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Undescribable Perfection
ChicRawIdol
A brilliant film that helped define a genre
Arianna Moses
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
truerae88
Professor Steve Jones of BYU was fired due to his meticulous and accurately scientific findings of demolition explosive material in the ash acquired by residents of New York! 9/11 was an inside job and I am so very happy that the truth is coming forth. I have a friend who wrote a fiction book based on a vision before 9/11 ever occurred that contained information that this was an inside job to ensure a money-making "war on terrorism" (See "Iraq for Sale: the War-Profiteers" for the billions of dollars made on wars!)! I am so glad that there are patriotic Americans who do NOT ignore the truth and are valiant to proclaim the truth rather than seeking money and status quo! All guilty parties for the inside-job of 9/11 will rot in hell as you cannot take money and power with you. This was an extremely GREAT movie with a most IMPORTANT message, "Everything checks out" in this movie! It makes sense which does determine truth! Why do people believe lies when the truth is staring you right in your face?
chicagopoetry
I actually saw Reflecting Pool on YouTube/movies, and had never heard of it before then. It's too bad this movie is so boring, because the premise is good. A Russian-American journalist is assigned to write a story about what really happened on 9/11, by the publisher of an independent magazine that is about to go corporate who wants to go out with a bang. The problem is that if this movie was set in the real world, all our hero would need to do is slip a copy of Loose Change into the VHS (yes, he uses a VHS not a DVD) and in an hour or so he would have all the evidence that he grudgingly uncovers throughout this nearly two hour yawn generator.Just about every scene is the journalist sitting with some expert who is repeating nearly verbatim stuff that was revealed in Loose Change or in any number of other 9/11 documentaries. No new evidence is revealed whatsoever. Whoever made this film forgot that although based on facts it is a work of fiction. It would have been quite exciting if the journalist uncovered some hard evidence and then found himself in peril. Movies like Primer showed us that films don't need a big budget to be engaging. But instead, Reflecting Pool simply dredges up the same bullet points that have already been discussed but never answered for years, while changing the names of the sources (Popular Mechanics is repeatedly referred to as "that Mechanics science magazine").I'd like to see this movie redone or better yet, a movie told from the inside depicting the theories of how it was done. This movie should be REALLY scary as the journalist uncovers what at least seems to be the truth about 9/11, but instead it's too busy trying to convince the viewer instead of convincing the protagonist.
EmmanuelPerson
This film is the perfect medium to get people thinking about 9/11, the event, the contradictions and its legacy. It manages to pack so many astounding facts about 9/11 and present them in a gripping manner.I especially like the way viewers get to live through the hurdles faced by other concerned journalists and citizens investigating 9/11. For example, the hit-piece by the "Bare Facts" O'Reilly-esk news sequence with the sullying 'expert' is very fitting.Producing a movie on such a controversial and under-reported topic must've been tough. But it was well worth it and should be an inspiration to all of us.
sszucker
an excellent dramatic investigation of one of the most horrific and avoidable tragic incidents of modern times.The movie asks the most basic questions not covered by the press or official report.Why did the building collapse so rapidly and in such a controlled manner into their own footprint? Even the one not hit by an airplane? Why did the pentagon suffer so little damage after an entire 747 plunged into it? Why is there so little wreckage or bodies recovered? This is a well acted, terse and no nonsense directed film that belies its meager budget. A dedicated group of professionals must have been behind this film.Go see it. Tell your friends to see it and remember that most official versions of political reality rarely are any better than the worst conspiracy theory.
