Like A Shot To The Gut

Rating: 10/10 (29 April 2006)

The effect this movie would have on me became very clear when I was walking to my theater. There was a special makeshift corridor made for those of us seeing this movie. When I got in my theater there was nary a seat open, and I struggled to get a chair. I sat and watched the film start, and I slowly started feeling my arm develop goose pimples. With the shot of the terrorists, and then with the terrorists actually entering the plane. With every movement and phrase I my innards started to wrench themselves, as if they were a wash cloth that was getting wrung out. "We have a possible hijacking" one of the characters said. "I doubt that" his boss said. Then you saw it. One of the most shocking piece of footage ever shot. Then through some very minimal dialog, you saw the other plane hit the other tower. Then, one of the most memorable pieces of cinema that I have ever seen, one of the most memorable scenes of all time, the passengers aboard United 93 hear of the Twin Towers, and decide to fight back against their captors. Yes, we all know what happens in the end, and i don't need to spell it out. But, this film is like constantly being shot in the gut. With every "I love you" it hurts a little more. This is the movie that they will be showing in schools to teach about this event in 30 years, and I could't be happier about that.