Tuesday, October 24, 2006
World Trade Center - Excellent show!
Just watched World Trade Center yesterday. Excellent show! It was one of those rare movies, when after watching, I felt like I just attended a funeral. The whole cinema was in silence and people slowing streaking out, making minimal noise, in case their mega moves disturbed the respect of silence and heavy hearts. What I liked about the show was that it was a very humane show, revealing the raw emotions of the people. The emotions and thoughts of the 2 survivors trapped in the rubble, from having much hope to guilt (cos one of the colleague died trying to save them), to excruciating pain from internal bleeding, to expressing love to their wives, to encouraging each other to hang on (you die I die) and finally being saved.
It also showed the emotions of the family members when they suspected their husbands/father were sent there to help, to confirmation that they were there, to knowing that there were missing, to hearing news that they were saved but it was a mistake, to finally seeing them being sent to the hospital. It was really a roller coaster ride from anxiety to frustration to extreme joy.
What made them hang on to the end was their desire to see their wives. One of the touching moment was one of the men taking out a piece of paper and wrote down "I Love U A" to his wife even though he was in great pain.
Another 2 favourite scenes for me was one of the men saying the Lord's Prayer when he thought he would die and the other seeing Jesus in his dream. I do believe their faith saved them.
A movie I greatly recommend!