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The Path to 9/11 (2006)
The movie is generally accurate based on the 9/11 report
Despite the fact that people are discounting a docudrama for fictionalizing scenes, nearly all "Historical" films do this such as Braveheart, the story DOES follow closely the assertions of the 9/11 commission and former Clinton adviser Dick Morris. You can say the film takes some liberties with events but the fact remains this film does accurately portray the way the CLinton administration, including Madeline Albright, viewed terrorism. This is not a knock on Clinton, nearly every American viewed terrorism as a far away thing that occasionally would make headlines. To say the film is fiction is simply closing your eyes to the facts. You may interpret the facts any way you choose, but it does not take away the nature of the events. The Path to 9/11 is a clear view that terrorism was always a secondary worry from Carter, to Reagan, to G.H.W. Bush, to Clinton, to G.W. Bush. What this film also does is portray the way the various intelligence and government agencies all wanted to protect themselves from blame and responsibility. Again, this is nothing new, but the film does focus on that. Overall, it is not as compelling as reading the actual 9/11 report, but it does the job.
Lost in Translation (2003)
Somebody help me understand!!!!
Okay, so I believe myself to be reasonably intelligent, and I like a variety of movies from arthouse flicks, to stupid comedies, to fantasy adventures but for the love of everything good, I can not see ANY redeeming features from this film. I love Bill Murray, from his antics in Caddyshack and Ghostbusters to Rushmore and Royal Tannenbaums but this was horrid. Horrid in a way that screams to me in the background like the only reason this movie was even produced was because it had the name "Coppola" in the credits. Somebody help me understand why this movie is even nominated for an Oscar! I truly want to know what I am missing but I don't think I have ever been more bored with a film in my life, including ones that are only 2 minute documentaries on dirt. Please tell me that a movie about two people, doing nothing in a strange city is not going to get an Oscar. I love Bill Murray but if he wins the award it will be for Rushmore and not this sad pathetic film.