MOST red-carpet movie premieres end with thunderous applause and a buzz of conversation. But here there was silence. And sobs.

"I've never heard a quieter theatre in my life," Ivy Jacobson, a Manhattan lawyer, said after seeing United 93, the first big-screen portrayal of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Despite fears that the film would exploit the still-raw emotions from that day, most viewers said it honoured the memory of the passengers and crew.

Emotions high as flight 93 is relived


I don't know about anybody else, but I've been waiting for this one to come out since I first began seeing those heart-wrenching trailers. I'll be watching for its opening in our area.

I was wondering how long it would take to turn that event into some blatant way of making money. Of course, within weeks there were the slogans ... "buy your car from John Johnson Chevrolet, don't let the terrorists win" ... but a hollywood movie is alwlays like the ultimate low any event can sink to like Pearl Harbor or Black Hawk Down or even that anti-sematic travesty that is the Passion.


congrats america, you've completely sold out.

I'll ike to see a movie about all ther rest of 911. I am not holding my breath...

Very interesting link, slab...especially the video isolating what appeared to be preset charges as the towers came tumbling down.

I was wondering how long it would take to turn that event into some blatant way of making money. Of course, within weeks there were the slogans ... "buy your car from John Johnson Chevrolet, don't let the terrorists win" ... but a hollywood movie is alwlays like the ultimate low any event can sink to like Pearl Harbor or Black Hawk Down or even that anti-sematic travesty that is the Passion.

congrats america, you've completely sold out.

i will not be seeing this movie.
snakes on a plane, tho... im first in line for that.

that movie looks f---ing awesome! i mean, you absolutely CANNOT beat kenan thompson....but what the hell ever happened to Kel?

It makes you wonder why anyone would want to immigrate here.

Not spending 8 dollars to go see movie.

does anyone remember the weeks after 9-11 happened? there was such a pretentious sense of new-found decency everywhere ... i say pretentious because it was so utterly obvious it would only last weeks. and it did.

What do you get out of being a fulltime hater?

Call me what you want, I wouldn't have become a citizen if I didn't want to live here.

Frankly ... it wasn't my first choice ... or a choice at all.

Besides, does being of foreign origin somehow exclude me from being able to suggest how this country could be even better than it is?

And what I said is not my shtick - I just agree with the one half this country you love to hate.

Sounds like you need to stop editing my quotes because you (i'm sure accidently) for got this part "But I have come to love this country..."

of course you are the one who things I'm negative, since I oppose everything you stand for. which really isn't that much anyway

hmmm sounds like you suffer from a split personality disorder ... cuz you totally had me fooled into thinking you're a crazy fundamentalist hardcore christan bush-lover ...

David Beamer, whose son Todd Beamer was a passenger on the flight (and became famous for uttering the words "Let's roll" as the passengers prepared to make their final stand), understands that reluctance. "Look, it's painful. It's a nice thing to put out of your mind without necessarily forgetting, because every day it hurts. But I believe this movie has two excellent objectives: One is to capture the reality of what really happened on that plane, and the second is to remind us this war is still going on. To the extent that it helps us to remain vigilant, that's good."