United Flight 93 Movie

[flyguyMN]

The following article was realesed about the movie:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/busin...tory?coll=chi-business-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

Nearly five years after the attacks, there is fierce debate over whether it is too soon for Hollywood to provide its take on the events. The coming attractions for the movie upset some theatergoers. The message board on the film's Web site includes several angry postings, including one that begins, "This movie should never have been made." When will it ever be right? It will never be right yet it happened and it will always be apart of American History. And to hide behind it would do a terrable disgrace to our Country and to those who parished in the attacks of 9-11-2001. After seeing this movie (it was much like a documentary) I feel they did a good job in telling what went on during this time of deep agony, disbelief, and dispare. Yet we forget that those on board Flight 93 are heroes. Why not pay tribute to what they did to save thousands of other lives that could have been lost had that plane made it to its target (US Capitol or White House)? This movie does just that. It is approiate to realese and its timing is correct. In order to heal, you must learn from past mistakes and in order to move on, you must celebarte the lives of those lost. Not hide behind a curtian. The famlies of those lost agreed that the timing was good and they agreed to share thier thoughts and experineces in helping create this movie.

 

[mtrv]

See the many reviews on this link. I've seen it, and agree.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0475276/usercomments

 

[MagicRat]

I was very much against this project when I first heard about it.

Then I found out it had the blessing of the United 93 families, so I'm not as upset about it anymore.

I still have no inclination to see it. I still think it's too soon. But from the sounds of it, it was done respectfully and properly. I just wish they could have waited a few years more.

 

[SKC]

It was very well done.

 

[SeanD]

It was done very well and with very good taste. It was a very intense movie and had me holding my breath many times. I think everyone should go see this movie even if you might think its too soon. It does a fantastic job on educating a lot of the people about the confusion and despair a lot of people where going through that day. I was feeling "anti" about this movie for the same reasons as everyone else until I accually saw it.

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

my opinion is its way to early for this movie. I did see it, it was done very well and Ive never walked out of a movie that hostile and angry in my life. I don't know if that was the intention or maybe the company I was in but we were seeing red.
My opinion is they made us controllers look bad. Like we had no clue how to manage and emergancy situation. I wasn't a controller yet during 9/11 so I don't know whats changed but the bicker and bantering of controllers, the foul language used, and the fact they made it look like everyone on the scope was about ready to have a heart attack well, I don't know, maybe it was chaotic like that.

2 descrepencies I noticed that we all as pilots notice in these movies. Those weren't UAL pilot uniforms they were wearing and showing Flight93 climbing out well, the showed an A320. Sorry....just had to say it.

 

[SeanD]

my opinion is its way to early for this movie. I did see it, it was done very well and Ive never walked out of a movie that hostile and angry in my life. I don't know if that was the intention or maybe the company I was in but we were seeing red.
My opinion is they made us controllers look bad. Like we had no clue how to manage and emergancy situation. I wasn't a controller yet during 9/11 so I don't know whats changed but the bicker and bantering of controllers, the foul language used, and the fact they made it look like everyone on the scope was about ready to have a heart attack well, I don't know, maybe it was chaotic like that.

2 descrepencies I noticed that we all as pilots notice in these movies. Those weren't UAL pilot uniforms they were wearing and showing Flight93 climbing out well, the showed an A320. Sorry....just had to say it.[/quote]

I noticed this too. I whispered that into my girlfriends ear when we were watching the movie and she looked at me as if she was going to burn my eyes out then called me a "geek". Should have kept my mouth shut

 

[SKC]

Yeah, I had wondered when 757s got wingtip fences.

I personally didn't feel that it put controllers in a bad light. Heck, you guys were in the dark about this as much as we were on the ground. It certainly wasn't your fault.

 

[mitsdriver]

I saw the movie this past Friday and I, too, think that it was done well and in respectful taste. Is it too early for such a movie? Maybe. (Although I personally don't think so.) But we can't change the fact that 9/11 did indeed happen, no matter how much some of us would rather not think about it.

 

[MagicRat]

Lrjt,

I don't think its intent was to make controllers look bad. In fact, I read that some actual controllers from the real deal were used in the movie, and other workers, in all sorts of roles, were consulted.

(Wish I could find the link now).

 

[mordi]

Movie was respectfully made. Well done, and the best that you could ever get from hollywood. The folks that say that it is too soon are the same ones that don't support the war, thought that anyone gave two sh!ts about May 1st, and drive a hybrid.

I think that the controllers looked ok. I am sure that every role played could be fine tuned, but the movie helped connect all the dots to 9/11, allowing people to see more of the big pic.

 

[Slice121]

I agree with the positive review posts of this thread. I saw it a few hours ago and it was a moving experience. I was proud of the way they fought back depite the end result.

 

[Diesel]

I've never heard such silence at the end of a movie

 

[AAslag]

I've never heard such silence at the end of a movie

The only other time I remember a similar silence was after viewing Saving Private Ryan during it's first run. I was enjoying a long layover in SOCAL and remember a few patrons staring at the blank screen as I left.

9/11 basically ruined my career. Certainly I made some incorrect career moves myself, yet if it wasn't for the likes of those terrrorist scum I would most likely still be an airline captain today, or at least employed.

Like Private Ryan, We Were Soldiers, Blackhawk Down and the rest, Flight 93 should be mandatory viewing for all.

 

[Slice121]

I've never heard such silence at the end of a movie

Same here!

 

[wmuflyguy]

my opinion is its way to early for this movie. I did see it, it was done very well and Ive never walked out of a movie that hostile and angry in my life. I don't know if that was the intention or maybe the company I was in but we were seeing red.
My opinion is they made us controllers look bad. Like we had no clue how to manage and emergancy situation. I wasn't a controller yet during 9/11 so I don't know whats changed but the bicker and bantering of controllers, the foul language used, and the fact they made it look like everyone on the scope was about ready to have a heart attack well, I don't know, maybe it was chaotic like that.

2 descrepencies I noticed that we all as pilots notice in these movies. Those weren't UAL pilot uniforms they were wearing and showing Flight93 climbing out well, the showed an A320. Sorry....just had to say it.

I have to imagine it was Chaos for the ATC folks. I can't imagine the helpless feeling those guys and gals must have had, they were watching what was going on, but they had no way to stop it. They just couldn't. I bet all those guys wish they could have just reached up and yanked the planes all out of the sky and put them safely on the ground.

 

[gator_hater]

Just my .02, this movie is about 3 years too late. As an entire nation we ca't forget the emotions we felt that day. A reminder is 100% necessary.

 

[some_dude]

If anyone looked bad, it was the military.

If you watch the credits, you might notice that most of the ATC people and military people played themselves. So I suspect that they got the details largely correct.

my opinion is its way to early for this movie. I did see it, it was done very well and Ive never walked out of a movie that hostile and angry in my life. I don't know if that was the intention or maybe the company I was in but we were seeing red.
My opinion is they made us controllers look bad. Like we had no clue how to manage and emergancy situation. I wasn't a controller yet during 9/11 so I don't know whats changed but the bicker and bantering of controllers, the foul language used, and the fact they made it look like everyone on the scope was about ready to have a heart attack well, I don't know, maybe it was chaotic like that.

2 descrepencies I noticed that we all as pilots notice in these movies. Those weren't UAL pilot uniforms they were wearing and showing Flight93 climbing out well, the showed an A320. Sorry....just had to say it.

 

[iflyjets4food]

I just saw it yesterday. I thought the movie was well done. It didn't seem to take too many hollywood liberties. I realized that as long as we (the generations who were around for the attacks) are still living, we'll always feel like it is too soon. There was a guy in the theater with me who was around for World War II. He was as broken up about Saving Private Ryan as he was about this movie. The fact that we existed at the time of this attack makes it all the more real. Those of us who are in the industry are even more hurt because it not only was an attack on our nation and our fellow citizens, but it was an attack on our careers (maybe not an intentional effect). I can't imagine 30 years from now feeling like it would be better timed, just because I remember exactly where I was and what was happening.

 

[Lrjtcaptain]

I don't know why I felt that the movie made us look bad, not entirely but it was complete chaos. Makes the public think they we had no grasp on anything which we didn't at the time....The chain of command seemed broken, a hijacking threat and the big wig controllers at the command center just laugh and walk away. I did like the NATCA shirts though! Definatly cool!