Good, but not really just about united 93

Rating: 7/10 (2 May 2006)

The movie was good, I did enjoy it. I was expecting a movie about the people on the United 93 flight with some small parts about what was going on in the rest of the country. What it turned out to be was a movie about the air traffic controllers, local, military, and national who were struggling to try to understand what was happening. The parts of the actual united 93 flight seemed almost tacked on. It did make me want to read more about what happened there, specifically about the people on board. A couple of the passengers really had just a few minutes to figure out what was going on an come up with a plan. Who were they? What had they done in their lives that suggested that type of character? The most moving parts were the brief scenes of a few of the people calling home - it seemed most got answering machines - to say good bye. I assume they only showed those that got answering machines because then they got the actual words being spoken. It was almost a documentary with regard to the air traffic controllers as many of them were not actors. It's a movie I would encourage everyone to see, just don't come in with an expectation that you will learn even the identities of the people on board the flight.