5 Years

It's not a bird, it's not a plane, it's a movie called "World Trade Center by Oliver Stone. This year seems to have quite a number of films surrounding the Sept. 11 bombing of the World Trade Center -- these films seem to be to be borderline opportunistic and definitely exploitative, falling so close to the 5 year anniversary of this event. But the 5 years it takes to bring the movie version of these events to the big screen may also be the time it takes for a tragedy to become acceptable as entertainment. I think this movie will likely receive a couple of Oscar nominations, just because Hollywood is so sentimental and patriotic -- I'll put on my future seeing hat and predict right now: best director, best film, best screenplay, best actor, best supporting actor.