Masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (29 February 2008)

United 93 (2006)
**** (out of 4)
It's really hard to judge this "movie" because I'm really not sure it was made for "entertainment" reasons. As technically brilliant as the film was, I think the power of the story is in the fact that it's all true and the viewer it overly familiar with the events. There was a lot of debate on whether people were ready for a story on 9/11 and I thought they were. After seeing the film I somewhat wished I hadn't watched it. The 9/11 events are a bit too sensitive for me and this film was pretty much too well made and there were several moments where I turned my head to the side not wanting to watch anymore. The theater had around 100 people there and I've never heard such a quiet crowd. Before the movie, during the movie and then after the movie. Dead silence. Since the film wasn't made for entertainment and it's hard to view it that way, I'm not sure what the reasoning is. I know it's very doubtful I'll ever watch this again but I guess the film does serve a purpose in the fact that we shouldn't forget what the passengers did. I don't think seeing this movie will make me remember any better so in the end I'm really not sure if it was worth sitting through because of the emotional level it brought me to.