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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 8:30 am
Has anyone seen the preview in movie theatres for the 9/11 movie about flight 93? I was at the movies this weekend and it played in the theatre. Everyone sitting around me was offended by it. I couldn't watch it. I think it is way too soon to make a movie about it. The preview showed the burning buildings. It was horrible. I couldn't even imagine going to that movie.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 8:47 am
I've seen the previews and I'll watch it once it comes out on DVD.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 8:50 am
The people who think it is too soon or disapprove will vote with their wallets and stay away. It will be interesting to see what audience it attracts. There are an awful lot of movies that involve large numbers of people dying that do very well financially (look at all the war movies for example).
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:02 am
There have already been two TV movies done about Flight 93. I guess folks don't get as upset about TV movies as they do about the big screen.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:03 am
That is true, I would be very curious to see what type of people go to the movie and also how well it would sell in NYC. We still have people dying here from 9/11. An EMT worker died a few weeks back from a particular form of cancer that was caused by exposure to asbestos when she was working the WTC.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:13 am
I'm going to watch Tom Cruise on Friday night. I'm interested to hear what he has to say. I like Diane Sawyer and think the interview should be really good. I have no intention of watch Flight 93. Too soon for me. It's so sad and I can't imagine watching it for entertainment sakes.
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Marej
Member
09-20-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:14 am
I'm sure Diane will ask Tom tough, probing questions. Like, how hard was it to come up with a name for your plane. .
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:15 am
I watched the previews on the website for the movie and they are gutwrenching. There was a news story recently about the reactions of people seeing the trailer in theaters. Apparently there has been some real harsh criticism about it being too soon and many theaters have quit showing it. I think it's interesting that the only people who seem to think it's not too soon are the ones who were most affected - family and friends. For many it will always be too soon while, unfortunately, a few seem to have already forgotten.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:35 am
I think the main criticism is that if you are in a theater seeing another movie, and the trailer comes up, you have no choice but to see it. They should have a warning, so people can leave the theater until the trailer is over. On TV, you can choose to watch it. When it is a film in the theater, you can choose to go or not to go. But when it is a trailer before another movie, it sort of assaults you.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:59 am
They were showing a trailer of it a few weeks ago which treated it just like any other trailer - all dramatic and movie-like. I think that was the trailer they pulled, and this weekend they'd switched it for something that looks like it's an interview with family members, but is also actually a trailer for the movie. The fact that the family members helped makes it a little less offensive to me (as I'm sure was the intent of the new trailer) but I still think it's inappropriate movie material. I think the tv movie was inappropriate too. I wouldn't see either. Much too upsetting.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:00 am
Is Tom going to jump all over Diane's couch? If so, I may tune in.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:57 am
What a beautiful family!

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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:17 am
All I see is a sheet and some toes.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:19 am
Baby Violet

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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:29 am
wow, how sad that ben and jennifer have to live in a basement apartment LOL actually,i was j/k. i like both of them and hope this family has a lifetime of happiness together.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:32 am
Awww... what a cute baby! I saw the trailer for the movie -- the first one and was shocked. The people just sat there in shocked silence. And I thought the same thing -- didn't we already have 2 tv movies about that flight? I also saw a movie poster -- did you know Oliver Stone is doing a movie about 9/11? I wonder what his take on it will be.
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Ginger1218
Member
08-31-2001
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:43 am
That baby looks exactly like Jennifer Garner
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:45 am
Ginger, that was just exactly what I was thinking. Jennifer II.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 12:53 pm
You know, I just saw 13 Going on 30 on TV and loved it. (I thought it had been panned.) Violet is adorable. I'll watch the Diane Sawyer/Cruise interview, too. Out of curiosity. Anyone know when Katie's due date is? And I just watched a Flight 93 movie on TV--and, surprisingly, thought it was quite good because it showed the phoned families interaction with their loved ones. So I had a better image of some of the families' reactions--and it tugged at my heart watching how those aboard coalesced.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 1:16 pm
Ginger I think you hit the nail on the head. We had no idea it was coming and we were basically prisoners in our seats while we watched film of the towers burning and then actors playing out the story. It was obscene to me.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 1:36 pm
Herkle -- 13 going on 30 was very cute. Made me a Jennifer fan. It's not "Big" but was very enjoyable. I think Katie was due yesterday! Seriously, I think it's any day now.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 1:55 pm
Oh yeah I loved that movie.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:10 pm
I've always loved movies with kids in them and though this one was a lightweight compared to flicks like Stand By Me, Witness, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and Man on Fire--this was just such a lovely little film. It hit me just right the night I watched it. Made me like her too, Brenda. Did you see it at the movies or on TV, Mocha? Thanks, Brenda. Wouldn't Sawyer love that scoop?
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Irishtxgrl
Member
12-07-2005
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 4:27 pm
Think Jennifer Garner really has the whole girl next door thing down pat, then you see her on Alias and it is like BAM Vixen. I really like her and think they make a very nice looking couple.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 6:28 pm
I like too that Jennifer wasn't pencil-thin just weeks after having the baby. I've always wondered how they can get so thin, so fast.
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