United 93
When I first heard about the United 93 movie I had just about the same reaction as Matthew Haughey. Hollywood only wants to make some quick cash off of other people's tragedy. The movie is going to be painful to watch, it won't be accurate anyway, and it will be full of sappy, exaggerated nonsense meant to pull at our emotions and our wallets.
I probably said about as much to my television. I only watch a couple hours of TV a week, and a significant portion of that is yelling at advertisements or the local news crew.
But then a few things changed:
- I heard that the desire to make this movie was more driven by the director than executives.
- Reviews coming in seemed very positive.
- I realized that I couldn't ignore this movie just because of my overwhelming fear of flying.
- I remembered that after September 11th, I wanted to make a film about it too. (My story was not a "docu-drama", but a short animated film with a fantasy spin on real events in New York City.)
Anyway, I saw the movie Friday night. As surprising as it may seem, it is very good. I don't think I'll say anymore than that.
April 30, 2006 09:42 PM [link] -
