Has anyone seen UNITED 93 movie?

[BigYawn]

If yes, please post comments. Thanks. Before I go and
spend $$ on tickets, I would appreciate knowing if it
would be worth it.

[incapsulated]

1. Oh, please god, I thought I was safe in this forum

:cry:

[Syrinx]

2. Roger Ebert Thinks You Should See It

And I think he's pretty liberal.

It is not too soon for "United 93," because it is not a film that knows any time has passed since 9/11. The entire story, every detail, is told in the present tense. We know what they know when they know it, and nothing else. Nothing about Al Qaeda, nothing about Osama bin Laden, nothing about Afghanistan or Iraq, only events as they unfold. This is a masterful and heartbreaking film, and it does honor to the memory of the victims.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

However, I know some people think the film is a piece of right-wing propaganda. I haven't seen it, so I can't really say.

[incapsulated]

3. Neither have they

But it doesn't stop them from condemning it.

Kinda like the Vatican.

[longship]

4. Here we go again.

:popcorn:

[OKDem08]

5. No desire to relive those events.

Thanks anyway.

[TomClash]

9. Most of the workers and occupants of Lower Manhattan I know agree with you

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[Minnesota Libra]

6. Someone saw the movie and posted in "General Discussion"comments.........

....on the movie. Apparently they thought the movie was rather good. I haven't seen it yet and am still deciding whether I want to.:shrug:

[Phoonzang]

7. I wonder...

How much of the movie is dedicated to the last minutes of the plane before it was shot down...um...I mean before it crashed....

[rman]

8. there's a 200+ posts thread about it in GD

JUST SAW UNITED 93
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1050851&mesg_id=1050851

[BigYawn]

14. Thanks RMAN !!!

[dipsydoodle]

10. Spoiler

the end is the same as the original event - it wasn't the butler. I fail to understand how the film serves any useful purpose whatsoever.

[valerief]

11. It reinforces the need for a war on Terra. n/t

[Telly Savalas]

29. How?

[izzie]

12. I saw one a mouth or so ago but I guess it is not the same one.

That one was sad

[mtnsnake]

13. Politics aside, why would anyone want to see a movie about Flight 93?

I'm not trying to be at all cynical. I'm really wondering, period.

Personally, I can't even stomach watching "replays" on the news of the planes slamming into the towers anymore either, and now they want us to go to the theater to see a movie where we already know the terrible outcome of Flight 93. I've already seen all of this over and over in my mind too many times and it's just too hard watching when you know how all those people died in the manner they did.

I can't understand why this movie was made or why it was made now. Like what's the message of this movie supposed to be? That it was a horrific event where all those innocent Americans died? That by going to this movie we can get into the minds of people who know they are about to die? What do they want us to get by seeing this?

The only interest I have in the movie right now is what other people think of it, especially DU'ers.

[BigYawn]

15. Because it is now part of American history...just like..Pearl Harbor,

Hiroshima, Civil War...etc.

[mtnsnake]

17. A documentary, yes, it's about history. A movie, you gotta be kidding

This is just their way of burning visual and audio images into our minds that can't be done any other way because there is no other way for them to do it.

How many times do they love showing us those dreadful scenes of planes crashing into the towers? Since they can't do that with Flight 93, they have to make a work of fiction to accomplish those images that they want you to see, but that might not be fact.

Like I said, why was it made and why now? History my ass.

[BigYawn]

23. Same reason we made Fareheit 911 just before the 2004 election?

I really don't care what the political implications of United93 is,
but every review I have read so far speaks in glowing terms how
well the movie is done. Also, it does try to show the ineptness
of the current administration.

[guidod]

25. Also, why is it being

released in the middle of an election year? I have no desire to see it. I know what I believed happened on that day, and we can't discuss it here.

[Haole Girl]

26. My thoughts, too

While the average American has a short memory, and may need a refresher about 9/11 (so people say), I couldn't forget that day...even if I had a frontal lobotomy and Alzheimer's!

I did buy the book Let's Roll, and it was worth the read. The Beamers really had everything going their way...until that fateful day, that is.

That being said, I am not going to a movie about it. I'm sorry, it just seems too Hollywood to me.

[pretzel4gore]

16. why didn't superman and rambo save the day?

christ, amerka deserves a savior, on fukking time, don't weall? and as 'fiction' why couldn't the moviemakers make their show family friendly? goddam liberals are ruining everything.....

[stray cat]

18. Lots of opinions few who have any real information

Before I decide its propaganda of any sort I think I will actually see it.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

21. That's a crazy attitude to take!

You should condemn everything that we demand of you. Seeing it and making up your own mind is just playing into their hands.

[priller]

19. I saw it last night -- and I thought it was very good

It's really just a well-done documentary style movie that replays the events, without any kind of discernable political bias at all. In fact, no politician appears in the movie, and no fingers seem to be pointed anywhere. No shot of Bush reading the goat book with that blank look on his face or anything like that. And it doesn't fetishize the events nor make exaggerated heros of the passengers. If you wanted a movie about 9/11, you could hardly ask for a better job.

What it *does* show is the efforts of ordinary people who were completely caught off guard, but nevertheless trying to do their jobs they best they could. It shows how confused everyone was and how it took a while to sink in what was really happening.

And the end of the movie, when the passengers rushed the hijackers, was very intense, and very well done. No glorification or hero-making, just a very realistic portrayal of how it may have gone down.

I give it a thumbs up. Don't bash it until you see it for yourselves.

[DinahMoeHum]

20. Thanks, I'll consider seeing the movie. . .

if there is a special showing somewhere as a benefit for 9/11 victims, then I'll feel comfortable plunking my $$ down.

:thumbsup:

[BigYawn]

24. Thanks very much, now it will be a MUST SEE on my list based on

your well written post.

[dorktv]

22. They knew they were going to die, but they did it anyway.

That is the ultimate in unselfishness in my opinion.

[Mass]

27. No - I find the movie indecent. We have lost all perspective

by making reenactment movies so soon. They could have done an excellent documentary that would have been a lot more informative, but they would have made less money.

But we like to live in a society of voyeurs.

[Haole Girl]

28. Well said. It's just tacky, isn't it? n/t