Remember Me

My nearly ten year old stepdaughter is a big fan of Robert Pattinson and Twilight (Okay I corrupted her!) Being the excellent Stepmum I am, I took her to see Remember Me today. In all honesty I didn't know very much about the film. I'd seen the advert a couple of times but that was it.

SPOILER ALERT

In spite of all the hype around Rob Pattinson and everything he's associated with, I hadn't heard anything about the end of the film. I was expecting a love story and a happy ever after ending. I did not know about the tie in with 9/11.

E was only one when 9/11 happened, she'd never even heard of the Twin Towers. The film ending confused her and I had to explain what happened in New York back in 2001. Nine years. It doesn't seem like that long ago. As I started to describe what had happened that day and my experience of watching all the events on the news I got really upset. I don't think E could really understand why I was crying over something that happened half way round the world to people I'd never met. To be honest I don't quite understand it myself. Just talking to her about it brought back all the feelings I felt at the time.

I actually visited New York a couple of years after. Anyone who has ever been there will know how noisy it is. It is a vibrant city with lots of traffic. Drivers honk their horns for no reason at all times of night and day. Around Ground Zero it was eerily quiet though. Even though there was nothing much to see except foundations and the fence, there was still an aura of sadness and deep respect.

I guess 9/11 was one of those historic moments where everyone will remember where they were and what they were doing at the time they heard the news. Remember Me was such an apt title for the film for many reasons.