Posted on 04/26/2006 7:28:54 AM PDT by veronica
I wholeheartedly agree that "Saving Private Ryan" was an excellent movie. I have seen it and "The Passion of The Christ". In both, the mood was the same and the crowd reactions were similar. They got to me like no other movies have. I have no doubt that "Flight 93" will be in that class. I can't wait to see it.
ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE ATTACKS ON 9-11-01!
I think that's how most of us were affected, MOgirl. We went with a friend who is a Christian biker - gray pony tail, tattoos on his huge forearms, the whole bit - and the four of us were crying non-stop once the flogging started. EXTREMELY powerful stuff. I'm getting misty even now.
Nope, thank you. I am forever in your debt.
Actually - that is one of the reasons they decided to make the movie - because of the popularity of the TV movies on Flight 93. Plus - it only cost 15 million to make- which they will exceed many times over on opening weekend probably.
The TV movies were good, I saw one of them, but apparently "Flight 93" deals with the whole day on 9/11 as it relates to the flight.
I don't think this movie will be a box-office dud.
Are you OK about 10% of your ticket money going to "the memorial"?
It is a great point....
I lost a dear friend on 9-11...
http://www.9-11memorialanthonyks.org/josephspor.htm
I am still pissed as hell and though I support GWB feel he has not done enough to punish these sc^mbags...
I could never imagine watching this movie in public, where, upon exiting the movie theatre, for right or wrong, I'd probably grab the first muslim looking person I saw and would choke the sh!t out of them....
I could possibly watch it at home, down stairs, in my office on DVD where I could pause it, walk to the end of the driveway, take a break then start it again....
Yes.
(If you really have to, just fsat-forward to the next scenes!)
Why not ask a few of them like Pelosi, Feinstein, Schumer, Durbin, Kennedy, Clinton, Reid, Boxer, and the rest of their clan of idiots who don't seem to think we had an enemy on 9/11 or that we need a war on terror. Many of them think we're the enemy. How pathetic is that?
Well, I'd like to ask Schumer. He happens to live about five blocks from me, though I doubt he's interested in my advice on any subject. However, at your suggestion, I think I'll e-mail his office and ask him to sponsor the Flight 93 heroes for Medals of Honor.
Well, I just made major mistake. I went to the "United 93" movie website to see if there was a link to theatres--since I heard it would first be a limited release. Anyway, I saw the link for "Messageboard" and thought I would see some very thoughtful posts on how 9-11 has affected people, and how they plan to see the movie. Not so. It has been taken over by a bunch a conspiracy whack-jobs that must have been eating lead paint from the point of infancy.
I cannot believe the bilge water that was emanating from those threads. Huge lists of how 9-11 was a big lie, Flight 93 was never hijacked, and the passengers either never existed, are liars, or murdered by our government to keep the "conpsiracy" alive. They even have the gall to say that there is no way that any of these brave people made phone calls from their cells--that it was technologically impossible in 2001. That there is no fundamental Islam.
I was so incensed, I thought I might hurt myself or spontaneously combust. Loved ones of Flight 93, of victims of 9-11 no doubt visit that site, there is a tribute thread there, and to be subjected to that garbage spew is just beyond disgusting to me.
The best theory of 9-11 had to be the "holographic" images of planes smashing into the two towers to occur simultaneously with the explosive devices planted in the towers, and the the controlled demolition.
I was going to sign up just to ask them if they ever came out of their basement and venture into the sunlight, because if they are out in public where I am, I am truly terrified. Though they would be probably easy to spot, as not only would they be sporting one fine tinfoil hat, they would be wrapped in it like a mummy.
If you want to scream, sometimes with laughter, check it out at United93.com and check the link on the bottom menu for "Messageboards", but bring your Tums.
Well said.
Now that 9/11 has happened, it's clear that one party has become awake to the danger, and one party hasn't.
I know the feeling. We bought the DVD as soon as it was available - and have yet to remove the cellophane from the case.
"War is hell. But ordinary men do extraordinary things... I had two uncles among those who stormed the beach at Normandy, both survived relatively unscathed... I remember hearing their stories when I was younger, but it wasn't until I saw Saving Private Ryan that I got a full appreciation of what they did and what they went through."
One of my wife's uncles is the real life sharpshooter "Shifty" (Darrell Powers) from Band of Brothers. He never talked about the war at all until he was interviewed for the original book. Now he's sort of a mini-celebrity. Ironically, he's nearly blind.
My Dad was in the Invasion of Normandy. He wasn't a kid. He was 30 years old and a draftee. I was born when he was in basic training and he saw me once before he was sent to England. He and my Mom were married 9 years before I was born,I was their one and only, and my Dad's pride & joy.
He was one of the blessed ones. He came home.
I couldn't get through the first 10 minuts of SPR. My Dad suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. He spoke of the Invasion over and over all of my life. My mother says he wasn't the same man who went to War. My Dad died during WWII, but he came home to tell about it. He died in a VA Hospital 5 years ago. He was 89, but he never forgot. I'm glad Speilberg made this movie. It's a tribute to his Dad and all the Dads who fought that War. I get so angry when I see an American Flag burned or defiled. People forget that they bring home the bodies of service men wrapped in that flag, and when I see that flag I think of them, not some politician in Washington I don't agree with.
Freedom isn't cheap. It comes at a very high cost. Just ask anyone who has ever served in the Armed Forces. Then ask the families of these service men and women. They know. They paid the price.
Okay, I did e-mail Schumer. By the way, during the 1920's Charles Lindbergh and Floyd Bennett were awarded Medals of Honor. Both had served in the military, but the reasons for the award had nothing to do with combat. If Congress wanted to recommend medals for the Flight 93 heroes, a unique design would probably be necessary, since the variants in use now relate to branches of the armed services.
I suppose active and former military personnel might object to giving Medals of Honor to civilians. (Nor am I implying that others who died on 9/11 were less courageous.) Still, its seems to me that the actions of the passengers and crew on Flight 93 constitute an extraordinary and historic event.
I've spent some time on Cornell's database of the US Code, and I cannot find any authority to award a Medal of Honor to a civilian. Nor does there seem to be any precedent in tradition. (Not counting Lindbergh, who was a reserve officer, and Bennet, a former enlisted man palling around with an admiral, IIRC.) The PMoF or CGM would be more appropriate.
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