Anyone seen "Flight 93" yet?

"Jeff" wrote

And they say the public schools system isn't in trouble

Yeah, the trouble is, that is the type of person they are tasked with trying
to teach! g
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Jeff wrote:

You mean unlike "Titanic"?

Off Topic again, but everytime that I think about that movie, it reminds me
of a friend of mine that is...well...not the sharpest tool in the shed. As
he sat down in the theater to watch the Titanic, he commented to the couple
with him and his wife "This is based on a true story, I heard".

I wonder how many people believe that the purser shot himself in the
head, that Molly Brown acted the way she did in the movie, or even that
there was this old lady who claimed to be a Titanic surviver, or that
any of the main characters represented people who were actually aboard
the Titanic.

An author can write a book, "based on a true story," call it "A Million
Little Pieces," fill it with all kinds of distortions and falsehoods,
and the public will be furious with the liar. If a movie producer does
the same thing, millions of Americans will believe it is the gospel
truth.

On 28 Apr 2006 06:02:26 -0700, "Flyingmonk"
wrote:

You mean unlike "Titanic"?

Oh gosh, I really liked Titanic!

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On 28 Apr 2006 06:02:26 -0700, "Flyingmonk"
wrote:

You mean unlike "Titanic"?

Oh gosh, I really liked Titanic!

I don't think it was ever intended to serve as a documentary.

It's not the case with United 93. A lot of the film takes place
outside the airplane, in the TRACON for example. Most of the people in
those scenes are playing themselves.

Way up thread I wrote that it's an extraordinary film. I was careful
not to call it a "movie". It's a different animal. I'm surprised they
were able to make it this way.

I don't have any hope for Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie, the families of
the dead men depicted are already protesting.

Richard Riley wrote:
It's not the case with United 93. A lot of the film takes place
outside the airplane, in the TRACON for example. Most of the people in
those scenes are playing themselves.

Way up thread I wrote that it's an extraordinary film. I was careful
not to call it a "movie". It's a different animal. I'm surprised they
were able to make it this way.

I don't have any hope for Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie, the families of
the dead men depicted are already protesting.

Tragic. Olive Stone has to be one of the lowest of the low.

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Richard Riley wrote:
It's not the case with United 93. A lot of the film takes place
outside the airplane, in the TRACON for example. Most of the people in
those scenes are playing themselves.

Way up thread I wrote that it's an extraordinary film. I was careful
not to call it a "movie". It's a different animal. I'm surprised they
were able to make it this way.

I don't have any hope for Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie, the families of
the dead men depicted are already protesting.

Tragic. Olive Stone has to be one of the lowest of the low.


Not Michael Fatass?

On 2006-04-26, Flyingmonk wrote:
What'd you think of it? Should I go see it?

Personally, I'm not going to bother. I knew as 9/11 was happening, it
was only a matter of time before Hollywood made a movie about it - but I
did expect them to wait 15 or 20 years. I also predict there will be a
Hollywood movie about Hurricane Katrina.

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in article , Dylan Smith at
wrote on 4/28/06 3:35 AM:

On 2006-04-26, Flyingmonk wrote:
What'd you think of it? Should I go see it?

Personally, I'm not going to bother. I knew as 9/11 was happening, it
was only a matter of time before Hollywood made a movie about it - but I
did expect them to wait 15 or 20 years. I also predict there will be a
Hollywood movie about Hurricane Katrina.

I'm neither condemning nor defending Hollywood, but I'm pretty sure that
everybody here is aware that it represents American capitalism in its purest
form. Hollywood sees an opportunity to turn a buck, and it takes it, taste
be damned. Simple as that. Is there another way of doing capitalism that I
haven't heard about?

Odd to see so much criticism of the American way. Personally, I would've
liked to have seen a big, dumb, Jerry Bruckheimer version of 9/11 about 6
months after it happened. When you think about it, what better signal to
send to the rest of the world?

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in article , Dylan Smith at
wrote on 4/28/06 3:35 AM:

On 2006-04-26, Flyingmonk wrote:
What'd you think of it? Should I go see it?

Personally, I'm not going to bother. I knew as 9/11 was happening, it
was only a matter of time before Hollywood made a movie about it - but I
did expect them to wait 15 or 20 years. I also predict there will be a
Hollywood movie about Hurricane Katrina.

I'm neither condemning nor defending Hollywood, but I'm pretty sure that
everybody here is aware that it represents American capitalism in its
purest
form. Hollywood sees an opportunity to turn a buck, and it takes it, taste
be damned. Simple as that. Is there another way of doing capitalism that I
haven't heard about?

Odd to see so much criticism of the American way.

I do believe that is also a huge part of the American way.