It is chilling, adrenaline-pumping and necessary.
But not pleasant. My hands were shaking by the end of the trailer. It’s going to be tough to watch.
But then again, The Passion of the Christ was tough to watch too. And I watched it 5 times.
The great Jim Geraghty has some insightful remarks about the trailer, about the fact that the passengers of flight 93 essentially fought and won the first battle in a “post 9/11″ world and about how increasingly pervasive it is that some people pull “facts” out of thin air in order to “make their point.” More on that, later - it is a troubling phenom. Meanwhile Geraghty has some excellent links and a (subscription only) column on United 93 in the NY Sun.
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April 6th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
United 93 Trailer
The Anchoress writes:It is chilling, adrenaline-pumping and necessary. But not pleasant. My hands were shaking by the end of the trailer. Its going to be tough to watch. But then again, The Passion of the Christ was tough to…
April 6th, 2006 at 9:31 pm
It’s hard to take.
The director shows interviews with actual family members. It’s time for this movie to be made, they said.
I remember the firemen in a 9/11 documentary saying, DO tell the story.
Those saying it’s “too soon” will, most of them, greet Oliver Stone’s upcoming version of 9/11 with gladness and rejoicing.
April 7th, 2006 at 9:27 am
I tell you, watching TPOTC only twice made the trick for me.
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Imagine having to watch this one. I’m doing it, but I want to make sure my stomach is empty before I do.
April 7th, 2006 at 10:37 am
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