Cross-posted at my TV blog, www.IAmATVJunkie.com
First you should know that I've been putting it off. For two days. So, obviously, my misgivings over what I saw in part one has something to do with that. But there is more, and although I don't talk about it a lot, I should now.
(More after the fold)
My dad was one of many people who helped build the World Trade Center and was responsible for all physical plant operations at the Trade Center from construction phase until he left a few years into the Center's operation. It was what made his career. After that, he could basically write his own ticket in his field.
It was also the first time as a kid that I realized that my father did something of which I could be very proud. It opened in April of 1973, when I was 12 years old, and it was this huge thing for me. My dad built that. Okay, not all of it, but he had his hand in there. My favorite thing around that time was telling people what he did for a living, because it was in the news, it started popping up on TV and in the movies. It was this bond between him and I, even when eventually I lived in California and he in NY, and then even later when the coasts were reversed.
I was with him on 9/11 when the towers fell. I watched him watch his legacy fall to the ground.
I don't want to watch those towers fall again. And I certainly don't want someone's twisted political agenda getting mixed up in these memories of my childhood and my dad.
So I'm not watching part two. I've seen that John at Americablog.com has been watching and reporting on the movie, so if you need a progressive political view of the film (with fact checking), I would suggest that you go there. But I'm not going to put myself through two and a half more hours of pain.
Sorry, this time I can't watch it for you. Instead tonight, I'll be watching the Fox animation line-up, spend some time with Homer between 9:30 and 10, and then watch some more adult cartoons on [adult swim].
You can watch whatever you want.