Days seem to pass by so slowly and the worse part is, school holiday haven't even started yet. Although I'm sure most of us are already on a school-break. Currently working or ass-on-couch.
Anyway, I watched "World Trade Center" today. Starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Pena, and directed by award-winning Oliver Stone. The film is all about September Eleven, popularly known as 9/11, the history-making event that shocked the world even till today after 5 years. It's so typical for Holywood to make a movie out of a disaster. But anyway, I was expecting a lot of drama, action and tonnes of answers from this film. Why? Because recently I watched a documentary film by Michael Moore, titled Farenheit 9/11, also about September 11 and it was fantastic. It was really an eye-opening film and uncovered some mystery behind the incident. The film was also very touching and showed how the civilians went through the bad news they received about their loved ones. It's scary in a way. However, the movie-WTC, was very disappointing. It ONLY revolves around two men (cops) who entered the building to save people but ended up being burried in the rubble when the towers collapsed, before they could even save anyone. About 3/4 of the movie showed the cops burried under bricks, concrete, and lots of dust. During the panic moment they exchange stories about each other's family. By the way, one's a Sargent and the other's an ordinary officer. *SPOILER ALERT* The cops managed to escape, after facing death in the eye, by other cops, rescuers and paramedics. This part showed a lot of bravery and men who would risk their own lives to help their brothers-in-justice. The movie lacks of action and excitment. There was quite a number of touching moments, though. But not enough to gain a "two-thumbs up" from me, a movie-maniac.
Which reminds me of another inspiring movie I watched on StarMovies about a week ago. It's titled "Beyond Borders" starring Clive Owen and Angelina Jolie. It's a romantic tale set across many years which centers around medical student who thinks he has found his calling as an international disaster relief worker--until he gets sidetracked by a philanthropic socialite who is entrenched in a troubled marriage. The two keep inadvertently meeting up, and soon develop a special relationship, against the ever-changing backdrops of disasters and wars ---YahooMovies. The obvious part of the movie is about the romance between Jolie and Owen's characters. But the movie also emphasizes on poverty in places like Ethiopia and Cambodia. I teared a lot during the movie. You see kids like us, suffer due to lack of food and water. They don't even have proper shelter. People there suffer from AIDS and they do not have enough vaccine because the place is over-populated. Even $10 million isn't enough to settle the whole problem. I'm sure that the real situation is a lot worse than what's elaborated in the movie. Even though the setting of the movie was in the year 1984, I'm sure poverty still occurs today. Watch Oprah and her Angel Network team and you'll find out that we are so fortunate compared to the people they are working their ass off to help.
*gulps* Okaaay... I'm becoming very emotional here. Anyway, watch the movie yourself. You'll probably feel the urge to help these people. I know I do, if I have the money and the right passion to join a mission that helps people who suffer from poverty.
Each time you snap your finger, a child dies of starvation.
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