tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post3077263440285311635..comments2024-03-26T05:24:56.783-04:00Comments on TWITARDED: Remember Me - Round ThreeSnarkier Than Youhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10797449606526868507noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-35392551528651217242011-04-29T10:32:25.529-04:002011-04-29T10:32:25.529-04:00I have been reading your blog everyday for quite a...I have been reading your blog everyday for quite a while now and I absolutely love it! It is a bright spot in my otherwise sometimes dreary life! Thank you for all the time and effort you put into it each day!<br><br>This is my first time to comment so I hope that what I say makes sense!<br><br>I just got back from my second viewing of Remember Me and I feel very differently about it than you do. I completely understand and repspect your opinion and feelings. I am not a New Yorker, in fact I am sad to say I have never even visited. I have always wanted to, but have never had the opportunity.<br><br>Like most Americans I remember clearly where I was and what I was doing when I first heard the news of the Sept. 11th attack. I was shocked and horrified and felt great compassion for the many thousands of people who were directly affected. <br><br>Remember Me made the death of each individual real to me in a way it never really has been. The tears I shed in the theater were not for the fictional Tyler Hawkins,(although that was devasting too) but for the real people who were in those buildings on that day and the families they left behind. The movie made me realize that each one of them had a story too.<br><br>I don't think the ending was an afterthought at all. I think it was woven through out the whole story and was planned from the very beginning. <br><br>I usually hate sad ending movies! I can't count the number of times I have cursed Nicholas Sparks! With that being said, Remember Me touched me in a way that very few movies ever have. That's just my own personal feelings and opinion, for what it's worth!<br><br>I do have to add that I thought Rob did an awesome job and I loved him in this movie!<br><br>Sorry this is soooo long!Twi-Jennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-2725114054522705302011-04-29T10:32:22.827-04:002011-04-29T10:32:22.827-04:00I generally liked the movie, but I think I have a ...I generally liked the movie, but I think I have a little bit of a biased view due to the orgasm-inducing hotness emanating from the screen. <br><br>Some scenes were over done. But that's another topic. <br><br>With that being said, I fell like this movie is the Titanic of 9/11. While there were so many good stories that could have been told about the Titanic and September 11th, respectively. They chose to create a completely fictional love story. I think that in Remember Me, they could have eluded to the fact that it was leading up to that type of a ending a little bit more and people would not have been so upset. Because, at least in Titanic you know the boat is going down.Confessorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11174555748548628380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-60031359998439168382011-04-29T10:32:22.645-04:002011-04-29T10:32:22.645-04:00JJ, I totally agree with you. I was crying when I ...JJ, I totally agree with you. I was crying when I finished reading your post. I have no word. I love you for life!jdmom29noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-41501519871542446422010-03-17T22:14:39.210-04:002010-03-17T22:14:39.210-04:00Very well said, JJ. I was wondering when someone w...Very well said, JJ. I was wondering when someone would actually have to cohones to bring this up. I haven't seen the movie yet, but being born and bred in New York State, I was disappointed none of the main actors were even American. Not that they can't sympathize, but I believe only a true New Yorker could do the subject matter and emotions surrounding 9-11 justice.<br />XO,<br />RachaelRachael1042https://www.blogger.com/profile/16553100606224474759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-17394207578939142772010-03-16T13:51:33.405-04:002010-03-16T13:51:33.405-04:00I have not seen the movie yet and it is because of...I have not seen the movie yet and it is because of the 9/11 ending....I still find it very hard to recall the events of that day. I was born and raised in NJ almost my whole life and had been living in LA in Sept 2001. I watched in horror as the world I grew up in collapsed. I remember so vividly as a first grader when the towers were built and how proud I felt that we had the tallest buildings in the world (and I felt sorry for the Empire State building). So, because of the ending of the movie, I will not see it in the theater but will watch at home. I have enjoyed reading all the comments this movie has generated - many of them have made me cry. And now I am going to scroll back up to the peen post, cuz I want to laugh and snort out loud and peer closely at crotch shots and be wholly inappropriate for a woman my age! Ah, fuck it .....being appropriate is highly overrated!Elora MacCoinnichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08043539074611243391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-79106799564250519242010-03-16T11:11:52.524-04:002010-03-16T11:11:52.524-04:00I am really thankful RP did this movie. I hate the...I am really thankful RP did this movie. I hate the end? Yes! I regret watching it? No! My name's Alessandra and I was 24 by 9/11. And I'm from (far away) Brazil and totally understand when Sara says "I can't say that I was strongly affected by the traged". I do remember where I was -- standing in front of a TV set, thinking of testimoning a historical moment (like the fall of Berlin Wall). Now I sincerelly apologize for that! After RM I felt really very bad of myself! Thanks to RM and RP I could see the faces/lives/families behind the 9/11 and experienced a tiny of their losses and now I can say I'm a better person bc of it! And JJ, I got your point too -- If I were NYer I'd really be this pissed off. Now I strongly believe that 9/11 will always needed to be told tho.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-53941065421018967662010-03-15T21:38:44.091-04:002010-03-15T21:38:44.091-04:00Love you JJ, thanks for enduring it a second time ...Love you JJ, thanks for enduring it a second time in order to give us your thoughts. I wanted to run out of the theater at the end too but my hand was attached to my friend's leg at the time, and I think I'd also ceased breathing which made moving difficult.<br /><br />I agree that Rob did a good job, our boy can act after all! I hope Bel Ami gives us what we're all after: good acting and a whole lot of naked Precious, moles and all. <br /><br />I need to escape into more fanfic to wash my brain of all this seriousness and tragic deep thinking! ;)<br /><br />Love you massively, our sweet Jenny Twatwaffle! Keep the twi-faith!<br /><br />veriword: snuff. If Scummit keeps pulling these kinds of punches, they'll end up snuffed.vermonstermom4edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03978750356306971568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-40598250566690555112010-03-15T18:27:34.301-04:002010-03-15T18:27:34.301-04:00I was very young in 2001 (right below 10, I believ...I was very young in 2001 (right below 10, I believe) and don't have many memories of that time, and since I don't live anywhere even remotely close to the US (I live in Sweden. That's the country everyone gets mixed up with Switzerland...) I can't say that I was strongly affected by the tragedy, when it happened. <br /><br />However, two years back (early 2008) I went to New York, and to Ground Zero. I couldn't help but be affected by everything surrounding me. It was everywhere, and I was surprised to see how some of the people visiting seemed to take it lightly, laughing as they walked by the symbols of grief. I broke down.<br /><br />So I understand how you feel about the ending of the movie. But I actually felt like I got a greater understanding for how the true New Yorkers experienced 9/11. It made me see that day in a new way. It was no longer something that had happened "a few years back, and it was awful" but it became something more to me, it became what it really was - the change of an entire nation, and the change of our world.Sarahttp://tollartok.blogg.se/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-13777836529420601182010-03-15T16:54:22.675-04:002010-03-15T16:54:22.675-04:00Thanks Jj for welcoming me back.:)..I have thought...Thanks Jj for welcoming me back.:)..I have thought a great deal more about this since reading everyone's post.<br /><br />It struck me in the gut that if i had no idea about this film's ending and had a personal experience like shana that I'd be pretty pissed. I heard rumors about the 9/11 connection but not the plot. I don't know how you could include 9/11 in any film in a truly tastefully. also - think of all the World War films told around love stories. there are many out there. But you know they are war movies where here it is the "twist"..and "twist" and 9/11 are not good bedroom companions. I cringe at the thought. So I love being able to talk-write-read views from twitards. Your opinions actually mean something to me. really.<br /><br />and yes ;the anonymous responsder I agree- we now have avery schmexy image of Rob that we didn't have before..And it's not just a photograph lookin human and oh so good.<br /><br />that.is. all. (for now) tootlesKinTheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607420931528239193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-21670441621451655672010-03-15T14:41:56.439-04:002010-03-15T14:41:56.439-04:00This is my final word on the subject...for today.
...This is my final word on the subject...for today.<br /><br />Using 911 in a movie doesn't make a movie profound..if it had no chance of being profound without it.<br /><br />Feel free to put that on a t-shirt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-64454967974011343402010-03-15T12:33:28.853-04:002010-03-15T12:33:28.853-04:00I completely agree with you about the unnecessary ...I completely agree with you about the unnecessary use of 9/11. The events really had nothing to do with the actual movie and it truly felt that the writers used it for shock effect rather than for substance.<br /><br />I was very impressed by Robert Pattinson's acting abilities and was completely turned on throughout the movie by his soulful stares and his sensitivity. I agree that the characters were very believable but that did not take me very far.<br /><br />I think that the movie would have done far better if 9/11 were just completely taken out of the movie. I would have liked it better with an undefined ending that would leave you guessing whether Tyler finally made a decision- about everything.Desireehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10462584423026291857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-27216667183930924352010-03-15T11:11:18.329-04:002010-03-15T11:11:18.329-04:00It sounds like the biggest issue you have with thi...It sounds like the biggest issue you have with this movie is the ending and that the movie as a whole wasn't big enough to carry a 9/11 subplot? While I completely understand what you are saying, I believe that the whole point of the movie was that you never know when some event (whether it be a car accident or a trauma such as 9/11) is going to take you from this world, so make every day "worth it". Did they go for the "Big Kahuna" by using 9/11? Yes. And, perhaps, as you said, they "used" 9/11 to make the biggest impact they could. But, sometimes, it takes a major event such as that to really hit home for people.lissatznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-18270088467792320772010-03-15T10:47:19.389-04:002010-03-15T10:47:19.389-04:00I've seen the movie twice. I had no idea what...I've seen the movie twice. I had no idea what to think when I left the first viewing. It shook me to my core. I couldn't sleep that night. I still have somewhat mixed feelings. I can totally understand why some people are going to hate it and I respect their outlook completely. <br /><br />I did not hate it. Yes the ending was a swift slap in the face that came out of nowhere, kind of like the actual events of that day. I mean whether it was right or wrong and whether you hated it or not, they kind of nailed the torrent of emotions and utter horror brought on that day. I don't think either of the other movies that were marketed specifically as 9/11 films were able to cause the emotions in me that this film did. That has to say something. <br /><br />Here's the other reason I could appreciate the film: I had never considered the fact, for some ridiculous reason, that there were surely a number of families who lost loved ones that day who were ALREADY coping with the loss of a loved one, who had already lived through a family tragedy. <br /><br />There were parts of the film that could use improvement. Personally, Aidan felt like he was overacting to me. Caroline's hair getting chopped. Devastating, yes. Family emergency? Probably not so much. I read one review that said, you would have thought she'd been molested at the party from the family's reaction. They could have toned that down and kept the class room scene. That was believable. You can damn well bet if my 21 year old brother was dropping off my 12 year old sister and that shit had gone down, he would have reacted the exact same way. <br /><br />Anyhow, I'm rambling and have yet to do any real work...just wanted to give my 1.5 cents. (Not really worth a full 2 cents)<br /><br />Summary: I totally get and appreciate why some people will hate the movie. I simply decided anything that can make an emotional "ritard" like me feel feelings AND think about others gets props from me.MyHeartGoesPitterPattinsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-88114169179661603322010-03-15T10:23:58.225-04:002010-03-15T10:23:58.225-04:00I saw this movie completely unspoiled. I regret t...I saw this movie completely unspoiled. I regret that now. I worked in WTC2 and when that ending hit, I had to leave. Completely shocked. Completely pissed. I'm all for movies and books dealing with 9/11 (although I probably won't be able to read or see them), but 9/11 had nothing to do with the rest of that movie. It had nothing to do with the story and although I thought there was other good stuff in there, that ending is all I remember. I feel like it canceled out everything that happened before.<br />Anyway, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had an issue with it. I posted my review in my blog and got called a spoiled American and had all the clues that showed it was so clearly happening in 2001 pointed out to me. ♥Sosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08916932637527792812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-24613782334823534322010-03-15T09:48:55.761-04:002010-03-15T09:48:55.761-04:00Hey all.
First of all, I want to thank everyone f...Hey all.<br /><br />First of all, I want to thank everyone for being respectful of each others' opinions. <br /><br />@RobsZinger - Yes, I think I would have felt differently if this movie had been marketed as a 9/11 movie. <br /><br /><br />@KintheFlo - Well said. Very well said. And welcome back. <br /><br />Many of you have said that this movie has given a face to so many people who have died and I do agree with you (mostly) about that. <br /><br />I do remember reading in the Newsweek critique that the demographic this movie is intended for were very young when 9/11 happened - it's just history to them. So maybe this movie does help them because it gives them a character they can relate to and brings history back to life just a little bit. While that doesn't change my overall opinion, it does make it only slightly better to swallow. <br /><br />I'm glad that I saw the movie, if only so we can all have this discussion. I'm always amazed at how many different interpretations people have of films, books, etc.Jenny Jerkfacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659204046693465182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-37227535425916963232010-03-15T07:55:29.854-04:002010-03-15T07:55:29.854-04:00Wow...so cynical....I loved the movie....it took m...Wow...so cynical....I loved the movie....it took me through all my emotions.....funny how noone has really mentioned how SEXY Rob is and how I now can really picture him when I fantasize about him....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-73752217032631711872010-03-15T03:11:34.354-04:002010-03-15T03:11:34.354-04:00I appreciate your honesty. I remember an interview...I appreciate your honesty. I remember an interviewer or reviewer mentioning that 9/11/01 in some context of the film and I decided then and there I wasn't seeing it. I joke that Matt Damon was cuter and that was why - it's just funnier to state that vs. I don't need an emotional reminder of that day or how the day (and events afterwards) impacted my life hence forth. People always need you to explain why and I won't nor do I need/want to. It just does.<br /><br />I've told a few in a rant or another site and via skype that Twitter idiots were jumping on folks, myself included for refusing to see the film. How dare we not see and support a film RPattz is in - simple, I don't have to nor need to. He isn't my son, brother, or lovah. If it was Mike Welch or Justin Chon there wouldn't been on Remember Me Saturday. Regardless I'm getting off point. Thanks for your honest review and I'm glad to read others feel that it wasn't necessary for the corporation (my word) to use the events on 9/11/01 to make an impact.TeJotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751782847069553930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-20749253837982701582010-03-15T02:44:00.052-04:002010-03-15T02:44:00.052-04:00JJ, I totally agree with you. I was crying when I ...JJ, I totally agree with you. I was crying when I finished reading your post. I have no word. I love you for life!jdmom29noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-4320626888826813972010-03-15T01:50:37.363-04:002010-03-15T01:50:37.363-04:00OK, I just popped my Twitarded cherry yesterday, a...OK, I just popped my Twitarded cherry yesterday, and I'm feeling unexpectedly pregnant all the sudden. Too serious. Too soon. Not ready. <br /><br />But I have been lurking long enough to love you, STY and JJ, so Thank You. Your comments are sympatico with my virginal comment of "really, little movie?" RM does seem to bite off a bit more than it can chew. <br /><br />But, The Day After (my first viewing), I have to say that my most prominent feeling is wow, time has passed. 9/11 is suddenly fair game. I feel like a parent watching a kid graduate from high school, knowing I don't have control over anything anymore. Our copyright has expired. It's out there for general use and consumption now. Interesting that Rob was an EP, and the two leads weren't Americans. Maybe that afforded them just a modicum more distance in order to go for it. But, overall, cheers, I say. Not sure the outcome was standing ovation worthy, but thanks for letting me know 9+ fucking years have passed and reminding me how my world has been shaped by a few assholes, a couple of planes, and a lot of senseless deaths (are there other kinds of deaths?)<br /><br />@HypoVag: thanks for keeping it silly, since silly is why we can wake up tomorrow<br /><br />@Neverthink, Kin the Flo, Anonymous, JJ, STY, etc etc etc thanks for being real when silly wasn't enough for the moment.italhurtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16805231926910616122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-4475307351167042822010-03-14T23:57:38.899-04:002010-03-14T23:57:38.899-04:00I read somewhere that the writer was reading the m...I read somewhere that the writer was reading the mini obits after 9/11 and got the idea for the script, that people needed their stories told. Some critics pan it for putting teasers in the movie from the beginning, foreshadowing the twin towers and 9/11, Other's say the ending was just out of the blue to manipulate the audience. I think the idea began with 9/11 and blended several scenerios into the story that became Remember Me. I understand people in New York still feeling raw about the emotions of that day and very protective of everything about it. My husband was a firefighter and I lost him a few years before 9/11, so the title of the film Remember Me pulls at me. The message of the film I agree with is live you life NOW, you don't know if there will be a tomorrow. It doesn't have to come from a terroist attack, just love your family, friends, hold them close, don't waste a single minute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-90027164053362446542010-03-14T23:20:54.064-04:002010-03-14T23:20:54.064-04:00I generally liked the movie, but I think I have a ...I generally liked the movie, but I think I have a little bit of a biased view due to the orgasm-inducing hotness emanating from the screen. <br /><br />Some scenes were over done. But that's another topic. <br /><br />With that being said, I fell like this movie is the Titanic of 9/11. While there were so many good stories that could have been told about the Titanic and September 11th, respectively. They chose to create a completely fictional love story. I think that in Remember Me, they could have eluded to the fact that it was leading up to that type of a ending a little bit more and people would not have been so upset. Because, at least in Titanic you know the boat is going down.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11174555748548628380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-472283162037941622010-03-14T23:15:44.857-04:002010-03-14T23:15:44.857-04:00Love you JJ. Very eloquently said. I lost a dear f...Love you JJ. Very eloquently said. I lost a dear friend in 9/11 (ironically she worked on the 92nd floor) and I myself commuted via PATH for 10 yrs into the WTC. I was indeed offended by the ending of the movie. And I continue to be offended by the marketing of it as some light hearted romance. What was Rob thinking?Jerseygrl4lfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-38897438110170470612010-03-14T23:09:04.900-04:002010-03-14T23:09:04.900-04:00@kintheflo. i read the post. all of it.
thank y...@kintheflo. i read the post. all of it. <br /><br />thank you.neverthinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15086967398073518308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-88594028760021999102010-03-14T22:59:42.350-04:002010-03-14T22:59:42.350-04:00It's been a long time (2 months) since I'v...It's been a long time (2 months) since I've checked out the blog. Work has been a massive clit cruncher and 140 characters in the twitterverse has been what I can be attentive to. But I'm back.<br /><br /><br /><br />I grew up in NYC-Manhattan. And I have an ache for 9/11 in a few degrees of NY way - even though I wasn't there. But my dad was and my sister was downtown at the time. And I remember where I was and how I was when I saw the 2nd plane hit live on NBC. <br /><br />Even though I feel this I know I am also somewhat removed because I wasn't "there". And I have no doubt that this use of 9/11 just feels manipulative. Though one of the uses of it - is that we all know it is no ones fault to be in the tower. that it is just a very sad fate. So if Tyler had been hit by a car or something else there would have been more questions than answers. <br /><br />The towers makes his death a finality that needs no response. no questions. no investigation. But it doesn't make it feel any less manipulative right?<br /><br />The need to move on as a whole city and nation is something that we all can relate to. It somehow helps knowing that everyone was trying to heal through it - together. Which makes Ali's subway ride more understandable because everyone was trying to get through it..to be brave - to band together. Never before had NY'ers had this commonality. And I believe that is part of the healing for the whole family in remember Me. i believe this could be a strong theme - but it wasn't revealed by any means. so i don't know if I'm hitting it right. So in a sense this family was reborn by 9/11 and Tyler's passing - as just getting down to what is really important and not trying to figure it all out as they were with the brother.<br /><br />also - I think it possible that there are many stories of simple decent fucked up lives like this that got snuffed out on 9/11. And in a way this film says they didn't die in vain. none of them did. that it changed their families forever. and that they were loved - even if they brought a lot of conflict to others..and to themselves. <br /><br />OK - I'm sounding like a movie you don't want to see because you're not into that kind of thing.<br />Thanks for reading - if you still are. xo,Karen<br /><br />But..If you don't like these kinds of stories - this could all just feel like a script writer's ploy to get you to feel "something". <br /><br />p.s. I took the subway to school everyday since 3rd grade. I often feared the scene that took place on the tracks. It seems to be a NYer experience - the cab ride :"going to queens and don't want to hear about it".KinTheFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12607420931528239193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3325136241555317156.post-15807285366431656522010-03-14T22:59:40.906-04:002010-03-14T22:59:40.906-04:00Just saying, watch New Moon or Twilight after watc...Just saying, watch New Moon or Twilight after watching Rob "really" act changes how you watch Twilight. I felt like I watched New Moon with new eyes yesterday. All of a sudden I was even more in love with him! If nothing else good comes out of Remember Me, I think it enhances the viewing of Twilight SagaLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900334493679865359noreply@blogger.com