I know they will likely do this but do you think they shoud?

[Jim Cantore]

I think Hollywood is going to make a movie based on Hurricane Katrina

Do you think it should be done?

[Lindaloo]

I don't care if they do or not. Maybe I will get to see some footage I missed because I had no power. lol.

[O Town]

It wouldn't bother me either way. But if they do it I just hope they would be accurate, unlike the Catagory 6 and 7 movies they aired on CBS.

[LaPlaceFF]

As a documentary, maybe.

[Ixolib]

I just think it's very difficult to accurately make a movie that accurately depicts what happens naturally in nature. Here's my list of just a few movies about weather/nature that come quickly to mind that seem very over-acted and/or over-effected:

Posiden Adventure (certainly the first one - haven't seen the second one, but I'd imagine it's equally as bad)
Category 6 & 7 (Obviously)
Perfect Storm (so many inaccuracies and misrepresentations that I don't even know where to begin)
Twister ("We've got cows...")
The Day After Tomorrow (whatever!!)
Titanic (Ohhhh okay, "maybe" it was somewhat accurate)

If Hollywood can ever actually make a fact-based movie about extreme weather - and still draw an audience - I for one will be completely surprised. So far, I'm kinda emparassed for the producers/directors of those movies as they seem not to have a clue.

For sure, there were enough naturally-occuring events in Katrina that no special (Hollywoodized) effects would be needed.

[f5]

Hollywood would protary the worst case scenarion instead in the movie Katrina goes slightly west of NO as a Hyperstrong CAT 5

[TexasStooge]

As a documentary, maybe.

I second that.

[HurricaneBill]

Personally, rather than use all those computer-generated special effects, I think it'd be more interesting if they tried to make it look like real footage of a hurricane.

For example: If they did a film on Camille, I think it'd be more interesting if they made the scenes of wind blowing and waves crashing looked more like somebody was filming it in 1969.

[TSmith274]

Seriously, the story here is that an American city is dying on the vine. All of you knew New Orleans as a city of culture... a city of fun, food etc... But we were more than that. We were a city of families, playgrounds, businesses, vast suburbs, churches, neighborhoods... a tight-knit city that has been torn apart. Think about this... before Katrina, I had many friends here. I lived my life here. I worked here. Now, all my friends are gone. Only my dad is left here. My business is gone. The story of Katrina is a story of lives torn apart, a city dismantled. People are happy that the historic places survived, but our city was more than that. I can only hope that any movie made about Katrina really takes into account what New Orleanians have lost, that's all. And now, they're only rebuilding our levees to cat 3. There are 5 categories, as we all know... which means that my city is not protected. This will all happen again, hopefully not in our lifetimes.

[LaPlaceFF]

Ya think Michael Moore would make a movie about Katrina?

[HurryKane]

Seriously, the story here is that an American city is dying on the vine. All of you knew New Orleans as a city of culture... a city of fun, food etc... But we were more than that. We were a city of families, playgrounds, businesses, vast suburbs, churches, neighborhoods... a tight-knit city that has been torn apart. Think about this... before Katrina, I had many friends here. I lived my life here. I worked here. Now, all my friends are gone. Only my dad is left here. My business is gone. The story of Katrina is a story of lives torn apart, a city dismantled. People are happy that the historic places survived, but our city was more than that. I can only hope that any movie made about Katrina really takes into account what New Orleanians have lost, that's all. And now, they're only rebuilding our levees to cat 3. There are 5 categories, as we all know... which means that my city is not protected. This will all happen again, hopefully not in our lifetimes.

*cough* For the umpteenth time, it's not just about New Orleans. It's about the surrounding parishes and the decimated Mississippi Gulf Coast, too.

I know NOLA is struggling, I've been down there nearly ever weekend for the past several weeks. But Mississippi is being completely ignored. Thank God for our congressional representation because without them we'd be ignored in D.C., too.

If they make a movie of it I probably won't watch. I still don't have the stomach to watch documentaries about it on the Discovery channel.

[arkess7]

No i dont think it should be done. Its too much of a touchy situation.......the whole gulf coast was ravaged and still is.......its gona take years to rebuild it like it was.......and who wants to see some 'hollywood actress or actor' making millions off one of the worst natural disasters to hit this country?? I sure as hell dont!!!!!!!! There are still alot of people out there who need help..........now maybe a documentary?? but wait a few years........geesh!

[TSmith274]

*cough* I'm from New Orleans. Hopefully we'll all get the help we need. But the only perspective I have is one from New Orleans. Yall in Mississippi will be ok. There's no question that you will rebuild. There are questions on wether or not to rebuild parts of New Orleans. N.O. needs a lot more infrastructure improvements and lots more cash to make it viable again. Way more question marks in my mind. But, that's not what this thread is about. Mississippi needs more attention, fine. I'm not against that at all. Good luck to us all.

[Derek Ortt]

even making the levees capable of withstanding a cat 3 would be a good start. Katrina showed that they could not even sustain cat 2 conditions (Georges likely would have been devastating as in addition to the tidal surge, you would have had the prolonged rainfall as well)

[HurricaneBill]

Ya think Michael Moore would make a movie about Katrina?

Where there's death and tragedy, there's Moore.

[f5]

Ya think Michael Moore would make a movie about Katrina?

Where there's death and tragedy, there's Moore.

can we get Michael Moore out of this thread we already know what is target is?Hint:He is the current occupant of the white house

[Cookiely]

No i dont think it should be done. Its too much of a touchy situation.......the whole gulf coast was ravaged and still is.......its gona take years to rebuild it like it was.......and who wants to see some 'hollywood actress or actor' making millions off one of the worst natural disasters to hit this country?? I sure as hell dont!!!!!!!! There are still alot of people out there who need help..........now maybe a documentary?? but wait a few years........geesh!

How about a Hollywood blockbuster about Katrina and all the proceeds go to the relief effort.

[HurryKane]

*cough* I'm from New Orleans. Hopefully we'll all get the help we need. But the only perspective I have is one from New Orleans. Yall in Mississippi will be ok. There's no question that you will rebuild. There are questions on wether or not to rebuild parts of New Orleans. N.O. needs a lot more infrastructure improvements and lots more cash to make it viable again. Way more question marks in my mind. But, that's not what this thread is about. Mississippi needs more attention, fine. I'm not against that at all. Good luck to us all.

I know you're from New Orleans. I just feel like many Mississippians are sensitive to (and are forced to have a perspective on New Orleans because it is constantly covered in the media) not only their own plight but also the plight of those from Louisiana. I was just hoping for the reverse to be true. I guess the statement that "the" story is about New Orleans struck me as exclusive.

I drove through NOLA last night and again this morning, and was still saddened to see that NOLA East is still such a ghost town.

[LaPlaceFF]

I really think the media is not covering the Mississippi area enough. It's all New Orleans

[HurryKane]

I really think the media is not covering the Mississippi area enough. It's all New Orleans

I'll agree with that. The Sun Herald wrote a terrific editorial about it, and since then, many people from all over the country have written in to say that they either had no idea about how bad it was, or that they completely agree that Mississippi has been somewhat ignored. Some even say they are showing the editorial to everyone they know in their own states to help get the word out.

The editorial can be found here: http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/13402585.htm

But the fact remains that the vast majority of the country will always hear "Katrina" and think "New Orleans" instead of "Gulf Coast." I don't mind stories about New Orleans but I do mind them when they exclude any mention of Mississippi or outlying Louisiana areas, as if NOLA was the *only* thing that got hit.