Are you going to see United 93?

[ziggystardust]

I haven't decided yet. I want to but I don't know.

How about you?

 

[inaminute]

No.

The entire day is still very fresh in my memory. I'm not up to reliving it all over again just yet.

 

[Tjaleks]

NO! It is just too much too soon. I would bawl through the whole movie just remembering it all.

 

[debden]

No.

The entire day is still very fresh in my memory. I'm not up to reliving it all over again just yet.

Tjaleks NO! It is just too much too soon. I would bawl through the whole movie just remembering it all.

I agree with the above posters....just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes....too much....too soon.....Shame on the people who made that movie!
Debbie

 

[holycow]

NO, no , no

 

[Free4Life11]

Here is a review http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/ap/20060426/114606630000.html

At the Movies: `United 93'
Wednesday April 26 8:45 AM ET

The sense of dread creeps in long before the plane leaves the ground.

It begins before you see the empty cabin for the first time, see the interior lights being switched on and hear the pilots and flight attendants chatting away as they prepare for yet another seemingly routine day in the sky.

The dread truly begins before you leave the house to see "United 93," if you do indeed choose to see the film and you should, even though you know it'll be nothing short of agonizing.

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By now, you're entirely too aware of what's going to happen: that hijackers will take over a United Airlines flight from Newark to San Francisco as part of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and that the passengers will rush the cockpit and struggle to conquer them right up until the moment the Boeing 757 nose-dives into a Pennsylvania field.

Still, it's impossible not to feel engrossed with every fiber in your being. "United 93" provokes a rare physical reaction: It makes your muscles tense up, makes you sit straight-backed in your seat, digging your nails into the armrests. Many films purport themselves, in blurb-friendly verbiage, to be edge-of-your-seat thrillers. This one really is, even though you know from the start exactly how it's going to end.

What's remarkable is that writer-director Paul Greengrass achieves this effect by telling the story a story that gets lost in the all-consuming rage and sorrow sparked by the simultaneous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in unadorned fashion. You'll find no melodrama here, no swelling of intrusive, inspirational music as David Alan Basche, the actor playing Todd Beamer, utters the now-famous battle cry, "Let's roll." Just raw, pure, documentary-style filmmaking, with hand-held camera and natural light.

Similar to his 2002 film "Bloody Sunday," Greengrass captures the chaos of that horrific day with simplicity and dignity, and the fact that he's chosen unknown actors heightens the already visceral sense of realism.

Many of the people you see on screen are actual flight personnel or air traffic controllers, including Ben Sliney the Federal Aviation Administration operations manager who ordered that all 4,000-plus planes in the air be grounded after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, his first day on the job as himself. And he's great: forceful, confident, a natural leader during one of the worst days in American history.

Greengrass and his team obviously have gone to great lengths in recreating the details of that doomed morning, having spoken with family and friends of the 40 passengers and crew on board and culled through transcripts in an effort to ensure accuracy.

Much of that information comes out not in the air where no one has a clue what's going on for the longest time but on the ground, as air-traffic controllers and military personnel watch with confusion and terror as they lose contact with one plane after another, as green blips representing flights disappear from their monitors, and finally as they witness the second plane hitting the second World Trade tower on live television.

It's an image we've seen a million times on TV, in our minds. The plane hits the building; the building eventually crumbles. But for a while, network and cable news alike seemed to adhere to an unspoken but self-imposed moratorium on broadcasting that shot. To see it again on the big screen, in silence, from the vantage point of the Newark airport tower brings all the emotion back anew.

Greengrass makes us feel as if we're right there in the pressure-cooker air traffic control centers, wondering what dark force has overcome the nation on this spectacularly sunny day.

And of course he ultimately must return to United 93 a flight the military didn't even realize had been hijacked until four minutes after it crashed, we see in the film's epilogue. We don't know who these people are onboard this plane, their backstories. We don't know their names; it's even unclear which one is Beamer. But then again, why should they introduce themselves to each other? Their anonymity does keep us at a bit of a distance, but it's also inherent to depicting the frenzy of that day realistically, and yet it's hard not to be moved when watching them call their loved ones to say their final I-love-yous and goodbyes.

That's what Greengrass has done: He's created the most powerful, important film that no one will want to see.

"United 93," a Universal Pictures release, is rated R for language, some intense sequences of terror and violence. Running time: 106 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.

 

[buddy&wooz]

I won't be seeing it yet- just thinking about that day can get me upset still - but I don't fault the filmmakers.

It's a hugely important event in our history. From everything I've heard the movie was made very respectfully without sensationalizing it. I can imagine that in a few years my younger kids will watch it to understand more about that day. In fact my 13 year old wants to see it now, but I'm making him wait at least until his father or I are ready to watch with him.

Waiting later to make the film would IMO allow too much faulty memory or revisionism to bleed in.

 

[ziggystardust]

Shame on the people who made that movie!
Debbie

(devil's advocate here) They say that all the families of the victims were ok with the movie being made. They wanted their family members' stories to be told.

 

[DisneyGirl2005]

Nope! I think doing a major motion picture this soon just fictionalizes the events. A documentary I could deal with, but not this. If it were 20 years down the road I think I might feel differently, but now, no way.

 

[TXTink]

Like the others have said, I'm just not ready yet, I don't know if I ever will be. I understand that it is important for people to remember what happened and not loose the emotion/anger we all felt that day. But, for me, it is just too soon. I still get upset when I watch old movies that have the twin towers in them....

 

[Snoozan]

I know I wouldn't be able to see this movie - yet. Just watching the trailer for this movie in the theater a few weeks back made me cry. I'm thinking I'll wait until it's out on DVD and can watch it in the privacy of my own home.

 

[Fionasmommy]

I'm not ready yet either.

 

[HomeSweetDisney]

(devil's advocate here) They say that all the families of the victims were ok with the movie being made. They wanted their family members' stories to be told.

That's what I read as well and I agree with them. Their story should be told. And I will go see this movie. It will be hard and I'm sure I'll cry through the whole thing. But you know...this was the defining historical moment for my generation. Some generations had Pearl Harbor, some had Kennedy's assassination...mine was 9/11. I remember everything about that day in vivd detail. I was 15 and had a dad in the army so it was very real and hit home in a big way. So as painful as it is to relive the memories of that day, I think if the loved ones of the people who died on Flight 93 can do it then so can I. And when the other movie they're making about the World Trade Centers comes out I'll see that too. I think it's important to preserve the legacies of everyone who perished that day and film is one of the best, and sometimes most effective ways to do so. Just my opinion though.

 

[DVC Sadie]

We will definitely see this movie in a theater because for us it is the right thing to do.

 

[HonestAbe]

Nope.

 

[Magickndm]

Yes, but probably will wait until it's out on DVD.

 

[monarchsfan16]

No way. I think it is the right thing for the movie to come out and I hope that those who have forgotten the impact of 9/11 will see it. I won't be seeing it, because 9/11 impacted my family personally. 9/11 always has been and always will be very real to us, and I could never sit through a movie about it

 

[Kitty 34]

I don't think so. It would be too emotional.

 

[SeeDisney]

This is the third post on this topic and NO WAY would I see this movie.


Too soon and too emotional for me.

 

[Shutterbug]

This is the third post on this topic and NO WAY would I see this movie.


Too soon and too emotional for me.

yeah a couple threads on this...


I would like to see this, seeing that it was the in skies above me here in Ohio that the hijacking took place.