Who's seen "World Trade Center," and... [View All]

Personally, contrary to all the objections I've read here at DU, I don't see any pro-Bush politics here, no undue jingoism regarding the events of 9/11. Quite the contrary, I thought it was almost completely apolitical, and whatever (very) subtle politics there were inhered in the material. Think about it, the official emergency responders were not particularly effective before the collapses -- understandable given the enormity of the situation and the communications problems resulting from PD-FD antagonism and a failure of coordination -- and it was an ex-Marine and an unemployed former paramedic with a history of drug/alcohol problems who ultimately took it upon themselves to search the rubble, ultimately finding McLoughlin and Jimeno.

What seems to appeal to the RW pundits who've showered plaudits on the film is that it is about heroic individuals, something that virtually the entire political spectrum can appreciate; it's just a story of people surviving, and acting heroically, just because it is the right thing to do, in extraordinary circumstances. It is, in short, one of the few things on which Americans can feel united.