Flight 93 films

deering24 wrote:
> Sean O'Hara wrote:
> >
> > In the Year of the Dog, the Great and Powerful Richard Fangnail
> > declared:
> > > Wasn't there made-for-cable movie called Flight 93, but they are
> > > releasing a theatrical film called United 93? Is that the story??
> > >
> >
> > Apparently, though based on the quality of acting displayed in the
> > ads, I'm wondering if the theatrical film wasn't intended for TV as
> > well. At one point we hear a guy tell his wife that terrorists have
> > taken over the plane and the passengers are going to do something
> > about it, but he sounds like a guy who just got a burger with
> > tomatoes on it when he told the waiter to hold them.
>
> Heh--:).
>
> >
> > Maybe the ads are at fault, but they make the film look rather
> > lackluster.
>
> I came in on the middle of the FLIGHT 93 trailer, and thought it was an
> ad for some upcoming cable miniseries or something.
>
A & E already did the cable version and it was pretty bad.

The whole idea of making a Flight 93 movie (with the approval of family
members of the victims) to begin with reminds me of the scene in Don
DeLillo's novel White Noise, when the plane almost crashes after the
crew and passengers fear certain death. But the plane lands safely in
an area with no media, and the crew and the passengers are depressed
that they don't get to validate their trauma through media
representation. For all the bashing of Hollywood, it's odd that
something as horrifying as what happened on Flight 93 or 9/11 in
general isn't validated until they make movies about it.

Viet Nam was the same way. Viet Nam wasn't a complete experience until
movies like The Deer Hunter and Platoon came along. I don't know what
it is about terrible real life events that it takes the movies to help
us think about them.
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Sean O'Hara wrote:
>
> In the Year of the Dog, the Great and Powerful Richard Fangnail
> declared:
> > Wasn't there made-for-cable movie called Flight 93, but they are
> > releasing a theatrical film called United 93? Is that the story??
> >
>
> Apparently, though based on the quality of acting displayed in the
> ads, I'm wondering if the theatrical film wasn't intended for TV as
> well. At one point we hear a guy tell his wife that terrorists have
> taken over the plane and the passengers are going to do something
> about it, but he sounds like a guy who just got a burger with
> tomatoes on it when he told the waiter to hold them.

Heh--:).

>
> Maybe the ads are at fault, but they make the film look rather
> lackluster.

I came in on the middle of the FLIGHT 93 trailer, and thought it was an
ad for some upcoming cable miniseries or something.

C.
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