Afterthought on United 93

[pegkerr]

If you do end up seeing it when it opens tomorrow, and would like to let me know what you think of it, I'd appreciate it if you would leave your comment either here, or point me to it in your own journal.

[And yeah, the ones who aren't going to see it, this is not directed toward you.]

Thanks.

Comments

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

I plan to see it. I wasn't, then I read an article on the film in Film Comment that convinced me that it wasn't going to be bloody shirt waved in favor of war or defense of terror.

[cynthia1960.livejournal.com]

I'm still on the fence about seeing it, but if I do go with you, I think it's going to take a bit of decompression afterwards.

[arian1.livejournal.com]

Some of the people here went to a press screening. Its tough. It's raw. It's in realtime and most of the script is improvised. What does that mean?

Prepare yourself. It's fairly intense and people in the audience were openly crying from what I hear.

The Onion

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

The Onion weighs in.

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Re: The Onion

[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I loved that article!

[mjryan.livejournal.com]

I went to see it. Here's my reaction.

http://mjryan.livejournal.com/63411.html

Unfortunately, I don't think that anything I write could do the movie and how it made me feel justice.

[aome.livejournal.com]

As I said, I don't have the guts to see it, myself, but I thought you might like to see the review that appeared here: 4 stars (out of 4)

Excerpt:
'United 93'' is a brilliant, vivid, heart-breaking film, a wrenching, life-clarifying movie experience. No doubt it will be too hard for many to sit through, no matter how important it is. The wound is still fresh, the trauma still reverberates through our lives, our politics and our foreign policy.

Still, the entire world should see ''United 93.'' For Americans, it is a must.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Here's one.

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