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  • Flight 93 Movie Reaches Altitude Of Pain (LEFTY REVIEW BARF ALERT)

    05/12/2006 6:19:25 PM PDT · by Chi-townChief · 36 replies · 1,226+ views
    Southwest News Herald - Chicago ^ | May 9, 2006 | Ray Hanania
    The first thing that really hits you as you watch the movie “Flight 93” with gut-wrenching apprehension is the confusion. More frightening than anything is the realization that the government is so uncoordinated, unconnected, and confused that any terrorist, including one sitting in a cave, can bring this country to its knees. There were more than 4,200 planes flying across the skies of America on Sept. 11, 2001, and all the terrorists had to do was grab four. The most shocking truth is that the Federal Aviation Administration, the vaunted and powerful NORAD, the White House and the Pentagon, all...
  • A gripping, uneasy look back - 9/11's heroes, is so real it hurts, and so well done it impresses

    04/27/2006 5:32:06 AM PDT · by Cincinatus' Wife · 17 replies · 681+ views
    St. Petersburg Times ^ | April 27, 2006 | STEVE PERSALL, Times Film Critic
    This is the finest film in 13 years as a film critic that I can't wholeheartedly recommend simply because it's too real for sensitive viewers to endure. Those taking that risk will be rewarded with the most powerful film so far in 2006; those who can't will be understood.Is it too soon for a movie about Sept. 11, 2001? Is it an offensive idea to dramatize the flight of United 93, one of four airlines hijacked that day by al-Qaida terrorists, and the only one that didn't reach its target after the passengers fought back? Whether filmmaker Paul Greengrass explores...