Of course the movie will replace that. How could it not?
Interesting. I'm thinking "how could it, it's just a movie?"
I mean, no one survived that crash. No one is alive who knows what really happened. Yes, there is a recording of some of what happened, but the recording covers just a small part of what transpired. So it stands to reason that the movie doesn't tell all, it's just guesses. (I read an article somewhere-- maybe from the IMDB someplace-- that the actors playing the roles of passengers were given background info and whatever facts they did have about what happened, and then in some scenes they improvised how they thought the characters would react.)
And of course sometimes even with decent source material, movies based on fact veer off into fiction pretty regularly or just by nature of the casting. They cast this film with a lot of unknowns and lesser-known actors, and some people played themselves-- which I think was a good choice. I mean, they couldn't have had Bruce Willis as Todd Beamer or anything like that, that would be wildly distracting (if any of these actors make it big someday, that will happen with future viewings).
Of course I don't doubt there are some people who will let some parts of the movie stay with them or supersede their experiences or what they know of the facts. But someone would have to be pretty dumb to confuse this movie with a documentary or think that the segment on the plane is acurate. I'm just saying, is all.
Much as I love movies and TV, I also pay close attention to the difference between fact and fiction. Or at least I try my best. I hope I'm not alone!
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Re: Movie tickets
Date: 2006-04-28 02:13 am (UTC)Interesting. I'm thinking "how could it, it's just a movie?"
I mean, no one survived that crash. No one is alive who knows what really happened. Yes, there is a recording of some of what happened, but the recording covers just a small part of what transpired. So it stands to reason that the movie doesn't tell all, it's just guesses. (I read an article somewhere-- maybe from the IMDB someplace-- that the actors playing the roles of passengers were given background info and whatever facts they did have about what happened, and then in some scenes they improvised how they thought the characters would react.)
And of course sometimes even with decent source material, movies based on fact veer off into fiction pretty regularly or just by nature of the casting. They cast this film with a lot of unknowns and lesser-known actors, and some people played themselves-- which I think was a good choice. I mean, they couldn't have had Bruce Willis as Todd Beamer or anything like that, that would be wildly distracting (if any of these actors make it big someday, that will happen with future viewings).
Of course I don't doubt there are some people who will let some parts of the movie stay with them or supersede their experiences or what they know of the facts. But someone would have to be pretty dumb to confuse this movie with a documentary or think that the segment on the plane is acurate. I'm just saying, is all.
Much as I love movies and TV, I also pay close attention to the difference between fact and fiction. Or at least I try my best. I hope I'm not alone!