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United 93 [2006]

Posted on 7/30/12 at 8:21 pm
Posted by JBeam
Guns,Germs & Steel
Member since Jan 2011
68377 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 8:21 pm
Just finished watching this on hbogo and i feel emotionally drained. The end is somewhat difficult to watch and idk if I'll watch it again.


anyone else seen it recently?
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
60108 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 8:22 pm to
True story
Posted by dawgfan24348
Member since Oct 2011
51436 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 9:05 pm to
quote:

True story

Nah haven't you heard? It was George Bush's fault
Posted by dawgdayafternoon
Jacksonville, GA
Member since Jul 2011
23561 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 9:07 pm to
It's been a few years since I last watched it. Great movie.
Posted by DanglingFury
Living the dream
Member since Dec 2007
20465 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 9:11 pm to
It's incredible, but not something I'll ever see a second time.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69488 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 9:15 pm to
It's in my Top 5 favorite movies. One of the most emotionally powerful films I have ever watched.

Posted by IonaTiger
The Commonwealth Of Virginia
Member since Mar 2006
33229 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 9:16 pm to
I haven't watched it in a couple of years. Pretty emotional.
Posted by CocomoLSU
Inside your dome.
Member since Feb 2004
155381 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 9:51 pm to
Very good movie. And I agree, after I watched it the first time, I felt like I never needed to see it again. And seeing it in theaters made it feel more powerful for some reason...when the screen just goes black, you're sitting there like "Holy shite..."

I even bought it when it came out on DVD, but have never even thought once about putting it in and watching it..
Posted by Backinthe615
Member since Nov 2011
6871 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 10:01 pm to
Barely knew one actor in this movie, and loved it for that. The girl in camo with the headset trying to keep dispatching wtf was just as real as it gets on screen. A-list or not.
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27129 posts
Posted on 7/30/12 at 10:09 pm to
I have always wanted to watch this, but have been afraid to actually sit down and do it.
Posted by JabarkusRussell
Member since Jul 2009
15825 posts
Posted on 8/4/12 at 4:36 pm to
They made all of the people perfect with no flaws. I get why they did it to not offend the families but still. I feel bad for the actors who took the hijacker gigs. My blood boiled when they first came on screen.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
69488 posts
Posted on 8/4/12 at 4:40 pm to
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hey made all of the people perfect with no flaws.


Well...it was only chronicling about three hours of their lives and it is a true story. And the fact that this movie was made about a real event, and a sensitive one at that, there really was no need to go all Hollywood and give these people flaws that we could relate to. This film wasn't so much about character development as it was about telling the audience what happened on 9/11. Heck, we aren't even told the vast majority of these people's names.

United 93 is probably one of the most historically accurate films I have ever seen. If teachers in the coming years aren't using this film to teach their students about 9/11 then I don't know why they are even teaching.

This post was edited on 8/4/12 at 4:43 pm
Posted by JabarkusRussell
Member since Jul 2009
15825 posts
Posted on 8/4/12 at 4:55 pm to
quote:

Well...it was only chronicling about three hours of their lives and it is a true story.


I get that by at least include a scene of someone rolling their eyes when they have to sit next to the fat guy or a businessman yelling at his employees on the phone prior to take off. Even the introduction of the air traffic boss seemed forced (everyone greeting him with big smiles on their faces, shaking hands, etc.)
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
124694 posts
Posted on 8/4/12 at 5:26 pm to
i must have been one of the few if not the only person that hated that movie
Posted by Cajun Revolution
Member since Apr 2009
44671 posts
Posted on 8/4/12 at 5:52 pm to
I didn't like it Walt. I saw it in theaters when it came out. I felt if they were to produce a movie like that, it should have tied in with something bigger. Instead, "Here's these people. They all die. Be sad. But don't go to war."
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