"United 93"

[venray]

The first major Hollywood movie on the events of 9/11 opens this month, and its trailer is already getting a mixed reaction among victims' families and everyday moviegoers.

The studio that produced 'United 93', which dramatizes the flight that crashed in Pennsylvania, says the trailer won't be pulled. Should it be? Watch it. Tell what you think....

I watched the trailer and had to fight back the tears, but I personally think that is is time we faced what happened head on and work through it rather than pretend it didnt happen....

Though I rarely go to the theater, I will go see this movie. I know it will be a very rough and emotional experience, but I feel it will be best to see it...

10% of the first 3 days box office receipts will be donated by Universal Studios....to the Flight 93 memorial.

Watch the trailer here.....

http://news.aol.com/entertainment/movies/dailypulse/040406?id=20060404112809990001&ncid=NWS00010000000001

[isabeau]

i just watched the trailer. it will probably bring back all those awful memories to the families whose relatives or friends were on flight 93 that fateful day... i am wondering if they gave any sort of permission for this movie to be made?
after all, think of all the money the producers will make. but isnt it a bit too soon? the family members of the doomed flight wont care about the money made from the movie....

isabeau

[Knox The Hatter]

I'm not in the mood.

[milagros317]

Thanks for the link, Venray. The trailer should not be pulled. It is a dose of reality, maybe some people can't face it yet, but I will see the film when it opens.

[Mz Chaos]

I personally think that is is time we faced what happened head on and work through it rather than pretend it didnt happen....

I agree... No one protested the movie Pearl Harbor, nor Flight 800 (which went down in the Florida everglades), nor a dozen or so other tragic films... tragedy is part of our history whether we like it or not.
It was a horrible thing that happened but it did happen and pretending as if it didn't or in trying to sugar coat it, we take away from the heroism that ended the lives of the men and women on that flight. If it wasn't for the brave actions of the people on that plane... more lives would have been lost that day.
Their story deserves to be told and their sacrifice recognized.

[venray]

Most family members interviewed think the movie should be made....and cooperated accordingly...

Most do not want the trailer pulled...they want the story told...

(Sorry knoxxy, but if you werent in the mood you neednt have responded at all...)

[isabeau]

Most family members interviewed think the movie should be made....and cooperated accordingly...

Most do not want the trailer pulled...they want the story told...

(Sorry knoxxy, but if you werent in the mood you neednt have responded at all...)

the thing is ray....look at the thread i started about shooting a movie in my town... that plane crash happened in the early seventies. of course the magnitude wasnt as big to the entire country as 9/11 was but to those familes it was.... and i still say its too soon....

isabeau

[venray]

"Universal executives say they have gone to great pains to be sensitive to the victims' families. The film's director, Paul Greengrass — who is best known for "The Bourne Supremacy," but who also made the politically explosive docudrama "Bloody Sunday," about British troops' massacre of civilian protesters in Northern Ireland — got to know the families of most of the victims. Most cooperated in the making of the film, and they will have a chance to see the completed film this weekend, one executive said."

[drew70]

I'm not in the mood.Big shock, there.

I really hope they don't pull it. It's been almost 5 years. Seems like plenty of time to me. Looks to be a very well made movie. I think we need to be reminded of what many would seemingly have us forget.

[PainTrain]

Not only is it competely tasteless, but it looks like the acting sucks pretty hard. I can't believe they made a movie like this, especially this early.

Disgusting.

[venray]

Perhaps we should wait 20 or 30 years from now when evryone has forgotten what these folks had to deal with that day and how they rose to the occasion...sacrificing themselves for the lives of others....

I do not call that nor a movie account of their bravery tasteless...but that is just me...

[PainTrain]

Contrary to popular belief, nobody has "forgotten" ...trust me. The media won't let us.

Yes, it was heroic, I just think it's too early. Just my opinion.

[venray]

Your opinion is most welcome sir...that is why I started this thread.... :cool2:

[Mitchell]

When I first saw the trailer, I didn't like the whole idea of the movie. As I've had time to think about it, I suppose after five years, since the victims familes are okay with it, we can't really stop the freedom of expression. While 9-11 was one of the worst tradegies in our country's history, we have had many other movies made about tradegies, and natural disasters. I didn't like the concept at first, but now I guess I am okay with it. I will probably go see the movie, even though it will be very difficult to watch.

Mitch

[Goodieluver]

I agree... No one protested the movie Pearl Harbor, nor Flight 800 (which went down in the Florida everglades), nor a dozen or so other tragic films... tragedy is part of our history whether we like it or not.
It was a horrible thing that happened but it did happen and pretending as if it didn't or in trying to sugar coat it, we take away from the heroism that ended the lives of the men and women on that flight. If it wasn't for the brave actions of the people on that plane... more lives would have been lost that day.
Their story deserves to be told and their sacrifice recognized.


Just to be technical, the movie recieved protest in Japan because they feared blowback from the whole "evil japanese sneak attack" and totally marketed it as a love interest story rather than anythin potentially war related

Im iffy on united 93, cuz its all speculation\hearsay, i mean we assume what happened on the plane thru family phone calls and some radio broadcasting but i still have to say this movie will be fictious in many aspects, especially since hollywood even admits they ad scenes to movies to increase drama. One has to even ask if the incidents on the plane DID happen and there is no way to prove it did or didnt happen. We're they "heros" or were they simply scared and acting out of desparation to save their own lives in a failed attempt. Its all interpretation

Now call me an insensitive bastich but this wont envoke emotions in me, call me part of the desensitized generation(yet i did cry during the whitesox world series banner ceremony)

[Goodieluver]

Not only is it competely tasteless, but it looks like the acting sucks pretty hard. I can't believe they made a movie like this, especially this early.

Disgusting.


I dunno, theyve made movies on the unabomber and columbine and dahmer in the past several years, granted not on the wide screen release but they were done. Some people want answers and they feel a movie answers them