Flight 93

[Furbee]

Has anyone seen this film about the 9-11 bombings?

[lisa1980]

havent seen it but know there was a lot of contrversy about it :unsure:

[Furbee]

well, i watched it last night. i was in tears!!!!
i thought that it was very well done. it wasnt glammed up or given the hollywood treatment at all.

think that it was more powerful because its a true stoy that affected so many people.

[snowy1974]

I have seen it.

We felt it was difficult to say if it was a good or bad film cos of the subject. While I was watching I found myself thinking...How do they know that this is what happened?? ,I don't think that they can say it all did.

[runragged]

I haven't seen it, but I'd be quite interested to see it, especially if it hasn't been sensationalised for Hollywood.

[Furbee]

think that they were basing it more on speculation and the phone calls that the families received really.

cant say that i enjoyed it or not, just found it enthralling really. i do think however that they approached the subject sensitively.

[Al1x]

I have seen it - i cryed all the way through :-( (pregnancy hormones don't help lol) ..... I though it was a really good film.

Really want to watch World Trade Centre when its out

[Furbee]

ohhh. when does that come out? it is a similar thing?

[Al1x]

Yea ... well its about some police offices who get trapped in the collapsed world trade center ... Its out september 29th

not doubt I'll cry through this one too!!

http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/w/World-Trade-Center/index-948517.html

[Furbee]

big tears for me aswell no doubt!!!

[angel1980]

I wouldn't watch it, I can't believe they've even made a film about it, makes me sick. :angry-smi123

[Al1x]

Whats so bad about them making a film about it?

I don't know how true to life the film was but it made me feel a lot of respect for the people actually on that flight - they knew they were going to die yet they still did their best to overpower the terrorists and potentially saved a lot of lives

[Furbee]

they made hundreds of films about titanic and other true distasters, so why is this one any different?

[angel1980]

I just think it's wrong to make a film, and obviously a lot of money, out of something so awful. I obviously can't speak for the people who have lost friends/family in the attacks but I wouldn't think it was something they would want to see advertised everywhere and showing at the cinema.

I saw the big poster about it the other day and it made me go cold.

No offence meant to anyone who has seen it, just my honest opinion.

[angel1980]

they made hundreds of films about titanic and other true distasters, so why is this one any different?


True, dunno. Maybe because it's still recent, or that because we are still being targetted by terrorists it's not the same as titanic or other disasters like that. I know you could say that about war films too, not sure why but it feels wrong to me.

[Furbee]

it makes sense what you're saying angel1980. i think i heard somewhere that the profits are going to the charities that are generated by the attack, but i could be wrong.

[angel1980]

it makes sense what you're saying angel1980. i think i heard somewhere that the profits are going to the charities that are generated by the attack, but i could be wrong.

Oh really? That would make it a bit different, but I'm sure they are going to make some money from it! Probably just me being me, but some things just don't feel right sometimes!

[Furbee]

Oh really? That would make it a bit different, but I'm sure they are going to make some money from it! Probably just me being me, but some things just don't feel right sometimes!


no, that all makes sense hun. just think that they way it was done was commendable. wasnt really up for seeing it myself at first, but dp had it on and i kinda got into it.

[Al1x]

I believe the director actually interviewed a lot of the families of thoes who sadly died and got their blessings for the film

[angeleyes]

I think the main reason it feels so wrong is because it is still fresh in everyones mind, and the repercussions from that event are still happening to this day, if they give to charity then thats brilliant.......

But i have to agree , it makes me wonder exactly how much of it is true and how much is dramatized, guess we will never really know!!

[smirnoff]

i agree, i wasnt very keen on the idea at all tbh, think it is a little too raw atm, especially with the 7th July bombings last year and the ahut down of heathrow and the other airports yesterday. I also have a huge issue wioth them making money out of it. I also know what has been said about the comparison with titanic and war films, and i agree that if they can about those then why not this??
I dont know i think i am going to sit on the fence on this one tbh... not something i do very often!! LOL

[Furbee]

I dont know i think i am going to sit on the fence on this one tbh... not something i do very often!! LOL


you might like it....... :unsure:

ok, probably not!! :kissykiss

[snowy1974]

I must say it's not a film that I HAD to see, we only watched it cos my sister had a copy. But after watching it I agree with Furbee, it was very well made, not at all sensational or overdone and sensitive to the families of the lost.

It is a thought provoking film so you have to be in the right mood to watch.

[Easties]

i cant bring myself to watch it we all know what happened on that terrible day so i dontthink a film about it needs to be made
so for me its a no im affraid