Sorry, in my last post the film is titled "United 93". I mistakenly
called it "Flight 93" in my last two paragraghs.

My apologies (IIRC, Premiere magazine first reported the movie as
"Flight 93" before filming started). Anyway, sorry for the trivial
mistake...

I'd like to add that I think adults will fare better with this film
than young adults and children. I saw the first show, first day and
there was a conspicuous absence of these groups which ironically
make-up the bulk of the movie viewers in America.

I think maybe some families just skipped the film or didn't allow their
kids to see it. The news reported that many Americans, including the
young, didn't even recognize the title- what "United 93" meant. We will
find out if the box office jumps this week or not as word spreads. But
if a major motion picture opens under $15 mil the first wk, then it
will soon drop to the $5mil level and then disappear.

With "MI:3, Poseidon, The DaVinci Code, and X-Men3:Last Stand" opening
over the next four weeks, I don't think "United 93" will sell. This
movie is more for the rental or purchase market since then parents can
explain the film to their kids at home or turn it off if it gets too
intense or emotional.

I personally am not going to buy it because it's just too depressing a
film and not one I would want to play over and over. My brother didn't
take his boys to the film because they thought it would be "great" and
my brother had to explain to them that real people died and it isn't
"great" no matter what action was taken. My brother also did not want
to sympathize with the Arabs saying their prayers and watch them live
out their holy war on what they perceive as "infidel America". I don't
blame him. I would not have taken my nephews either.

Does anyone else feel this way, honestly? Or will people start labeling
people that didn't like the film or fully support it "un-patriotic"? I
saw this film with two adults my age and one had served in the military
while another had a family member in NY that almost died on 9/11. All
of us thought the movie was just OK... but depressing and we left the
theater feeling miserable.

Rob