Not heroes just common people

Rating: 8/10 (17 August 2006)

I've just read a couple of the previous comments and I'd just like to add that I don't agree with the whole American heroes thing. For those who consider the movie is an additional movie dedicated to showing how great the American ideal is, just consider being on board for a second. I've seen the film as a real documentary plus the fact that following the people on board makes you feel the tension even more. Yes they were common people just trying to save their lives, but who wouldn't have ? Considering the events and the fact that they all knew two planes had been hijacked and thrown into the WTC in Manhattan, I think this is something normal that they tried to act and not wait for their death to come. To conclude, the movie doesn't show them as heroes because what they did (for their own sake) doesn't make them heroes. It is the context that makes them heroes. And heroes they probably were !