Make a movie about 9/11 and you're bound to get people talking. Release two high-profile movies in the same year, and you're bound to get lots of comparisons. A handful of sites have seen the Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" already, and here's a sampling of their thoughts...

From David Poland at Movie City News: "Even after seeing the powerful opening 25 minutes of the film from Cannes, I was not prepared for how the movie evolved into a story about individuals. Screenwriter Andrea Berloffand Oliver Stone, who must get a lot of credit for the text as so much of the film is visual, took the "Apollo 13" route. The event is historic. The people are human. And with due respect to that Oscar nominee, they did a much more profound and intense job here."

From Roger Friedman at Fox News: "But mostly Oliver Stone has made a wrenching, accurate account of a terrible tragedy seem personal and immediate. There's nothing exploitative here, just good, well-wrought drama."

From Harry Knowles at AICN: "I should warn you, this is an intensely emotional film. There are very few moments of levity. At its heart – it’s a story of wading through despair and putting your faith in people you can’t see or know are coming. About staying awake through pain, of facing and resolving that you’re going to die, to find yourself alive… again. Of how Viggo Mortensen quotes from G.I. JANE are the most useful phrases in the world, when buried beneath tons of rubble."

Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" opens on August 9th.