United 93 movie

Thursday, April 27. 2006

If someone you knew had been beaten as a child and Hollywood made a movie about it, would you watch it and praise the powerful emotions that it evoked.

Hollywood is about to launch the movie of the time we were all beaten.

United 93 is opening this week. It is the story of 9/11 and specifically the flight were the passengers fought back.

It is a made for Hollywood scenario and will probably make tons of money. Everybody keeps talking about how emotional everybody is after watching the early showings.

Of course everybody is emotional. We all remember driving home on Sept. 11th staring at the sky hoping we wouldn't see anything. Anybody living around an airport remembers when the planes started flying again and our hearts beat faster every time a plane flew over our house.

Just because it makes us want to cry and probably have trouble sleeping again doesn't mean that it is a movie that needs to be made. But, this is America the home of capitalism. Of course it will be made.

And this is America. The country that brough you Jack Ass - The Movie. We like to be shocked by reality. Of course people are going to go watch it.

But not me. I won't even be waiting for the DVD. I don't really feel like I need to relive the events to remember the events.

Posted by Mike Miller in Reviews at 11:44 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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I plan to watch it--eventually. From the reviews I read (and having seen the theater trailer), I have mixed emotions concerning the film and its timing. However, taking my chances with how I might feel afterward, I want to see it.
I also watched "The Passion of the Christ" in the theater after initial hesitation. It was one of the most difficult things I've ever watched, and at several moments in the theater, I remember feeling ill and wanting to close my eyes. Retrospectively, I'm glad I sat through it. I've since seen it again (last year on Good Friday), and we have a DVD copy with the intention of watching it at least annually. To say that Jesus was "beaten" in this film would be a tremendous understatement, but the movie also shows him getting up and walking out of the tomb.
Yes, America took a beating on 9/11, but our country as a whole survived. Personally, I think it important to remember (I think it's impossible to truly "relive" anything) significant events--however painful they may be. All too often, this country's collective memory is too short. I think both movies, along with a lot of other themes, could convey a sense of hope: hope that life goes on, hope that heroes still exist, and hope that freedom (both spiritual and democratic) is possible. I respect anyone who does not want to see UAL93, but I don't think it's fair to compare this film to "Jackass" or imply that it's being marketed for its "shock" factor.

#1 Ben on 2006-04-28 12:33 (Reply)

I haven't even heard of this movie, I wonder if it's being released outside the US.

I saw a trailer for 'Jughead' sometime ago and it made me feel sick. The war in Iraq isn't over and they're already making movies about it. Perhaps people in hollywood don't care that real people are dying (on both sides), and just see it as another piece of entertainment, but I couldn't sit and watch something like that and be entertained knowing it is still going on.

#2 Jack Slyde (Link) on 2006-04-28 17:54 (Reply)

Jack,
"Jarhead" (book and movie) is about Desert Storm NOT our current 'conflict.'

#2.1 Ben on 2006-04-28 18:40 (Reply)

Is it really. wow. I got the impression from the trailer it was about the current conflict. Is it possible it's been marketed that way? Or was I just so turned off I didn't listen properly, shrug, still won't be seeing it though.

#2.1.1 Jack Slyde (Link) on 2006-04-28 20:39 (Reply)

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