Should be required viewing for schools

Rating: 10/10 (19 May 2006)

Just saw this movie, was very apprehensive, but oddly enough I did not leave the theater crying, rather I felt very angry! This should be required viewing for all Americans!! Especially the high school & college crowd, as it is their generation who will take on the battle (or perhaps chose not to) against these religious extremists who desire to annihilate us. As for those who say it is 'too soon', well, it is almost FIVE years after the fact. Was the Pearl Harbor attack so quickly forgotten? I found the movie to be very well acted, nothing was done for the sake of 'selling tickets'. No political bias, no gratuitous violence, no over-reaching sentimentality in portraying those last phone calls to loved ones. Thankfully the producers did not choose any big name stars, which could have taken focus away from the subject matter. I applaud the decision (much contested) to reveal just how horrible that day was... but it also revealed how proud we can be of fellow Americans who decided to TRY to help themselves & others.