United Flight 93 Movie

[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!