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United 93 vs Flight 93: Which movie is better and why?

posted 13 years ago by NobodymournstheWicked
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Both movies are about the passengers of Flight 93 that was the only plane that was hijacked and didn't reach its intended target on the morning of September 11th, 2001 and crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Flight 93 is a TV movie where Unite 93 played in movie theaters, and also carries a longer running time then Flight 93 does. And the fact that Flight 93 carries even more coverage in the movie then United 93 did. But which of these two movies do you think is better and why? And also that Flight 93 has a PG-13 rating, where United 93 has an R rating, but please respect everybody's opinions even if they don't agree with you, they have the right to their own opinion as to why one of these 2 films are better then the other one.

[–] CAastronaut 9 years ago

United 93 focused on the breakdown of systems, which, prior to 9/11/01, the public had no reason to question the strength/integrity of such systems. Flight 93 plays more like a made for TV movie--focusing on just the event and the personal stories, effects of that tragedy on the passengers'/crews' families, and those who fielded phone calls from the flight as it was going down.

[–] SanDiegoGirlDiana 9 years ago

I gotta go with the personal stories, the real victims, being focus on. I have a pal who knew one of them. They still hurt over it. So,i have to say flight 93 and i love few of the actors in it. I can watch it over and over again with smiles in the beginning to the tragic end, in tears each time. Well done to the cast.May the victims,in heaven continue RIP.

~Beyonce is not the only 1 who love to ride the surfboard~

-Ivan Cermak,Flight 93 and Stranger in my bed,
is so gorgeous and under-rated, as an actor.

-Ivan, if i can see you, in person, just one time, i will die happy."

Diana

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[–] Movie_Buff_Brad 9 years ago

United. Better acted, more intense. You could have a drinking game for Flight and every time it cut back to the families and their babies in the background. United didn't need to pull such tricks to hit home.

http://www.dorkly.com/post/73323/5-star-wars-prequel-complaints-the-internet-needs-to-retire

[–] jmd411psu 8 years ago

Yeah man what was with all the babies, like literally every passenger on the flight had a newborn?

[–] jmd411psu 8 years ago

Flight 93 is on TV right now and it just reeks of a TV movie, poorly acted, badly produced. From what I remember of United 93 it wasn't fantastic but at least it didn't seem like it was done on a ten thousand dollars budget.

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[–] nike06524 8 years ago

Flight 93! Why? It succeeds in making the characters more human somehow. I only saw United 93 once and was very disappointed in comparison to Flight 93. The characters seem flat and two-dimensional. It's rare for a TV-movie to beat a theatrical release. This is one of those times.

[–] KaiMaster (784) 3 years ago

Flight 93 was better