still dislike "Patriot's Day" because again, instead of teaching people about the event and helping them gain knowledge about it, they're trying to bring intense emotions out of people. They're influencing their audience to remember that horrible day, because like I said, it wasn't that long ago that the bombings occurred.
"Well then, if you don't want a movie made about it, what do you want?"
A documentary. A documentary could've sufficed instead of a Hollywood made movie that talks about a fake character. If they had to make anything about this event, get interviews with the victims, their families, the people who coordinated the event, the townspeople. Enlighten the viewer on how this impacts everybody, and when I say everybody I don't just mean people from Boston or Americans. I mean everybody.
Countries look at our news like we look at theirs and they point out our successes, problems and tragedies. This brings me to a minor problem I have with how the "Patriot's Day" trailer is presented.
Now we can't deny the fact that the terrorists were not born in America, and that's completely fine. Don't worry, I'm not going to rant about how people are born in other countries, but given our current situation in America, I don't think it's safe to show a trailer that focuses so much on getting the terrorists.
There are so many people in America who have this dead set idea on how a terrorist looks, when in reality anybody can become one.
A terrorist isn't a race, it is not a gender and it is not a religion. *A terrorist by definition is a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims
The two people who caused the Boston Bombing Attacks, they are terrorists. I'm only afraid people will think that people who look similar to them are all terrorists...
It must sound crazy, right? There's no way everyone of a certain race-including children-would be terrorists, right?
Well, many people do believe things like that.
Ultimately, I just don't agree with this movie being released so soon after these attacks. It's bad timing in every aspect. If this movie were released maybe...10 years down the line, I could let it slide, but right now it doesn't seem like the best idea.
If a film were to be made about the Boston Bombings, have it be a documentary. At least it helps people understand what happened, how it happened and what people did about it. "Patriot's Day" focuses more on a the fight to stop terrorists, which makes me uncomfortable thinking about it.
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Source/s
*"A terrorist...of political aims"- Google.com
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