Commemoration

There are a plethora of films about 9/11 on TV. My brother quipped that it is like showing Love Actually at Christmas, which seemed insensitive. But I think he is right: it does feel strange to be watching actors recreate the scenes at the World Trade Center, especially if the lead is played by someone as wooden as Nicholas Cage, even when Oliver Stone is the director. It seems to diminish the horror of the event, and the lives of those that died on that date and in the wars since, be they American, British, or Arab: not the film, but showing it on 9/11; like Miracle on 34th Street, or horror flicks at Hallowe'en.