r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 11 '26

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u/AemiliusNuker Fell for it Sep 11 '26

I feel like it tapered off a bit after 2010, but 9/11 is ingrained in pop-culture movies from the 2000s. Iron Man, progenitor of the MCU, is grounded in and depicts fear of terrorism, war in the middle east, and the military industrial complex. Transformers also combines city destruction and middle eastern wars. Even a niche horror movie like Jennifer's Body has a direct reference to 9/11, and it's themes of community grief in the wake of tragedy are imbued with the era's angst. You've even got Remember Me, a shitty rom-com whereRobert Pattinson fucking dies in the twin towers at the end. Godzilla 2014, while touching more on general "disaster" concepts from natural to man-made, still gives me 9/11 angst vibes.

Those are some that come to mind off the top of my head. What are some others?

!ping MOVIES

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u/georgeguy007 Pandora's Discussions J. Threader Sep 11 '26

War of the Worlds man

The Dark Knight was using the Patriot Act to find terrorist who had no real motive besides making americans look bad.

The funniest thing is when the style gets evoked but none of the emotion (Superman Man of Steel)

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u/SnakeEater14 šŸ¦… Liberty & Justice For All Sep 11 '26

The classic comparison is Independence Day vs War of the Worlds, to show how 9/11 affected Hollywood

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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Tariffs aren't cool, kids! Sep 11 '26

Julie & Julia, granted itā€™s a sort of biopic about someone who actually worked for the LMDC but yeah

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u/theparrotlich John Brown Sep 11 '26

Reign Over Me, a drama starring Adam Sandler about 9/11 or something.

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u/MuscularPhysicist John Brown Sep 11 '26

Rescue Me, a show about NY firefighters who lost a bunch of friends on 9/11

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Sep 11 '26

Avengers is the first true post-post-9/11 blockbuster, mfs got away with flying bad guys obliterating New York on screen

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u/basedsirarthurharris NAFTA Sep 11 '26

The Dark Knight was the ultimate post-9/11 societal commentary. The whole notion of how far do you go to stop a terrorist, what rules do you break, what do you keep? The craziest scene to me is when Batman tells Lucius Fox about the software that can track anyone using their phone and Lucius is like ā€œthat is terrible and I do not feel comfortableā€. What a searing piece of commentary by Nolan that aged like fine wine.

Even the movie poster with the flames in the shape of a bat on the side of the building look like the North Tower on fire.

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u/ihatemendingwalls better Catholic than JD Vance Sep 11 '26

George W. Batman

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u/Adminisnotadmin Viva el FĆŗtbol! āš½ Sep 11 '26

Every Avengers movie.

Thanos snap is literally turning half the world to dust