All Americans Must See "United 93" (Dennis Prager: 9/11 Movie Of The Year Review Alert)

Townhall.com ^ | 04/18/06 | Dennis Prager

[goldstategop]

Dennis Prager's 9/11 Movie Of The Year Review on the forthcoming film "United 93" can be concisely summed up in the following two words: NEVER FORGET. Every American should see this movie about the valiant passengers of United 93 who saved their country. Part and parcel of being an American patriot is knowing its only how you live your life that matters but how you end it. Its one thing to be angry at the same on September 11, 2001, all those innocent people were murdered by terrorists and its another thing altogether to be proud and moved to tears how they rose to the occasion. We need to see why we have to win this war. It was the day that did and changed us all.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[King Prout]

(presuming that, as assured to me, they removed the post-film politically inspired message)

ok, enough song-and-dance... WHAT is this supposed political message?

[irishjuggler]

(or don't drop a few gratuitous, politically inspired words that appeared right after the film ends)

Does anyone know what "politically inspired words" appear at the end?

[irishjuggler]

LOL. Didn't see your post, King, when I posted. I wondered the same thing.

[Naptowne]

When is the release date?

[kms61]

I may to see the movie or I may not; I haven't decided yet. But considering I, like most Americans, have the actual events seared in my memory, I hardly need to see it to remind me that it happened.

Mind you, I'm not criticizing the movie or the fact that it was made. It just kind of rubs me the wrong way when someone tells me I MUST do something. I know a lot of people here are fans of Prager, but he's always been a bit too pompous for my liking. This is a good example....it's not so much what he says that irks me, but the way he says it.

[King Prout]

I hate to be teased, is all :)

[Publius6961]

When is the release date?

I believe that the TV commercial mentions April 28.

I would add one thought to Dennis' concern about "are the American people ready to see this?".
The American people were prevented by the nanny state, I assume, from seeing the true brutality as it happened. I shall never understand that; and I resent to this day the decision to treat American citizens as children --- while the rest of the world, including our enemy -- islam -- was able to see all the unedited images.

No one would have been forced to see it; they could simply avert their eyes. I still rage at that.

[Naptowne]

Thanks for the info.

I agree with your assessment of Americans being treated like babies. I have mixed feelings in some ways because I don't want the victims' families to see their family and friends death be sensationalized or exploited. But I think the images of 9/11 (some of which appeared on the HBO documentary) with bodies falling to the street and other extremely graphic event should be shown more often. I also think that the news should show images of the be-headings and stonings carried about by extremists. People should be warned and given a chance to look away or turn off the TV since some people really cannot take that kind of stuff, but the images should be out there to show what we are really facing as a country. I never want to see those images again. One time is enough, but many people have never seen them and don't really know what has happened.

[torchthemummy]

"I have mixed feelings in some ways because I don't want the victims' families to see their family and friends death be sensationalized or exploited."

All 40 of the victim's families approved of the making of the film so I have zero mixed feelings.

[Ditter]

I don't intend to see this movie. The idea that I have to see a movie so I will never forget this tragic event is laughable. I will NEVER forget and I will not see this movie.

[Zeroisanumber]

As I said on another thread: I would sooner crawl naked across a desert of salted glass than see this movie.

[goldstategop]

April 28th.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[napscoordinator]

I don't intend to see this movie. The idea that I have to see a movie so I will never forget this tragic event is laughable. I will NEVER forget and I will not see this movie.



I am not seeing it either. One, I have no desire. Two, it is too soon for me to see a movie that we actually lived. Maybe if they did a fictional movie on an airplane that was not connected to 9/11 then I would see it, but not now...maybe in 20 years. Who wants to see people going down in an airplane and "Let's Roll" is being said. No need I saw the real life version.

[TN4Liberty]

Perhaps if "United 93" turns out to be the unforeseen box office success that Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" was, the lure of major profits will exert more influence over Hollywood than even Hollywood leftists do.

I haven't noticed a big rise in films that are about Christianity after "Passion" or "Narnia." I wonder if Hollywood is in the profit business anymore.

[The Worthless Miracle]

On some of the other non political boards I visit, I have come to a sad conclusion. There are a LOT of people who are accepting it, basically as common knowledge, that the government knew about 9-11, the WTC was brought down with explosives, muslims didn't do it, etc. It's unbelievable.

[Wilhelm Tell]

You know, sooner or later there will be a moonbat conspiracy version of this made into a film. It will blame 9/11 on a Zionist conspiracy with Haliburton, and the hijackers will be portrayed as "brave idealists" while the passengers will be portrayed as, I don't know, "little Eichmanns" or something. The mainstream media will proclaim this moonbat conspiracy film to be historically accurate and they will not ask if America is "ready" so see such a film. You know Hollywood is gearing up for such a film. The film about the Olympics massacre that showed the "human" side of the terrorists while condemning the Israelies is just the beginning.

[BJungNan]

I honestly don't know if I can go and watch a movie like this. I generally don't go for this type of movie as much as I want to support it.

[Glenn]

I'm not going to see it because I already know how it ends.