This is wrong - flt 93 movie

Timbuff10

Timbuff10

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"The Flight 93 National Memorial is going to receive a portion of the North American box office revenue during the opening weekend of a new movie about the hijacked airliner that crashed on Sept. 11, 2001.
The film, "United 93," will open nationwide on April 28 and Universal Pictures says it will donate 10 percent of the first three days' grosses to the memorial.
Chris Sullivan, the chairman of the $30 million fund-raising campaign for the Flight 93 National Memorial, hopes the film will increase awareness and result in worldwide support for the proposed monument near Shanksville, Pa.
"United 93" makes its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York next month."

http://www.news4jax.com/entertainmen...25/detail.html


They are only donating 10% of the first three days gross?!?! Gimmie a break! They are going to make a ton of money off of this. Minus production costs, every penny should go toward the victims/famlies/memorials.

At least they are hoping to "increase awareness"... Not like those planes crashing into buildings and knocking them down didn't do that.
 
Timbuff10 said:
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They are only donating 10% of the first three days gross?!?! Gimmie a break! They are going to make a ton of money off of this. Minus production costs, every penny should go toward the victims/famlies/memorials.
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They don't need to donate any of the money, the fact that they are doing so is very nice indeed.
 
No kidding

What is the big deal? They are taking a risk making the movie just like any other movie. People may not go see it and they take a loss instead of making money. Get off your high horse and lets just hope they did a good job with the movie and didn't mess up the story.
 
I don't know if I can handle seeing this movie or not and I think a lot of people may shy away from it because they just don;t want to relive the experience. The previews alone have given me the chills and I don;t think I want to pay money to see a movie that makes me feel uncomfortable/angry/sad regardless of what they do with the money, you know what I mean?
 
The flick is nothing more than fiction with some bookend details that were reality. Nobody has any idea of what really took place on that aircraft. In my opinion the makers of the film have one interest and that is to make money. Sugar coating it as some kind of memorial to flight 93 is a travesty, but they need to do that or people wont buy tickets.
 
It's all about the Benjamins, and this will get more publicity than any ad campaign could.
 
Timbuff10 said:
Minus production costs, every penny should go toward the victims/famlies/memorials.
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Should the proceeds from "Saving Private Ryan" have gone to the families of Holocaust victims?
 
Are you serious? Can you even compare "Saving Private Ryan" to this? No way. I think the premise here is that nobody really knows what went down on flt 93 and the pain is still very near for a lot of people and it may be construed as the producers playing off the recency of the event. WW II, though I'm sure is very painful for some, has had time to settle and folks have had time to distance themselves from it. 9/11 has not had that time.

And I don't think people are saying you can't make movies about tragic events, it's just there is so much still going on as a result of 9/11 (war on terrorism) and we really don't have a basis mfor this movie.

my .02
 
Goldmember said:
it's just there is so much still going on as a result of 9/11 (war on terrorism) and we really don't have a basis mfor this movie.
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Because Saving Private Ryan was based on a factual story, as was the Sands of Iwo Jima, and the Green Berets, right? :sarcasm:

If you don't like the premise of the movie, don't see it! Simple as that!

But, the people making the movie are exercising their first amendment rights to free speech and their exercising their rights to make money on their product. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

In fact, I'd say it's flipping the bird to bin Laden in a way.
 
Goldmember said:
Are you serious?
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Yep

Can you even compare "Saving Private Ryan" to this?
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Why not? If you want to look at it that way, more people were killed on the shores or Normandy than in NYC . . .

. . . the pain is still very near for a lot of people and it may be construed as the producers playing off the recency of the event.
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If people don't like it, they don't have to go see it!!!
 
Acadia said:
The flick is nothing more than fiction with some bookend details that were reality. Nobody has any idea of what really took place on that aircraft. In my opinion the makers of the film have one interest and that is to make money. Sugar coating it as some kind of memorial to flight 93 is a travesty, but they need to do that or people wont buy tickets.
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If you watched the A&E flight 93 flick the paxs never got to the yoke which is what is believed to have happened. These Americans did a heroic thing for there country, they knew what was going on and would rather die fighting than have the aircraft hit Washington. What is so wrong with a little hope! huh, is it so bad that we want to believe that this is what these paxs did! and what little evidence there is points to this is what they did.. Lighten up and have a little hope in you life.
 
The movie really isn't my cup of tea so I don't care to see it.

Being stuck in BOS for an extended six day "vacation" and knowing one of the pilots on flight 93, I don't really require Hollywood to pick at that scab just yet.

"Gee, that director was so tasteful in how he portrayed the murder of Leroy..."

Nah, no thanks. But enjoy!
 
tonyw said:
Because Saving Private Ryan was based on a factual story, as was the Sands of Iwo Jima, and the Green Berets, right? :sarcasm:

If you don't like the premise of the movie, don't see it! Simple as that!

But, the people making the movie are exercising their first amendment rights to free speech and their exercising their rights to make money on their product. Ain't nothing wrong with that.

In fact, I'd say it's flipping the bird to bin Laden in a way.
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Tony, I finally agree with you. I've been waiting a long time for this.
 
Goldmember said:
I don't know if I can handle seeing this movie or not and I think a lot of people may shy away from it because they just don;t want to relive the experience. The previews alone have given me the chills and I don;t think I want to pay money to see a movie that makes me feel uncomfortable/angry/sad regardless of what they do with the money, you know what I mean?
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yeah I agree it will be hard on some people, but you gotta agree...people have forgotten about what happened for the most part. the memorials on 9/11 have died down, the shows, everything. im a firm believer that we gotta keep reminding and remembering....and keep people on their feet and ready.
 
For some reason, the thought of people munching on popcorn, mike & ike's, and sipping their 64 oz sodas while watching this movie disgusts me. I'm not ready for it to be entertainment. I hope it's at least classy. I'll pass.
 
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