I just saw the commercial for United 93. It's a ****ING MOVIE about the 9-11 happenings on that particular plane. A ****ING HOLLYWOOD MOVIE.

I swear, HOW THE HELL DID THIS GET PAST THE PLANNING STAGES?

I could understand the Discovery Channel/National Geographic specials, those made sense and were informative.

BUT A ****ING MOVIE TO MAKE PROFIT OFF OF?

Hollywood has met a new low.

This movie will reveal the truth. There were no box cutters. The terrorists used trained snakes to take control of the airplane.

Wow, that was not funny and in extremely poor taste.

All the victims' families approve of the movie and support the story being told.

Oh yea, I forgot. THEY GET TO MAKE MONEY OFF IT TOO.

****ing sellouts.

Hollywood NEVER tells the truth... they tell what is dramatic and makes the most money...

Seriously, grow up.

frankly i'm with hellraiser on this one.

TERRORISTS ON A MOTHA****IN PLANE

Actually, I heard about this about 2 weeks ago, I think it would be a film I'd like to go see.

They've already had their story told, through numerous FREE (sorta, gotta pay for the channels) specials on various 'learning networks.'

Now their families are just selling out. I doubt anyone who died on that plane would want people to have to PAY to hear what 'really happened' on the plane.

They should pass the movie out for free at Wal-Mart or something if they REALLY cared.

It makes me sick at humanity.

Yeah, because that totally wasn't a jab at Hollywood. I laughed my self silly on 9/11.

You probably hate...

Saving Private Ryan
Schindler's List
JFK
Black Hawk Down
Full Metal Jacket
Enemy At The Gates
We Were Soldiers
Dog Day Afternoon
[...]

Is it wrong that was the first thing that popped in my head upon reading this thread? But anyways, I'm going with HR on this one.

Personally, I don't want to see this movie because to me it's just in poor taste and is being used to up that post-9/11 patriotism we all saw. Like my roommate said, no one knows what happened on that flight. Sure you can say that about war movies, but ugh...there are no words to describe my anger towards this movie.

I just know they're going to use the line "Let's roll." That whole thing when the family tried to coin the phrase (or whatever they did) pissed me off.

[QUOTE=Hell Raiser]I just saw the commercial for United 93. It's a ****ING MOVIE about the 9-11 happenings on that particular plane. A ****ING HOLLYWOOD MOVIE.

I swear, HOW THE HELL DID THIS GET PAST THE PLANNING STAGES?

I could understand the Discovery Channel/National Geographic specials, those made sense and were informative.

BUT A ****ING MOVIE TO MAKE PROFIT OFF OF?

Hollywood has met a new low.[/QUOTE]

OH MY GOD THEY ALSO MADE A MOVIE ABOUT THE TITANIC

AND A MILLION OTHER THINGS WHERE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE DIED

HOLY CRAP

They aren't making stuff up here. There was a lot of communication from the plane about what was going on from a lot of different people. I hate to see this severe reactionism. It blinds people and make them look quite foolish.

Just to name a few.

Actually, yes, I do. THEY ARE MEANT TO RAKE IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO SOME JACKASSES POCKETBOOKS.

Granted, they give you the sense that "You are there" and are entertaining, to say the least.

Yet, how long did it take for those movies to come out afterwards? It sure as hell wasn't < 5 years after the incident.

the difference between this and that are a span of DECADES.

i'll admit there were a lot of vietnam movies made in the 70s and 80s but it was just a new war with wich to tell the same story, not a tragedy millions of americans still take very personally.

i could see this movie coming out like in another 5-6 years, but not now. stupid people. they're going to piss a ****-ton of people off, and make money off of something too fresh in peoples mind to make entertainment.

There were WWII movies coming out when the war was still going on...

Does it make it right? Seriously... if you let like 20 years pass... which probably didn't, it would be ok... but not 4-5 years... thats just wrong.

I would agree with you but, as I said before, the movie supported by the families. They want the story to be told. That makes a huge difference in my mind.

Honestly, people who have such a big problem with this need to get over the fact that it happened. Yes, it was a horrible thing, but that's no reason to push it under the rug and forget about it.

Those movies had real footage in them, and were basicaly informing what was going on...

No reason to profit from it. That is what gets me...

You know, this may be really hard for some people to grasp, but maybe profit isn't the primary reason for making the movie.

and i'm only partially pissed at the timeliness of this film.

i'm also pissed cause i'm sick of frekain hearing about it.

seriously, in another 5-6 years, i may have almost gone 3-4 months without hearing the words "September 11th". rather than 3-4 days or hours.

I bet you 100 dollars that either this will be the most succesful movie and win oscar awards and crap... or quite the reverse.

So what? That would mean it's a really good movie.

No way that it will be better than MOTHA****IN SNAKES ON A MOTHA****IN PLANE

I'm over 9-11, **** happens you know.

It's the fact that some ****head thought it'd be a brilliant idea to make a movie like this, FOR PROFIT. Actually it's quite a brilliant idea, and I predict it to be the best grossing movie ever.

Like I said, anyone can tell the story WITHOUT TURNING IT INTO A HOLLYWOOD MASCARADE!

It's my whole "Greed will be the downfall of humanity" thing. They're obviously all a bunch of greedy ****s, willing to **** on the graves of people who gave their lives up so we wouldn't have FOUR structures being hit/taken down.

CIVILIANS at that.

Why does waiting make it okay? They're still dead. :\

[QUOTE=Hell Raiser]Oh yea, I forgot. THEY GET TO MAKE MONEY OFF IT TOO.

****ing sellouts.[/QUOTE]

Filmmaking is an art. I'd hardly call Picasso a sellout just for being an artist.

Granted, films also make a substantial amount of money, but that's not always the primary motivating factor behind their creation. Peter Jackson didn't make the LotR trilogy and remake King Kong because he wanted the money. George Lucas didn't make the original Star Wars trilogy for money. etc.

Some films are created only so someone can strike it rich, yes, but those movies usually have no depth or meaning to them and just feel... empty. And you can usually spot them from a mile away, and they usually just plain suck. Judging by what I've seen, this movie does not seem to fall into that category. Though it seems to only be of average quality, film-wise, it appears to me that the motivation behind it is genuine, and not just a "sell out".


Besides, even if they are "selling out", Titanic is still the top grossing film of all time. Like it or not, people are going to make movies about people dying, and other people are going to watch them. It's just the way things are.

Exaclty. It's like people are getting all worked up and offened for other people when the people who are the most sensative to the sublect are completely for the project.

King Kong, LotR, Star Wars never happened... and why is waiting better? Let me illustrate this... your married and your wife divorces you after a your great relationship went terribly wrong... 3 days later she marries a rich man.

I just want to know how much of it is made up, and how much is fact.

I'm talking to brick walls.

You guys just don't get it. Sure, making a big production movie is a sure-fire way of getting a story out.

SO IS GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE AT WAL-MART.

that depends, did you screw up or was she a gold digger.

Band of Brothers, then. And I never said anything about waiting.

And that analogy sucks and has nothing to do with the topic at hand.

[QUOTE=Hell Raiser]I'm talking to brick walls.

You guys just don't get it. Sure, making a big production movie is a sure-fire way of getting a story out.

SO IS GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE AT WAL-MART.[/QUOTE]


Is it really that movie could make money? Because that's up to the public, not the filmakers. Does that make everyday people who go see this movie bad people because they pay to go see it?

[QUOTE=Hell Raiser]I'm talking to brick walls.

You guys just don't get it. Sure, making a big production movie is a sure-fire way of getting a story out.

SO IS GIVING IT AWAY FOR FREE AT WAL-MART.[/QUOTE]


So you're saying that all artists, writers, and filmmakers should suddenly start offering their lifes work for free?

How does that make sense?

Does it matter? What matters is what she did... married a man for interest right after having a divorce.