We saw “United 93″ yesterday and were quite astounded. It’s one thing to more or less know those events; it’s quite another to view them in such a stark, riveting and powerful documentary-like way. I actually can’t wait to see it again in the theatre, before buying it on DVD for the interviews and making-of extras (I hope, I hope).

The movie beautifully portrays the pure evil and the true heroism of that day. The rendering of the chaos at the control towers and military command centers also seems as realistic as could be. The acting by unknowns, some of whom portray themselves, is superb.

At the end, you will be uplifted.

See it!

Take that back!

Oh, that’s right, there’s the black sheep of the clan, Michael. You’re right about him!

I have aggressively avoided about 99% of the drivel produced by Hollywood over the past several years, and 100% of the anti-Bush drivel. Hubby and I will be in line for “United 93″ at noon Saturday. There will be nothing easy or comfortable about it, but unlike all the tripe Hollywood is trying (and failing) to force-feed us, this one has history, truth, patriotism and heroism on its side.

It’s our little way of sticking it to The (Islamist) Man. Not to mention the Cloonies and Moores of the world.

Your temperament is obviously quite different from mine. The Holocaust is one of the most important stories of human history, one that needs to be told, and heard. But I am not the person to tell it, and I can’t stand hearing it either.

How can people watch this stuff? Back in the late 80′s there were a bunch of TV movies about similarly tragic events, but on an individual level. I atched one and swore never to subject myself to such depressing fare again. I think it was about babies that were accidentally switched at birth. The parents learned of the switch at the same time they learned that one of the kids had a fatal disease. Who can watch this stuff? Life has plenty of tragedies already, no way am I going to pay to experience someone else’s tragedies secondhand.

Joe Schmoe, I WROTE a movie about the Holocaust – Enemies, A Love Story/

I didn’t watch Schnidler’s list until six or seven years after it came out. I was never in the mood. I mean, when ARE you in the mood to see a film about the Holocaust? The only reason I eventually saw it was becuase I caught the last half-hour on the History Channel and decided to rent it and see the rest.

The whole thing sounds very depressing.

There are plenty of movies that could be made about the WOT, but the only ones I would go see are of the Rambo variety. The invasion of Afghanistan would make a great movie, and so would the attack on Fallujah. But 9/11 itself? No way, too depressing.

I understand a percentage of the opening weekend’s profits are going to a fund to build a memorial to the passengers of Flight 93. Call me a wuss, but I’m going to donate what I would pay for two tickets to the film directly to the fund.

God bless all of you going to see it, but I need to be functional next week.

Did you see how the L.A. Times covered the film the other day. They did a feature on the Arab actors and the difficult choices they had to make because they were concerned about portraying Arabs in a negative light.They didn’t want the suicide bombers portrayed as carrictures, they wanted them to be portrayed as complex human beings. Yeah, I agree, lets not focus on the heroic actions of the passengers, lets focus on the complex emotions of the terrorists. They were repeating their coverage of the film “Munich” and trying to foist the emotions and political slant of that film on to “United 93″.