An Objective Review

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2006)

This is an excellent film, for which I have written a lengthy review that has appeared on several flight simulator-related boards. This particular board's control functions do not allow for the abbreviations of actual aviation terms; they appear as "shouts" to the software. All I can therefore do is be very succinct.
There are continuity errors; an Airbus is shown in one establishing shot; flight 93 was a Boeing. The air traffic control display supposedly depicts a near miss by 2 planes at the same altitude. the numbers in the shot represent a 300-foot difference in altitude. Also, and perhaps this may have really happened, there are 2 different characters mistakenly referring to American 11 as a 757, when in fact the plane was a 767. Again, I don't know if this as a depiction of a bona fide error that really happened or not. The depictions of the crew walking to the plane shows United logo imagery that was only adopted in 2003.
I do wish to say that the hijackers are the starring characters, (inasmuch as this film actually has any starring roles) and are very well-portrayed. The seemingly throw-away shot of them avoiding looking at some sexy advertisements serves to illustrate the characters' Islamic altruism.
Oscar nomination forecast: Best Director or Best Screenplay for Greenglass; Best Supporting Actor for Ben Sliney as himself.