United 93

[phillyboy]

I'm not normally someone who likes this 9/11 crap or supports how it's been trivialized - how there was made for tv movies already made only weeks (probably hours) after it happened and make sure you get some bumper stickers and t-shirts. But I'm glad I saw this movie. It was directed by one of my favorite directors Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, Bourne Supremacy) who has a good "documentary" style of directing.
I really hope this does not re-ignite some of the racism that was sparked after the initial incident.

[iluvmysh]

my cousin saw it and said it was a really good movie and it was intense. i can't wait to watch it.

[ADRsk8boarder]

i dont lke how companies are making money off of this tragedy so fast at least wait a few years... the movie is on speculation of what happened too... no one really knows

[snowkat]

companies dont watch their own movies, people need disaster in their lives, why else would they watch the news

[La Honda]

Although many people think that's it too soon to portray what happened on 9/11, I disagree. It's been five years, going on six, and I believe it's high time that the heroes of Flight 93 are recognized for what they did.

So people are making money off of it; you're going to find that with everything. I think I would be upset if the movie was not made well (which, from the previews, I think is not the case), or if they showed the passengers in a negative or mostly-untrue light.

We don't know everything that happened up there, that's true. Yet, look at other 'hero' movies that were based on a true story. I can't think of the name right now, but there is one movie on how a group of rangers rescued some prisoners of war in another country (I think that's how it went). It was a terrific movie that really made your heart go out to them. Not all of the dialogue and actions were documented as fact, but the gist and major facts of the story still remained the same. Although it was a sad story, it was also a true one that people needed to know.

Everyone (I use this term liberally) knows about Flight 93, but who here really thinks about it enough to appreciate what they did? How can we watch movies celebrating fictitious characters like Batman, Spiderman, etc, yet not 'bother' to watch movies that celebrate real men and women who saved this country, by giving there own lives, from more agony than was necessary?

Ok, I'll stop now.

/rant off

Edit: I love the fact that they used unkown actors for the roles.

[ADRsk8boarder]

yea but what i dont like is that they may be lieing to the american public. who are they to say what happend on the plan and who was involved in peraphs from saving the plan from making another dvastating blow to a building .. there is no real evidence or clues

[Seagrams777Kevin]

I deffinatly agree with what La Honda has to say about the subject. The people of Flight 93 should have their story told in true hero fasion because they are all heros. Even though the plain crashed, they prevented something worse and gave their lives. So RIP people of flight 93!!

[snowkat]

yea but what i dont like is that they may be lieing to the american public. who are they to say what happend on the plan and who was involved in peraphs from saving the plan from making another dvastating blow to a building .. there is no real evidence or clues

if ppl arent smart enough to make up their own minds, they deserve to be brainwashed
fact or fiction

[thedude]

Although many people think that's it too soon to portray what happened on 9/11, I disagree. It's been five years, going on six
many people believe it is too early, because the Bush Administration keeps shoving it down our throughts. they always talk about "pre" and "post" 9/11 everytime something relative to the nation is talked about. and the fact that the speech writers throw "terrorism" in whenever possible. i'm not sayign that we shoudl forget, but we need to reflecton it just for a second, and then move forward and fix the problem(s). and to start, let's elect the peopel wiht proper qualifications and fix this god forsaken mess

[phillyboy]

Everyone (I use this term liberally) knows about Flight 93, but who here really thinks about it enough to appreciate what they did? How can we watch movies celebrating fictitious characters like Batman, Spiderman, etc, yet not 'bother' to watch movies that celebrate real men and women who saved this country, by giving there own lives, from more agony than was necessary?



Umm.. Batman? Fictitious? I don't think so.

[phillyboy]

yea but what i dont like is that they may be lieing to the american public. who are they to say what happend on the plan and who was involved in peraphs from saving the plan from making another dvastating blow to a building .. there is no real evidence or clues
It's a movie. It's not a documentary. And I think they do a fair job in portraying some of the passengers as little bitches. They show the "heroism" as more of an act of desperation than true heroics. It's not like they said "let's stop these terrorist SOBs FOR AMERICA!" No, they said "yo, they're just going to crash anyway so let's try to save ourselves." Whether that's actually what happened or not who cares. If I want to know the facts I'll listen to the blackbox recording. If I want to be entertained I'll watch the movie.
And besides that, after seeing Paul Greengrass's portrayal of Bloody Sunday, I'd venture to say he put some thought into a realistic portrayal of this.
Anyway, I think you might be disappointed when you see the new X-Men. I heard they might be lying to the American public about it (the X-Men don't exist).

[phillyboy]

I'm not blaming anyone for being scared. I'm just saying that the fact that the movie portrays them as really scared lends some credibility to it. I guess my language was a bit harsh. Oh well.

[LMS]

I'm not normally someone who likes this 9/11 crap or supports how it's been trivialized - how there was made for tv movies already made only weeks (probably hours) after it happened and make sure you get some bumper stickers and t-shirts. But I'm glad I saw this movie. It was directed by one of my favorite directors Paul Greengrass (Bloody Sunday, Bourne Supremacy) who has a good "documentary" style of directing.
I really hope this does not re-ignite some of the racism that was sparked after the initial incident.


are you on the BMB too? I could swear I've read that somewhere before...

[phillyboy]

what's bmb?

[LMS]

The Burton Message Board. Are you?

[phillyboy]

no i'm not on it. didn't even know what it was hehe.

[snowboarding_bear]

i dont like all the movies and crap like that to...but united 93 looks really good...(kinda scared to go see it tho cuz i usually fly united!!!)

[thedude]

instead, this friday, everyoen go see Davinci Code, it's gonna be stellar :D

[ADRsk8boarder]

wtf im not getting any emails about people witing on forums... w/e i do think that they are trying market it as a documentry or they are not making people aware that it isnt

[thedude]

i do think that they are trying market it as a documentry or they are not making people aware that it isnt
the american public will buy into anything if it is "based" on true events. it migth be based on a real event, but they willt ake it as the truth. liek thsi one girl i knew who thought that once the movie Titanic came out, thought that the events abord the boat actually happened, and the old lady actually tossed a super expensive necklace or soem **** into the water.

[phillyboy]

I don't think you have to make people aware that a movie is NOT a documentary. It's usually assumed. If anything they're marketing it as "based on a true story." Which is true. "Based on" doesn't mean word for word.
Although I still can't wait to see X-Men 3: Not a Documentary.

[thedude]

for sure man, X-3 is gonna be the ****

[badattitude]

Maybe if everybody watched it, these liberal pansies out there would figure out why we need to wipe all the rag-head phuks out!!!

[phillyboy]

Yes!!! Unabashed racism! I think that's what this snowboard website was missing! Thanks.

[JesterBOOM]

I need a cool ban stick image to put up..lol.

Seriously dude. you need to chill with the racial slurs.

[DRE]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5137581991288263801


Its a documentary of the 911 attacks, its 80 minutes long, but if you have spare time, I recommend watching it. It makes you think a little more about the attacks

[ADRsk8boarder]

yea i hate the bush adminstration but i think its nonsense that he would actually plan the attacks... he might have not used the intelligiance but to hire al quada an do it seems like a load of ****

[DRE]

Yeah, but it seems like the goverment is trying to cover up some of the evidence which is kind of wierd

[Eckstream1]

I had posted this in the "World Trade Center" thread.....


"Wow big topic here.... I have not seen the movie yet but I got it for my dad for xmas. As he is a government fireman I went to help in the search and cleanup effort. It still haunts me to this day.

Wrap your mind around this however.... My dad is stationed at Otis Air National Guard base in Cape Cod,Mass. They scrambled two F-18s armed with two sidewinder missles each from the base on Sept. 11th, they were ordered to intercept flight 91. When the planes returned one was missing one of the missles.
I hate being lied to by our "President" "

[DragonUSMC]

^armament logs are public access... second the National Guard doesn’t fly any form of F-18. 80% of the ANG are logistics / support and rescue aircraft. Although there are a few F-16, F-15, and A-10 wings still around. The rest are rotary wing and super transport class aircraft.

So if you can supply the N number of this aircraft we can look up what this air craft has fired and when it has flown. Lastly, as terrible as this sounds... if shooting down a plane that is knowingly going to be crashing into a building will reduce the number of lives lost, then that is something that has to be done. And as horrible as it sounds... that’s just the way it has to be. But I do not believe that we shot down any of those aircraft.

I do know of two F-15's that were deployed while the FAA was trying to ground planes as quickly as possible, to an aircraft that was mistakenly transmitting "terrorist occupation". Instead of acknowledging the FAA's comm.

These aircraft were very close to firing on the aircraft, and were the only two deployed in time.

[hankbeblazin]

i dont lke how companies are making money off of this tragedy so fast at least wait a few years... the movie is on speculation of what happened too... no one really knows

down with the corporations!