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UNITED 93 FReeper Reviews
self | April 28, 2006 | RobFromGa

Posted on 04/28/2006 1:21:50 PM PDT by RobFromGa

Just saw United 93-- I thought it was excellent. It evolves in real-time and its cuts back and forth between the Air Traffic controllers, the Military room, and the plane.

It was somewhat shocking to watch the level of confusion in terms of what was going on, but when you see what information that they were dealing with, it makes sense.

The hijackers to me came across more as fanatical than evil, and they were not turban-wearing obvious characters, they were cleaned up and I ride on planes with people like them on every flight I take.

In the movie, they are carrying out the plans of others and are obsessive in their task. We are not fighting an enemy that is likely to be reasoned with.

There is one character that I'm glad they included- he has a European *maybe French* accent and he makes a number of comments along the lines of "If we do what they say, they'll spare our lives"-- typical appeasement mentality.

Thanks to this group of heroes, many thousands of lives may have been spared and we kept the Islamic nuts from claiming the Capitol or White House as a prize.

I give in 9.5/10!


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To: MediaAnalyst
What I do wonder about, however, is when the Muzzies (and the MSM) are going to start saying that the movie is "anti-Islamic" and start threatening theater owners and others. I'm surprised it already hasn't happened yet.

That may be the genius of the movie.

They don't invent anything. It's just the story of what happened.

Who are they going to sue?

This movie is a dramatization of what actually happened that day.

Brilliant!

141 posted on 04/28/2006 5:53:21 PM PDT by fanfan (FR is the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world. Thanks Jim.)
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To: fanfan

Keep a very close eye on them and lock them up if there is evidence that they are planning to harm others.


142 posted on 04/28/2006 5:55:59 PM PDT by Fair Go
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To: fanfan

I liked the TV movie better. But then as an American, I have strong feelings about these events, which the filmmakers didn't.


143 posted on 04/28/2006 5:56:51 PM PDT by patriciaruth (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1562436/posts)
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To: Fair Go
if there is evidence

There's the first problem, who decides if 'they' pose a threat?

144 posted on 04/28/2006 5:58:13 PM PDT by fanfan (FR is the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world. Thanks Jim.)
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To: patriciaruth

What did you like better about the TV movie?


145 posted on 04/28/2006 5:59:02 PM PDT by fanfan (FR is the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world. Thanks Jim.)
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To: all4one

Never forget that 911 was enabled by Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton , and the entire Democrat Party. IMHO, these vermin are murderers of American innocents!!!


146 posted on 04/28/2006 5:59:12 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX
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To: RobFromGa

Going to see it in about 10 minutes. I will post later.


147 posted on 04/28/2006 6:02:55 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: everyone

Left the theater a couple of hours ago..

--- '93' is a powerful semi-documentary style movie filmed in a 'real time' manner once the flight is taken over by the hijackers.

The surprising 'moral message' I got from the film is one regarding self defense.
--- Over and over we see the passengers hesitate to attack the two hijackers who are defending the aisle leading to flight deck with knives & a bomb. [the other two are in the cockpit]

According to cell phone conversations, the passengers knew early on that the pilot/copilot had been killed, and that other planes were flown into the trade center, in effect telling them that they were dead unless they took action to take back the aircraft.
-- Which leads the viewer to speculate why the passengers take so long to try to overpower the 2 or at most three men whose only real weapons were small knives. - [The bomb makes no logical difference in outcome.]


The movie makes clear that they hesitated because they had no weapons.
-- And, - because they were accustomed to hearing the bureaucratic chant of 'take no action' -- 'offer no resistance' - to those who intend to kill you.


Finally, when they do 'roll', a muffled cheer went up in the theater, one that we can hope will be heard all over America.







148 posted on 04/28/2006 6:04:57 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: RobFromGa
Saw it this afternoon. Folks were quiet at the end, and some had tears.
It is fortunate that there wasn't a Michael Moore type around to bray. I would have been arrested for assault with a large can of Whoop-A**.
149 posted on 04/28/2006 6:09:06 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: fanfan

There are quite a few potential threats presently awaiting trial in Australia. ASIO, our intelligence gathering organisation, kept them under surveillance and intercepted phone calls etc.


150 posted on 04/28/2006 6:10:15 PM PDT by Fair Go
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To: Fair Go
The problem is that 'they' only have to get lucky occasionally.
151 posted on 04/28/2006 6:20:52 PM PDT by fanfan (FR is the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world. Thanks Jim.)
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To: cboy

Good for you. It's amazing to see life goes on. It does but for me, I live in some of my past memories..good and bad. I sometimes, cannot deal with the pain and sorrow I feel from 9/11...never forget!


152 posted on 04/28/2006 6:24:01 PM PDT by jhw61
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To: fanfan

We are pretty lucky here in that there are only 20 million of us and we are surrounded by water - shark infested and crocodile infested waters at that. It must be much easier to pick up potential trouble makers here than in mainland USA, for example, which has 300 million people in approximately the same area. It would be interesting to know how many potential terrorist attacks have been detected and prevented since 9/11. What we have to keep in mind is that violent political movements can attract people from any race. This can make trouble very difficult to detect as was evident in the London bombings.


153 posted on 04/28/2006 6:27:24 PM PDT by Fair Go
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To: CyberAnt

None of us will ever in our lifetimes get a Congress and our President to agree with us on every thing. Whoever is in there will do what they do based on their perception of what the voters want. The root problem is not just the lack of competent politicians but rather the voters themselves. We have to educate the sheep and offset the propaganda they're being fed. It will be a grueling marathon til the day we die. The sooner some on our side realize that the better off we will be.


154 posted on 04/28/2006 6:32:23 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: RobFromGa
This may already be posted but on Fox today I caught the end of an interview with the guy who played Mark Bingham. He was asked how accurate it was and he stated that they had so much information like the 911 tapes and records with air traffic controllers that they could piece much of it together. Here is what is interesting. He said they didn't really have a script. They had things that must be included but they improved those blank spaces in order for the reactions to be real. I thought that was interesting. He also said that what got to him was that they would work hard all day with the fake blood and sweat and such emotion but at the end of the day he could take a shower and go home and he never once forgot that the people whose story he helped tell couldn't do that.
155 posted on 04/28/2006 6:32:52 PM PDT by katiebelle
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To: Fair Go
It has nothing to do with race.

Ideology is the challenge.
156 posted on 04/28/2006 6:33:24 PM PDT by fanfan (FR is the best/biggest news gathering entity in the whole known history of the world. Thanks Jim.)
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To: RobFromGa

I can't wait to see this. I live in a small mountain town so I don't know when it will get here darn it. Thanks for the review. (But they were evil, btw, as I know you know!)


157 posted on 04/28/2006 6:35:03 PM PDT by ladyinred
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To: RobFromGa

My husband and I intend to see this movie. To us, the American folks on Flight 93 were very, very brave people and I hope that we, in a similar circumstance, will act like they did. Please watch us from above, heroes, and give us your brave action. God Bless America.


159 posted on 04/28/2006 6:39:53 PM PDT by maxwellp
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To: fanfan

True. nd what we have to keep in mind is that only people who want to harm others will be attracted to a violent ideology.


160 posted on 04/28/2006 6:40:05 PM PDT by Fair Go
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