10:57 Dec 24^th, 2011 | 50 notes

But it’s an impossible role in an impossible movie that has no reason for being other than as another pop-culture palliative for a trauma it can’t bear to face. In truth, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” isn’t about Sept. 11. It’s about the impulse to drain that day of its specificity and turn it into yet another wellspring of generic emotions: sadness, loneliness, happiness. This is how kitsch works. It exploits familiar images, be they puppies or babies — or, as in the case of this movie, the twin towers — and tries to make us feel good, even virtuous, simply about feeling. And, yes, you may cry, but when tears are milked as they are here, the truer response should be rage.

‘Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close’ Review - NYTimes.com

yes, and this is why i can’t even watch the trailer.

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   This is how I felt about The Descendants, but replace “Sept. 11” with “death”. Also, that Hawaiian music made me feel...

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    why i can’t even watch

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40. zitsandwrinkles said: I hate Life is Beautiful SO MUCH for its cheap emotional manipulation. You have to cry; you aren’t human if you don’t. That doesn’t count as good storytelling. I really enjoyed EL&IC (the book), so I do not want the movie to fall into this trap. ARG.
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42. perpetua said: I saw the trailer for this yesterday and was soooooo grossed out. I kept muttering “oh no.”
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