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!
I thought that thought waaay back in August of 1990 when Saddam invaded Kuwait. LoL
whoa, brother.
That is your wife. Go make up. Do not let a movie cause trouble like that. This is just a movie. Based on true events, but still a movie. An important movie to so many people.
Take a lesson from 9/11. Those people did not expect that their last day on this earth. It was. If this was your last day on this earth. Would you want it to be a day where you were mad at your wife ? Go love her. Go tell her you are sorry and give her a kiss or something !
Very good!
I've got a daughter like that, somehow I really think the present generation of between 18 and 35 will shine.
I made that comment to several people after the movie. I told them this was the first part of a very long haul. No one would argue with me.
At the crash site, did anyone catch the conversation between the firemen and FBI(?) men? Conspiracy tinted, maybe?
"United 93" is much better (although tragedies like this are not better, nor good). It brought you back to 9/11 like it happened today.
The 5:10 showing was packed in King of Prussia PA (NW of Philly).
There is a film which shows a sucide bomber in a automobile that EOD took. They tried to ram the car into a tank and it didn't go off. This one guy is just sitting there trying to decide what to do. The EOD team sent the robot in and they have the camera on him. Finally he blows himself up. He looked like your basic normal everyday young man. He did look a little worried about things however.
Incredible. I haven't felt this much anger since 911. Every American should see this film. Take your family and friends. Tell everyone you know to go and see it. We need this reminder right about now.
Just a note to those in the field: there are so many who admire you and would love to help...but we're failures next to you,'
Thank you
The average (rational) person seeing the movie will not come out with a warm and fuzzy feeling about Muslims
Both myself and my men were always in some sort of trouble, we always needed good lawyers. You would have come in handy.
If you are not too old, go talk to a recruiter. Sometimes they can cut you a special deal, plus there is always the Reserves and National Guard.
Heroes are ones who sacrifice their lifes for their fellow countrymen and for others.
I have done no such thing.
True hereos are the military folks who died in Desert Storm, Somalia, and those who died in Iraq and all past conflicts/wars.
True heroes are the crew and passengers of United 93. They knew they were not going to make it, but they did what they did in order to save the people at the White House/Capitol Building.
Those are the true Heroes.
I salute them...
I am very pissed about Islam...
Switch to NORAD, and they are trying to figure out what is going on. Each tower has a piece of the information, but none of it has been put together. NORAD is only getting sketchy reports. Someone at one point says "How are we supposed to protect the entire eastern seaboard with only four planes?" And you feel the sense of helplessness.
A new batch of movie trailers here, including scenes with Sliney and NORAD.
I recommend, as reading, a related book "The Day the World Came to Town" (by Jim Defede, ReganBooks, softcover, 244p.). It is the story of 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland where as a result of Sliney's order 38 planes with 6,600 passengers and crew landed in a town with only 10,000 people. How the people of Gander and surrounding communities came together to welcome, feed and house those passengers and how the passengers reacted when they found out what had happended is the focus of the book. A very good and very fast read.
For a short time, the world came together as one in solidarity...but alas, that didn't last long, did it?
Is Flight 93 lots better than the Flight 93 on A & E?
(even though it wasn't a printable poster, which was actually what was requested...)
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