15th June 2015, 8:30 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walk_(2015_film)
This movie is getting some big controversy because it shows the trade center, mainly on various forums (I think the majority of those thinking it's in poor taste are a younger crowd actually, those who's first memories are from a time after 9/11). I'm just not sure that's justified. It's a movie about a past event that actually happened. Is it really such a controversial thing to acknowledge on film that the trade center existed at some point in history? I mean, at SOME point we're going to have to be able to actually acknowledge the towers existed, or our country is never going to be able to move on.
Mind you, I do get SOME of the controversy. This movie shows the people doing the high wire act as basically breaking into the place to do their stunt. They never actually got permission, they snuck in with a bunch of tools and took advantage of the trusting nature of the workers there to do it. The director didn't help when he says no one does "anarchistically benevolent" things like this any more, calling people today "boring". I'm not sure I would go that far. Personally, I think "pranks" for example need to just go away. However, maybe he's got a point. Maybe people in general are too caught up in safety and what could go wrong. Then again, I'm a careful person by nature, so I couldn't say.
This movie is getting some big controversy because it shows the trade center, mainly on various forums (I think the majority of those thinking it's in poor taste are a younger crowd actually, those who's first memories are from a time after 9/11). I'm just not sure that's justified. It's a movie about a past event that actually happened. Is it really such a controversial thing to acknowledge on film that the trade center existed at some point in history? I mean, at SOME point we're going to have to be able to actually acknowledge the towers existed, or our country is never going to be able to move on.
Mind you, I do get SOME of the controversy. This movie shows the people doing the high wire act as basically breaking into the place to do their stunt. They never actually got permission, they snuck in with a bunch of tools and took advantage of the trusting nature of the workers there to do it. The director didn't help when he says no one does "anarchistically benevolent" things like this any more, calling people today "boring". I'm not sure I would go that far. Personally, I think "pranks" for example need to just go away. However, maybe he's got a point. Maybe people in general are too caught up in safety and what could go wrong. Then again, I'm a careful person by nature, so I couldn't say.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)