united 93

[LFLax12]

i personally feel this is an innapropriate topic for a movie, the sacrifices of those brave people being used to make a profit at the box office, i am not going to see this movie, what are your thoughts/ opinions of this?

[Canada_Lax]

i agree. that is garbage. im not happy at all with the makers of the film. especially for those who had family members die in the accident

[NickMB17]

I don't even get how they could make this when they don't even know what really happened on board. For all we know, the plane was shot down by our own air force (which is more sensible).

[Hookem]

yep all the other shows were free, so should this one

[Hookem]

For all we know, the plane was shot down by our own air force (which is more sensible).
not really, seeing as the tape had some muslim yelling take it down....

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=90562

[isuckatlax]

I think it is a bad idea too. Its way to soon for a movie. MAybe in like 25 years it would be ookay to educate those who didnt live when it happened like we have with all the WW2 and vietname movies(even though most of them are crap). And I hate the fact that people made it to make money on. It makes me mad. Im definetly NOT seeing this. Almost everyone i know thinks this is a bad idea...

[atacklax]

Hey, let's make a movie about the Holocaust!!! Yay!!! People love seeing people die at the hands of terrorists!!!

[laxattack17]

Yeah... this is quite horrible... let's boycott it.

[MNM19]

yeah, when i saw this commercial i was like "are you serious" i definatly feel it is inappropriate

[AttackMan17]

Good god. This will be worse than farenheit 911. Or almost as bad.

[HRLAXER]

i dont know,.. i see where you guys are coming from but also we will remember them.. that is also pretty important.

[LFLax12]

i dont believe we need a motion picture to remember them, at least not 5 years later

[livin4lax09]

I think it's an interestng topic. There's no doubt it will be heavily protested/debated, but I will see it. While I think the idea of it being turned into a movie for profit is horribly wrong, the bravery of these people (from accounts I've heard or read about) is just incredible. I'm interested to see their story, and to see what really happened (because obviously they must have done a lot of research before starting this movie). The bottom line is these people risked their own lives, knowing they would die, in order to save countless amounts of people they didn't know. Maybe we don't need a motion picture to remember it, but it helps to bring out the stories of bravery and put a bigger emphasis on the courage a lot of people had on 9/11, as opposed to fear and destruction, which is so commonly associated with the day.

[drifter8027]

as much as i disagree with it i think its a good idea because its using people patriotism and emotions to make a profit

[ekajsk8er]

It depends on how the movie turns out. If it highlights the bravery and courage the passangers on the plane had, it would be alright by me. If it turned out to be something just for profit, and is anything similar to "snakes on a plane", I would disagree strongly with it.

[JtowneMiddie21]

Obviously we can't get into the mind of the director and see what he wants to accomplish with the movie. If you saw the one on tv, it hits pretty hard. I think it's ok for them to make this movie, but if you don't want to support it, don't go see it.

[laxfolife24]

I think that it will make a lot of money but at the same time a lot of people are going to have a hard time watching it. I think they should wait a few mores years before recreating this whole event in the movies. Like, for Titanic (though there are older movie versions) they waited a very long time after to make the movie and it was not as hard to watch as it would have been if the titanic had just crashed into the iceberg 4 years previously.

[tiplax]

it's like making Munich into a movie. some things don't need to be made into movies. let's make terrible moments in history into movies to drag up old feelings

[livin4lax09]

please see my post. I don't think it's meant to drag up old feelings. I think its meant to associate the day with a new outlook of bravery and courage, instead of the most commonly associated fear and destruction.

[unta8]

Ok, Riding on a commercial airline doesn't make you a hero, and it sure as hell doesn't make you a brave person.

[Hookem]

Ok, Riding on a commercial airline doesn't make you a hero, and it sure as hell doesn't make you a brave person.
But trying to re-highjack it and prevent it from flying into the white house does.

[unta8]

But trying to re-highjack it and prevent it from flying into the white house does.
Isn't that almost expected? You going to die eitherway, so why not die saving your president and country from a horrible recession?

[tiplax]

i know i would but a lot of people don't have the balls

[Hookem]

Isn't that almost expected? You going to die eitherway, so why not die saving your president and country from a horrible recession?
for all they wouldve known they could have been going back to the airport like they were told...

[Frndlefire]

The one thing that makes me think this will be done well is that it is being directed by Greengrass. He did a movie about Bloody Sunday and did it well. He's a smart guy. I heard that he talked to each victims family member before they started making it and everyone wanted the film to be made. I figure if he has the support of the victims families he couldn't do anything too bad.

[isuckatlax]

i dont know,.. i see where you guys are coming from but also we will remember them.. that is also pretty important.

maybe like 20 or 30 years we could use it to remember them, but it is way to recent. I remember everything from 9/11, the class i was in, who i was sitting by, the teacher, i even remember exactly what i was wearing. That is probably my most vivid memory that is older than 6 monthes, and im sure a ton of people feel the same way.

[goalie33fan]

I think its ok. All of the money from the first weekend its opened will be donated to the 9/11 foundation. I think its a little soon, but has been 5 years . I think some people are forgetting what happened that day. They are doing it so people wont forget. You cant let it get to you because that was the terrorists goal. So go see it, for the 9/11 foundation.

[auburnfan2015]

It depends on how the movie turns out. If it highlights the bravery and courage the passangers on the plane had, it would be alright by me. If it turned out to be something just for profit, and is anything similar to "snakes on a plane", I would disagree strongly with it.


The problem I have with it is that my Dad is a pilot for United Airlines and flies a 767, the same plane, and had flown with with the captain of Flight 93 a week before 9/11. The problem is, nobody knows what happened. The movie makes out the passengers to be the brave ones and the heros while the pilots lay dead on the floor. After 9/11 the company released the blackbox recording to the pilots and one of the things that keeps coming up is you can clearly hear the pilots talking to the terrorists for almost the entire recording. Watching a movie that some guy wrote where the passengers came up with this master plan is just dumb. It should never have been released because it is pure ficton, pure imagination, but is made out to be completely true. Many people will believe it too, and that's just wrong.

[goalieskcickay]

Hey, let's make a movie about the Holocaust!!! Yay!!! People love seeing people die at the hands of terrorists!!!

Wait, there was a movie made about the Holocaust. A few, actually. And they are incredible. And have won multiple Oscars.

[Frndlefire]

The problem I have with it is that my Dad is a pilot for United Airlines and flies a 767, the same plane, and had flown with with the captain of Flight 93 a week before 9/11. The problem is, nobody knows what happened. The movie makes out the passengers to be the brave ones and the heros while the pilots lay dead on the floor. After 9/11 the company released the blackbox recording to the pilots and one of the things that keeps coming up is you can clearly hear the pilots talking to the terrorists for almost the entire recording. Watching a movie that some guy wrote where the passengers came up with this master plan is just dumb. It should never have been released because it is pure ficton, pure imagination, but is made out to be completely true. Many people will believe it too, and that's just wrong.
To be honest, I would very suprised if Greengrass didn't go by the facts. Going by the facts is why he's famous in the first place (Bloody Sunday). I'd bet he stuck pretty close to what they blackbox said happened, though there will obviously be some dramatization because its impossible to make a movie without doing so even if you stick with the facts.

[truste1]

I think the movie will SHOW people, en masse, the courage of the flight 93 passengers. Although this is a very touchy subject, I think it needs to be made and I intend on seeing it Friday when it comes out. I'm sure the victims families want the stories told.

[stinisonfire]

I'm watching a movie right now in my US History class.

I think that as long as this movie is tastefully done, it will remind people why we have soldiers over in Iraq and Afganistan fighting for us.

[Coach_Goldberg]

Is there anything more American than oppurtunistic rich people profiting off of tragedy and the sacrifice of others? You can kick us while we're down, but capitalism marches on.

[iplaylax22]

i dont necessarily agree with this movie but i did see on the news that the families heped them with the characters for the movie. So if the family really didnt want this movie to be shown it wouldnt be.

[livin4lax09]

The problem I have with it is that my Dad is a pilot for United Airlines and flies a 767, the same plane, and had flown with with the captain of Flight 93 a week before 9/11. The problem is, nobody knows what happened. The movie makes out the passengers to be the brave ones and the heros while the pilots lay dead on the floor. After 9/11 the company released the blackbox recording to the pilots and one of the things that keeps coming up is you can clearly hear the pilots talking to the terrorists for almost the entire recording. Watching a movie that some guy wrote where the passengers came up with this master plan is just dumb. It should never have been released because it is pure ficton, pure imagination, but is made out to be completely true. Many people will believe it too, and that's just wrong.

passengers were making cell phone calls to their loved ones.

[James]

I think that this is not a good moral choice made by the producers. I mean come on why would you try to take profit on something so atrocious as 9-11. If they just have to make it they should at least make the terrorists look like pansys ( for lack of better word) I tell you if I died in that plane and I was sitting in heaven I would be pisssed if someone took profit of my bravery and courage to say my fellow country men

[ghs/wylax]

I saw it, made me feel sick to my stomach. It was really sad.

[standenup]

i agree. that is garbage. im not happy at all with the makers of the film. especially for those who had family members die in the accident

DEFINATELY. it was FAAARR to early for a 9/11 movie. i saw it coming the week of the event though. i remember thinking to myself that some hollywood creep is going to try to make money off of this, and here we are less than 5 years later. this is ridiculous

[goalie33fan]

It was very powerful. I went with my mom and she was balling at the end.
When they showed the second plane hit I got goose bumps and shivers all over my body.

All of the money from Friday to Sunday goes to the 9/11 foundation, so its not greedy Holly Wooders.

[unta8]

I saw it tonight, really sad. A lady in our theatre was crying really intensely.

[Storm21]

I saw it on tv tonight?, i think its the same one...it made me really bummed after...

[Krypt0M4g!c]

It would only be slightly honorable if they donated what they made from the movie to victims families. The discovery channel had a professional done movie called flight 93... with high tech special effects and pretty realistic acting... just watching that pissed me off.