Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Gemini Cricket]

I saw "United 93". I liked it. I'm saying that in a pure filmmaking view. It's well done. I enjoyed the fact that these real people were not played by the likes of Gene Hackman, Jessica Alba and Nicholas Cage. It puts you right on that plane and doesn't let you go for 2 hours. The editing was superb.

Emotionally, I was blown away. I cried a couple of times. The scene where the passengers attempt to take back control of the plane is amazing. It's visceral and jarring.

Watching the bonus features is a must. Seeing the reactions of the families to the film and watching the actors meet them is wonderful.

One of the family members said that one of the biggest reasons to have this immortalized on film is so that no one forgets what happened. I agree. Granted, we'll never know everything but it's a great real time account of events of that day.

I also didn't realize how close they were to the ground for a good portion of the flight. Yikes.