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Most docudramas, miniseries, and movies \u201cinspired by actual events\u201d are too long, too dramatic, and stray too far from the facts. \u201cUnited 93<\/a>\u201d isn\u2019t one of them, and I must disagree with my colleague, Michael, who wrote<\/a> that he didn’t see what anyone would get from seeing this movie. I think everyone should see it. And take your teenagers if you can.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t go see it for enjoyment, because it is too gritty to be called entertainment. But too many kids–as well as overgrown kids–don’t get anywhere close to the real events when they watch the typical movie that claims to be “inspired by actual events.”<\/p>\n

\u201cUnited 93\u201d obviously didn\u2019t have the happy ending of “Thirteen Days\u201d or \u201cApollo 13.\u201d It didn\u2019t have forced romance to soften the blow, like \u201cTitanic\u201d or \u201cPearl Harbor.\u201d It hits us more personally than \u201cHotel Rwanda,\u201d \u201cU-571,\u201d or \u201cK-19: The Widowmaker,\u201d because it chronicles a recent American tragedy, which strikes us at our core. It hurts deeper than some other realist flicks such as \u201cBlack Hawk Down\u201d or \u201cSaving Private Ryan,\u201d because 9-11 is more current and real for many of us.<\/p>\n

But sooner or later, Americans are going to have to develop a strategy for producing the same depth of conviction that once caused our forefathers to commit treason against the King to start a new country, which we’re all now blessed to live in. The passengers on United 93 can teach us much about that.<\/p>\n

One small controversy about this film may be the altering of the last slide of the ending credits, changed from \u201cAmerica\u2019s war on terror had begun\u201d to a dedication to the memory of the passengers and crew. I liked the former title, not simply because of the politics involved, but because “United 93” is about people who took personal responsibility and acted in circumstances which they didn\u2019t cause but nevertheless confronted them. Their actions didn’t extend their own lives, but gave life to countless others who were saved by their heroics. Therein lies a depth of sacrifice and love that few Americans have heard enough recent stories about.<\/p>\n

When “commitment” and “willingness to sacrifice” are discussed, we’re usually hearing about the other guys.<\/p>\n

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