United 93

Rating: 8/10 (22 January 2019)

United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass in 2006 is about a plane that was hijacked on 9/11 the day the twin towers were destroyed. United 93, however, did not reach its destination and would end up crashing in an empty field in Pennsylvania. I would give this film a 7/10 because of the good editing and acting the film had.
To start off, I will be examining the editing in the film. A good part of editing in the film was when it would go back and forth while the passengers and the hijackers were both praying. In this scene, the director was trying to show sort of a connection between the two since they both were praying for a god they believe in. They also relate since they were both praying because they were scared. The passengers were fearing for their safety, while the hijackers were fearing that something would go wrong or the people would interfere with their plan.
To add on, I will be examining the acting and dialogue in the film. A good part of acting in the film was when all the people in the control center were going crazy after they saw the attack on the World Trade Center. The people in the control center were trying to figure out what happened in New York while there were two more planes being hijacked. This would cause the control center to go into chaos since there are people asking questions and trying to contact the pilots of the planes that were hijacked. This scene shows the acting and dialogue they would have to have in order to talk over each other and make the main dialogue stand out from the people in the background.
My opinion on this film is really good. It starts off slow but as the movie progresses it gets better and more interesting. You should see this film if you are in a pretty action-packed movie and if you like learning about things that happened earlier in US history.