SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

grantss A dramatised account of United 93, one of the four flights hijacked on 9/11. We see the events of that fateful day unfold from several perspectives - the passengers, crew and hijackers of United 93, several air traffic controllers in a few major control centres and from the perspective of the military, in particular US air defence at NORAD.Intense, realistic and utterly compelling. Mixing dramatisations of actual events, eg the air traffic control scenes, with best guess estimates of what happened in United 93 we have a movie that is part-docu-drama, part-fiction (though probably quite close to the truth). This gives the movie a great grittiness.Very well set up too. The scenes of passengers and crew getting on the plane are like any flight. This makes the movie even more engaging, as it shows it the characters were just everyday people going about their everyday lives, until fate changed that.Even when action is called for, there's no gung ho, Bruce Willis-like heroics. It's all pretty realistic and engaging.The sense of realism and real people is helped by having a cast of largely unknowns. Many of the air traffic controllers and some of the USAF personnel are played by themselves. No Hollywood pretentiousness and glamour.And then there's the tension. Director Paul Greengrass builds the intensity well, and ends the movie at the height of it, i.e. perfectly.Even though you know how it is going to end, you can't look away for a second, it is that compelling.Superb movie.

Parker Lewis I happened to see United 93 when visiting family in a London rental apartment and given we know the tragic ending, I must admit I didn't think I could be so gripped by United 93. Maybe it's because the director and writer Paul Greengrass is British, we get a non-gung-ho but moving account of this terrorist attack. The cast doesn't have any big Hollywood names, but we still really want them to overpower the terrorists.Even in the final, gripping and horrific scene, I was hoping against hope that the brave passengers managed to land the plane. That's how convincing I thought the acting was. I mean, when I watched the Titanic (the Kate Winslet one), I just felt it was inevitable that the iceberg would prevail, but in United 93 I really thought that just maybe in an alternative universe where Gore won the Miami recount in 2000, the terrorists would be overcome by the heroic Americans.

851222 Greetings from Lithuania."United 93" (2006) isn't my favorite picture by a mile. But this is probably the ONLY movie in my lifetime which left me speechless, for like literally 10 minutes after credits start rolling. Words can not express for devastating, vulnerable, angry i felt after first few minutes when this movie ended. I can not recall when a movie took me so hard, delivered me to the place and left me experiencing events so purely like "United 93" did. It is not a movie where you can identify with someone - you are just a viewer, seeing things from outside - in the beginning (because the whole picture is shoot in almost documentary style). After some time, you won't be feeling yourself as a viewer - you will be in there, with theme, at the time, EXPERIENCING everything. Strange, but i didn't felt like i was seeing good guys and / or vs. the bad guys (although they are the worst what planet Earth could produce in it's lifetime - that is my opinion). That is because of the brilliant and one of the kind to say the least directing and screenplay by Paul Greengrass - for this movie he should be remembered forever (calm down - no one will ever forget "Bloody Sunday" or even "The Bourne Ultimatum" - but i do not want to even hint on title "Born" in with the movie like "United 93", which is a most powerful tribute, probably, ever). Overall, if you are human being with emotions and comprehension - "United 93" is something to be witness by yourself. Don't be shine to be devastated by it - it is how a human nature should be responding to it. And to all of you who hated it and called it propaganda and etc. - i feel sorry for you - this masterpiece isn't for you, although it should have been... as we are all human.

Amy Edwards As an American girl, everything related to the horrible events of 9/11 is making me crying. Documentaries, movies, photos of people who died that day is tearing me apart.This movie about the heroes of Flight 93, the last plane hijacked by the Al Qaeda terrorists and crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania is particularly moving.Those 36 heroes who sacrificed their life while trying to regain control of the aircraft, saved thousands of people that horrific day. This movie is a powerful memorial and is making us very proud of those anonymous people for what they did for the country.United 93 is also focusing on the people who were on the ground and were witnessing the terrible events which were unfolding that day. While the entire world was watching the tragedy live and trying to make a sense of it, the ATCs, NORAD and FAA officials were struggling to get the situation back into control and despite the incredible confusion going on, did what they could.Some directors could have decided to turn this into a Hollywood movie and exaggerate the facts but Paul Bluegrass decided to stick to the reality and real history as much as he can and we can feel he and his staff made a lot of research to really honor those heroic passengers. This is very respectful and honorable and I'm sure that the families appreciate it a lot.May all those heroes rest in peace and never ever be forgotten.