United 93

[Foosinho]

So, I saw a trailer for this on Countdown with Keith Olbermann this evening, and ... I don't feel well. Too soon... too real.

People agree? Disagree? Are we ready for this film, as a country?

[Labdarugo]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/04/04/wunited04.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/04/04/ixhome.html

It's too soon, say tearful audiences at Sept 11 film trailer

Scenes from United 93, a real-time version of events on the hijacked plane which crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew tackled the terrorists, were met by cries of "too soon" when the trailer was shown in Hollywood.

In New York, cinema-goers burst into tears and covered their eyes, leading the AMC Loews theatre on the Upper West Side to take the unusual step of pulling the trailer.

Kevin Adjodha, the cinema manager, told Newsweek: "One lady was crying. She was saying we shouldn't have [played the trailer]. That this was wrong … I don't think people are ready for this."


The events of 9-11 remain and resonate with different people in different ways. For some people, it was a TV event. For others, it was and remains a severely traumatizing event. I would say it's still a very sensitive subject here in NY where, let's face it, it's still not back to the way it was on 9/10.

Should there be a movie about Flight 93? I don't think I could watch it. I didn't watch the TV movie. But I don't think that others will object, and I guess I don't have the right to tell somebody else not to watch it. I personally want no part of it, although if the families of those who died on the plane approve the finished product, I might see it someday.

What I DO have a problem with is the trailer. I can choose to see or not see a movie. I can even turn off the TV or change the channel if something objectionable comes on. However, I have no control over what movie trailers I'm shown. That's the problem.

It's callous and stupid (and perhaps more than a little greedy) to show a trailer for this movie when so many people are still very, very sensitive.

[Garcia]

I think outside New York the people may be ready, if interested at all.

And people think Americans have short attention spans.

[obie]

Its US premiere is at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month.

You know, Tribeca. The neighborhood with the huge hole in the ground at its southern tip. Wonder how that hole got there, or how long it's going to be there.

Somebody better make a PANYNJ / Bloomberg / Pataki vs. Larry Silverstein doc, since that is bound to have more real drama than any recreation of a downed airliner.

[Foosinho]

You know, Tribeca. The neighborhood with the huge hole in the ground at its southern tip. Wonder how that hole got there, or how long it's going to be there.
The only time I've been to Manhattan (spring 2000) I stayed on West Broadway down in Tribeca. I could lean out my hotel window and look up (way up) at the WTC. My only regret is that I didn't have the time those 4 days to go visit the towers.

I've got no interest in seeing this film. It's not even 5 years later. And, in another 5 years when I might be interested, I doubt this film will be particularly insightful or interesting, despite the raw subject matter.

Oliver Stone's film, however... that will probably be more interesting, due to the certain controversy. Still don't want to see it yet.

[nicodemus]

It just smacks of opportunistic/exploitive money making to me.

I presently have no interest in seeing such a thing. It's just too soon.

[Chicago1871]

It just smacks of opportunistic/exploitive money making to me.
Not that I disagree, but they're donating something like 10% of ticket sales to a September 11th related fund.

[NER_MCFC]

So, I saw a trailer for this on Countdown with Keith Olbermann this evening, and ... I don't feel well.
I couldn't even persuade myself to watch the whole trailer. I don't care how well it's done or how non-exploitative they were in making it, I'm no where near ready to see a fictionalized version of that day.

[nicodemus]

Not that I disagree, but they're donating something like 10% of ticket sales to a September 11th related fund.
Well, that makes it a little better.

[Achtung]

I just don't see the point of fictionalizing 9/11, certainly not for years to come, maybe ever. The drama was so real and so continuous during the actual event, it just doesn't make sense that anyone would want to relive it in such a form, be it television, movie, etc.

Something like this in the form of a documentary would make more sense. But seeing people getting onto the doomed flight and then not long afterwards having to call loved ones and say their last goodbyes... that's a bit much I think.

[Charge!]

Not that I disagree, but they're donating something like 10% of ticket sales to a September 11th related fund.

Only from the *first weekend* of the movie's release, from an AP story.

Two words; too soon.

[Footer Phooter]

I couldn't even persuade myself to watch the whole trailer. I don't care how well it's done or how non-exploitative they were in making it, I'm no where near ready to see a fictionalized version of that day.


I saw the whole trailer, only because I was in the theater, and it was either watch it, or get up and walk out for a few minutes. I'm very lazy. :)

The thing made me uncomfortable, and as someone else said, it made me uncomfortable that anyone, be it film companies, actors, cameramen, etc....are making money from 9/11. I'm not going to see it, nor is my wife.

FWIW, I won't see the Oliver Stone version either.

[Crimen y Castigo]

FWIW, I won't see the Oliver Stone version either.

Is that a joke? Or is there really a Stone version in the works?

If it's a joke, it's a good one.
If it's not, it's still a joke.


I feel like MC Escher with a keyboard....

[Foosinho]

Is that a joke? Or is there really a Stone version in the works?

If it's a joke, it's a good one.
If it's not, it's still a joke.


I feel like MC Escher with a keyboard....
Not of United 93, but of 9/11...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469641/

[Crimen y Castigo]

Not of United 93, but of 9/11...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469641/


Yikes-a-palooza.

Nicolas Cage I can understand, since his choice of roles displays all the discretion of a 10 dollar whoo-oor.

But Maggie Gyllenhaal? sigh....

[SirManchester]

Not that I'm too sensitive about this, because as with every other New Yorker the event still resonates and dominates our lives in one way or another, but like Achtung said, I don't see the point of capturing that drama, not that I think they will do it any justice.
If anything I want to see an investigative movie/documentary...not by Oliver Stone.

[Kryptonite]

I think outside New York the people may be ready, if interested at all.

And people think Americans have short attention spans.


It just seems wrong that people would attempt to make money off this disaster. I've read (in this thread) that 10% of the opening weekend is going to a fund. That's not enough, for me.

And, like Garcia, I think a lot of is geographical. People in the West (Alaska, Hawaii, Washington State, etc.) might be ready, but I seriously doubt that New Yorkers, people in DC, and Pennsylvania are ready.

But if they aren't, they won't watch it.

[Alberto]

So, I saw a trailer for this on Countdown with Keith Olbermann this evening, and ... I don't feel well. Too soon... too real.

People agree? Disagree? Are we ready for this film, as a country?

Well having just watched the trailer. It was emotional and left me all teary eyed and choked up. That said, I say yes since this film's subject matter is very important. I hope the passengers sacrifice is done the justice they deserve. Very little was really discussed about what happened with UAL flight 93. Clearly, we have 40 ordinary americans, much like you and me who were because of the events of the day given a choice to either sit back or act heroically and by their sacrifice make a difference saving countless lives and symbols of our nation the Capitol Building and White House from terrorist attack. They should rightly be honored and remembered for their actions on September 11th.

I agree 10 percent of the opening weekend is not enough. How about ten percent of the gross.

[SirManchester]

ok, to sum things up, is one of you guys actually going to watch this? I know I won't, not because I'm not ready to confront the hundred emotions it conjurs but because I can't stand to see how the even itself is taken advantage of, and I'll add myself to the lot that think 10% just ain't enough. Not even 10% of the gross.

[Nicodemus145]

Too soon, but I say that as a copout. I had hoped they'd never make this movie, but I know that's wishful thinking. I certainly thought they'd wait longer than this.

I have no desire to see this. I will note the type of people who rent it where I work, though. Hopefully it's not a mega event with a whole wall ffull of rentals. And a big cardboard standup at the entrance.