Oliver Stone Made a Good 9/11 Movie?

Who would have thought that they same guy that gave us JFK and all the wacky conspiracy theories about the assassination could give us a good, maybe even great, movie about 9/11. Conservative columnist Cal Thomas is singing the praises of World Trade Center:

I have a long list of favorite patriotic movies, including “Victory at Sea,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “Sands of Iwo Jima,” but Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center” is right up there with the best of them. It is one of the greatest pro-American, pro-family, pro-faith, pro-male, flag-waving, G-d Bless America films you will ever see. . . . Whatever one thinks of Oliver Stone, the man knows how to make movies. This is one of his best. It deserves an Oscar in so many categories. It also deserves the thanks of a grateful nation. Go and see it beginning Aug. 9 and make him a large profit so he might consider inspiring us again, as his predecessors so often did during Hollywood’s Golden Age.

I've kind of been dreading the release of this movie out of fear it would just be another wacky left shot at the Bush Administration and another collection of crazy conspiracies, but it looks like Stone has surprised me. I'm going to have to go see it.

UPDATE: Here's what Cliff May had to say at The Corner:

God Bless Oliver Stone.

His film, World Trade Center, may be the most powerful work I’ve ever seen on the screen.

It should be required viewing for every American. It reminds us what we are fighting against (so many people have forgotten).

It reminds us what we are fighting for (so many people don’t seem to understand how precious America is).