I’m torn, part of me thinks it’s in bad taste to create movies about the doomed UA 93 flight on 9/11/2001, the other part of me says withhold judgement until the final product is “in the can”…
i was watching the A&E production of “Flight 93” last night, it was hard to stay objective as they were definitely going for the “pulling at the heartstrings” angle, i wonder how accurate the facts in this production were, i.e., the terrorist at the control yoke of the plane erroniously sending the “we have a bomb” message first to ATC, instead of over the aircraft intercom, multiple drops in altitude, the passengers using improvised weaponry (boiling water, soda cans, using seatcushions as armor padding, using the refreshment cart as a battering ram to breach the cockpit door), the terrorists banking the plane to throw the passengers off balance during the attack on the cabin door, the aircraft flying inverted before the crash…
even with knowing the outcome of the doomed flight, i was hoping to see at least one terrorist <censored to comply with SDMB rules>
i’ll be keeping an eye on the upcoming movie retelling of the UA 93 story, they had better not be trying to profit from this disaster, that smacks of poor taste
i will say this, one thing that was clear after the events on 9/11…
it would be extremely risky for hijackers/terrorists to ever commandeer another vehicle without some resistance from the crew and passengers, i know that if i was ever on a hijacked vehicle, be it an aircraft, or ground transport, i’d be wanting to get a piece of the scumbag trying to hijack the vehicle, and i’m sure i wouldn’t be alone in that feeling
I doubt Universal is making this movie out of charity, I’m sure they plan to turn a profit or it wouldn’t be made. I don’t think that’s particularily a bad thing, I’m sure someone made a few bucks off Schindler’s List too , but I don’t feel that was in poor taste either.
From what little I’ve seen, the film will be a realtime recreation of events, which makes it sound like they’re playing it real safe. Probably very little focus on the terrorists, a lot of “getting to know” the passengers so we feel sorry for them when they die and a lot of shots of very confused beauracrats at the FAA as they try to figure out what happens. Thats just my guess though, we’ll see when the film comes out.
good point, maybe i should have said that the movie better be made in good taste, ideally a simple presentation of facts, i.e. “this is how it happened”
i will say this, during the A&E presentation, i did have my green laser pointer at the ready, and all terrorists ended up having a green laser dot between their eyes…
immature, yes, foolish, yes, did it feel good to do it, yes…
Movies are stories about the human condition. This is an event that had a profound impact on our psyche. It’s not in poor taste at all, it is what it is, it’s just there, it’s part of us, and they are showing it. There is nothing wrong with that. There will be some Hollywood crass commercialism thrown in that will annoy people, but that’s to be expected. People are too sensitive about 9/11 it’s not a holy sacred event, it’s a time of extreme trauma for our nation, and movies like this, whether they are good or not will stir up emotions hidden under layers in the populace, and get people to reflect upon how they are still hurt by the event. I think it’s a good thing ultimately. The only thing that could ruin it is poor execution. The preview is kinda cheesy, so we’ll see what happens.
A difference in taste, I suppose. I’d prefere to watch a movie that presented some interesting views or ideas about the events, not just a presentation of the facts. After all, I can no doubt read a book or watch a documentary and get a much better sense of what actually happened then will be provided by a movie, where they’re forced to “fill in the blanks” with thier own guesses about what happened. I go to watch a movie to see what the writer/director thinks and feels about events.
The feature film is being directed by Paul Greengrass, of Bloody Sunday and Bourne Supremacy (and the aborted Watchmen adaptation). He’s about as good a match for the material as anyone could hope for.
I mean, they could have asked Brett Ratner to do it. Or Adam Shankman. Or Joel Shudder-macher.
