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For some Watertown residents, one Marathon manhunt was more than enough
By adamg on Wed, 02/24/2016 - 8:11am
Peter Gelzinis talks to some Watertown residents about Marky Mark's plans to recreate the Tsarnaev manhunt and shootouts on the streets where they happened, including the owner of The Boat, who's opposed, and two people who lived on the street with the shootout, who are down with the idea.
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do we really need
Do we really need a movie about this?
So Mark Wahlberg can have another feature film to star in and look like a 'hero'?
Hollywood is just looking to cash in. And shame on Wahlberg for cashing in also for a tradegy that happened in his home town.
I think it's just too soon for this.
Edit: Fixed typo
This really is stupid.
The sights, feel, smell and piercing sound of the blasts were all enough for me to experience once in my lifetime. I won't be seeing this movie.
Appeal
Doesn't he still have an appeal pending? What possible good could come of doing this movie now?
Thank you
Watertown.
Let's be real
There will obviously be some sort of film portrayal of the Marathon bombings and events that followed in the near future, however if they want to do the actual filming in Boston then it is FAR too soon.
im not opposed
to the idea in principle but this should absolutely be put through some sort of democratic process involving the people that live there.
but the people that live there need to be vocal to their elected officials too. dont let these guys do this to you if you dont want it to happen, watertown.
yeah
I'm wondering that also... why couldn't they film it somewhere else? It's not that street in Watertown was unique looking. You could have filmed that anywhere in Eastern MA, yet they chose to annoy the neighborhood who already had to deal with this for real.
Exactly where do you think a
Exactly where do you think a "democratic process" is appropriate here? To the filmmaker's ability to make agreements with individual locals to use their private property in the film shoot? To their ability to use public property to do the same?
Not seeing the movie. No
Not seeing the movie. No interest. It doesn't matter if this movie is made 50 years from now. To me, what happened wasn't entertainment then and never will be.
What benefit could this
What benefit could this possibly have?
If you show heroic, responsible apprehension of the suspect then it's not a real portrayal of what happened.
You mean it won't show...
SWAT teams shooting at each other, terrorizing and screaming at citizens, then finally giving up to go home, while a guy finds the wounded kid in his boat? Would it show the hysterical, cringe inducing reportage of CNN? Would it show a "lockdown" of Boston residents even though there was no "lockdown" order? Actually, I think it would be good to show an accurate portrayal of what happened, but there is no need to involve Watertown residents unless it's to learn from them.
will it show the chaos caused
will it show the chaos caused by all the John Wayne who self deployed to the scene, resulting in friendly fire?
Wrong
SWAT terrorizing and screaming at citizens?
My house was inspected by SWAT. They asked us four times if it was OK before entering. One SWAT guy told us about his kids (we had a toddler).
Our house shook when the bombs were thrown. We were terrified. I lived through it. You are wrong - what you described -- that's not what happened at all. So please-- don't comment on stuff you didn't personally experience. Those SWAT teams and WPD and hundreds of other first responders risked their lives and kept my family and our entire town safe, and they were respectful, professional, and brave.
Small man, big ego
Small man, big ego
Marky Marky: from Klansman to burger chain owner
How about a movie about Marky Marky terrorizing minorities across Boston, you know, a biopic. It could start with the more well documented cases we all know about, him and his friends racially harassing black schoolkids, then moving on to he and his buddies assaulting Vietnamese residents of Dorchester while screaming racist vitriol. Then it could delve into investigations into other, less well documented ones. Then it could turn to the present, a successful burger chain owner and Trump supporter.
its worth mentioning, too
that movies are made out of tragic or terrible things all the time and people see them and enjoy them. i highly doubt everybody that says that something like this 'could never be entertaining' has avoided every movie that depicts pearl harbor, or literally any event of any war ever.
i mean, tragedy is a key component of drama and theatrical presentation. yeah, this one hits close to home, but every movie that involves a piece of drama has hit close to home for somebody, even if it isn't you. so, yeah, avoid this movie, but lets not pretend like you avoid movies that depict any semblance of hardship.
often times movies are made, books are written, and oil goes to canvass to convey a story, relay an emotion, or allow others to see something through somebody elses view- it doesn't mean you have to go there and laugh with your friends while shotgunning popcorn with a smile.
Don't want it to happen at all?
Then contact the studio's exec staff:
http://www.cbsfilms.com/about/
Send letters to their office:
CBS FILMS INC.
11800 WILSHIRE BLVD
LOS ANGELES, CA 90025
It's also possible to let them know on Facebook and Twitter:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/CBS-Films/86622447300
https://twitter.com/CBSFilms
And people who want to see
And people who want to see this movie made should send them letters of support. Too often naysayers have a disproportionate impact because they're the only ones who take the time to say anything.
Having lived in Los Angeles-
Having lived in Los Angeles- I wouldn't want any movie crew within shouting distance of my domicile- whether or not it was an area where something happened
This is why Vancouver was
This is why Vancouver was invented.
The police violated civil
The police violated civil rights by removing people from their homes and conducting illegal search $ seizures. They entered homes with illegal entry!
Sigh
That would be the opposite from what happened. The police conducted searches for a presumably armed and dangerous suspect in a bombing and shooting.
Thanks for playing.
Nothing you said there
Nothing you said there contradicted what the parent post said. Or are you saying the constitution suddenly stops applying because the searches they were doing were for a "presumably armed and dangerous" person?
I am saying that
The courts are okay with law enforcement entering properties without a warrant in pursuit of presumably armed and dangerous suspects. I was on a jury where police searched an apartment based on a suspect fleeing. The irony is that they showed up to serve a warrant on a different apartment.
Besides, most reports, including a first hand account by our resident libertarian, note courtesy on the part of the police, and since no residents were arrested based on the sweeps of the dwellings, I think we can say that constitutional rights were upheld.
I live in the neighborhood, and was visited by a SWAT team
out of Manchester, NH. In my own personal experience, they did not enter the home, were very cordial and professional, didn't poke around anywhere on the property without asking first. Sorry to burst your bubble, but it was pretty reassuring to see them.
Some possible neighbor
Some possible neighbor responses that come to mind:
Hire banner towing airplane to fly over film scene during filming.
Rent a good outdoor PA system and blast a mixer tape of Marky Mark songs during filming.
Here's an easier move
If your property is going to be in the shot and you haven't agreed, just get some bright lights and a lawn chair and spend each night reading in front of your house.
To be fair to the production company, from what I've read, they are serious about working with the neighbors, to the extent that they will put people up in hotels on filming nights
It's totally inappropriate to
It's totally inappropriate to retraumatize the residents of this area to shoot a movie that could be made hundreds of other places. I don't think children who lived though this will understand that the reenactment is just for entertainment value.