One of the problems with a film like
"Patriot's Day" is that the individual, personal stories of the victims
and those caught up in the terrible events of the day in question mean
very little to people outside of the United States, but more
significantly should we even be making movies like this, films that deal
with recent real-life tragedies where there is no historical
perspective? The film may claim to honor the memory of the victims and
yet "Patriot's Day" is filmed in such a way that it becomes simply a
very well-made suspense movie with a strong sentimental streak running
through it.
There's no denying it's very well crafted but I also
found it offensive; this isn't fiction like the disaster movies of the
seventies. These people really lived and died and here is a movie that
is being sold outside of America as if it were nothing more than a
disaster flick, (and even in America I can't see people accepting it as
anything other than that). It is certainly exciting and for that very
reason, it also leaves a bad taste in the mouth. A good cast do what
they can with a cliche-ridden script and I would hope it was made with
the best of intentions but this is a movie that needed a much more
documentary-like approach than the one it gets.
One of the problems with a film like
"Patriot's Day" is that the individual, personal stories of the victims
and those caught up in the terrible events of the day in question mean
very little to people outside of the United States, but more
significantly should we even be making movies like this, films that deal
with recent real-life tragedies where there is no historical
perspective? The film may claim to honor the memory of the victims and
yet "Patriot's Day" is filmed in such a way that it becomes simply a
very well-made suspense movie with a strong sentimental streak running
through it.
There's no denying it's very well crafted but I also
found it offensive; this isn't fiction like the disaster movies of the
seventies. These people really lived and died and here is a movie that
is being sold outside of America as if it were nothing more than a
disaster flick, (and even in America I can't see people accepting it as
anything other than that). It is certainly exciting and for that very
reason, it also leaves a bad taste in the mouth. A good cast do what
they can with a cliche-ridden script and I would hope it was made with
the best of intentions but this is a movie that needed a much more
documentary-like approach than the one it gets.
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