United 93

[dan-cat]

What are people'e reaction to this? http://www.united93movie.com/index.php

Is it appropriate? Is it a piece of propoganda? Is it a suitable memorial or just another money-making device from the movie industry. What's your gut reaction to it?

 

[Matty]

I think it's mostly just a money-making device. They thought it was a good story so the figured they'd better make a film out of it. Sure, there will be people who think it's inappropriate but they can make their point known by not paying to see it. They make films based on other similar events, why should this one be any different?

 

[ColinEssex]

Its just a film isn't it?

have they made one yet about the twin towers planes?

Col

 

[jsanders]

Its just a film isn't it?

have they made one yet about the twin towers planes?

Col

It's supprising how many people think movies are more than they are.

Sometimes a cigar is just a...cigar.

 

[ColinEssex]

Sometimes a cigar is just a...cigar.

I'm sure you're right

Col

 

[selenau837]

I've got mixed feelings about it. I hate to think they are making profit off of this horribly sad event, but at the same time I feel it is a type of memorial to them.
From my understanding this movie depicts their heroism, and I find that to be a great tribute to their memory.

We all knew it would happen eventually, I’m just glad a good director did it and didn’t completely distort it. From all I hear it is well made and does all the heroes on United Flight 93 justice.

 

[statsman]

I've got mixed feelings about it. I hate to think they are making profit off of this horribly sad event, but at the same time I feel it is a type of memorial to them.
From my understanding this movie depicts their heroism, and I find that to be a great tribute to their memory.

We all knew it would happen eventually, I’m just glad a good director did it and didn’t completely distort it. From all I hear it is well made and does all the heroes on United Flight 93 justice.

Shouldn't they have checked to see if one of them knew how to fly BEFORE they jumped the terrorists?

 

[selenau837]

Shouldn't they have checked to see if one of them knew how to fly BEFORE they jumped the terrorists?

I'm not going to even dignify that by arguing with you. That is an absolutly horrible thing to say, and completely heartless.

If you weren't living under a rock during that time, you would know they weren't concerened with their own life. They were concerned with bringing down the plan before it hit the intended destination.

If you truely want to see my claws out and see me pissed off, keep that up.

 

[Rich]

They were concerned with bringing down the plan before it hit the intended destination.

That's purely conjecture surely?

 

[selenau837]

That's purely conjecture surely?

Errmmm, Richy boy you trying to make me mad. You're tussin' with me in one thread, and now you're trying in this one.

I know you like to wind up us Colonials, but daymn man. Not in this one please.

 

[Rich]

Errmmm, Richy boy you trying to make me mad. You're tussin' with me in one thread, and now you're trying in this one.

I know you like to wind up us Colonials, but daymn man. Not in this one please.

Why are you getting riled, it's a perfectly legitimate question?

 

[selenau837]

Why are you getting riled, it's a perfectly legitimate question?

I pleading with you to drop it. I absolutly detest the comment that was made above about flying. Are you defending that comment?

 

[Rich]

I pleading with you to drop it. I absolutly detest the comment that was made above about flying. Are you defending that comment?

I made no comment about the original comment that offended you, I merely asked and ask again, how do we know that their actual intention in removing the hijackers from the cockpit was to actually prevent it being used as a missile?
That may have been the final outcome and I'm not trying to deny their bravery, but do we know that was their actual intention?

 

[selenau837]

I made no comment about the original comment that offended you, I merely asked and ask again, how do we know that their actual intention in removing the hijackers from the cockpit was to actually prevent it being used as a missile?
That may have been the final outcome and I'm not trying to deny their bravery, but do we know that was their actual intention?

Ok, I understand your question now. I allowed my anger to cloud my thoughts. That happens when I truely start to see red, and he pushed me with that comment.

As for your question, I guess no one really knows. However, no matter what the initial intent was, however, their outcome was very heroic and demands the respect that goes with their heroism.

 

[Rich]

As for your question, I guess no one really knows. However, no matter what the initial intent was, however, their outcome was very heroic and demands the respect that goes with their heroism.

Their heroism does deserve recognition it's true, but what bothers me is that the truth may be being altered slightly for propoganda.
I'm not so sure that such use is a fitting tribute to them, in which case I've real doubts as to why the film was made

 

[dan-cat]

The reason why I posted this thread was because I wanted to gauge people's opinion on the release of a film with a topic that is still politically relevant.

The film is a dramatization of an event. This event is still very much a part of current global politics. Is it a propaganda exercise to 'remind' the public of the 'justification' of the Iraq conflict by showing the evil of the Islamic terrorist or is it, as Col said, 'just a film'?

How cynical are you when viewing the media?

 

[Rich]

How cynical are you when viewing the media?

Very

 

[Matty]

The reason why I posted this thread was because I wanted to gauge people's opinion on the release of a film with a topic that is still politically relevant.

The film is a dramatization of an event. This event is still very much a part of current global politics. Is it a propaganda exercise to 'remind' the public of the 'justification' of the Iraq conflict by showing the evil of the Islamic terrorist or is it, as Col said, 'just a film'?

How cynical are you when viewing the media?

I think any film made with any basis on actual events is going to have some sort of bias, regardless of whether it's intentional or not. If you're going to watch a film like this (or about any other past event) the responsible thing to do is to take it as one side of the story, not as 100% gospel.

I mean, I'm not going to watch a Michael Moore film or JFK and take it as 100% truth because you aren't getting the full story by only using one source. The same thing goes for television news and newspapers for that matter. I'm not going to use Fox News or the New York Post for my entire source of news because I'm only seing it from one perspective. Everybody's got their own interpretation of the information they recieve. It's up to the individual to find out the other side of the story and then, and only then, be able to make an accurate judgement on the situation.

 

[dan-cat]

I think any film made with any basis on actual events is going to have some sort of bias, regardless of whether it's intentional or not.

Do you think that this film being released, in the context of flagging support of the Iraq war in the US, is entirely coincidental?

 

[Matty]

Do you think that this film being released, in the context of flagging support of the Iraq war in the US, is entirely coincidental?

I'm not entirely sure. That's why I said "regardless of whether it's intentional or not."