Mar 24 2006United 93 Trailer
The trailer for United 93 is now available, providing the first real look at the courageous 9/11 story writer/director Paul Greengrass has created. I was all set to hate this trailer just for it's subject matter alone (I only show my patriotism through bumper stickers and racial prejudice), but then I saw the above shot of the pilots, their hands romantically close as they push the throttle, and I was sold. I had this movie all wrong. This isn't an exploitive, hokey, thriller. This is a true romance. This will do for 9/11 what Titanic did for the Titanic disaster: help us dismiss the tragic elements and replace them with sex.
When I saw that touching moment in this trailer, I'll be honest, I shed a single tear. As it ran down my face, I looked into one of my (many) bedside mirrors. The tear, in its salty wetness, had written, "Let's Roll" across my cheek. And my clothes...they had become American flags! Suddenly, the room was full of majestic bald eagles, their calls sounding suspiciously like our National Anthem! And, somehow, I had finished an entire bottle of cold medicine.
Reader Comments
1. weener - March 24, 2006 1:06 PM
"The tear, in its salty wetness, had written, "Let's Roll" across my cheek. And my clothes...they had become American flags!"
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2. inspector11 - March 24, 2006 2:29 PM
agreed. this one was genius. that's why i have robotussin in my cereal everymorning. i haven't coughed (or blinked) in years!
3. Jonboy in SF - March 24, 2006 7:42 PM
OMG, hysterical! Thanks for saying what we're all thinking.
4. xAgonyxScenex - March 24, 2006 10:58 PM
and one day someone will have the balls to make a movie about the other story
5. Tarun K - March 25, 2006 4:54 PM
That was hilarious :)
You're great!
6. BarbadoSlim - March 26, 2006 2:05 PM
Brokeback Suicide Bombing, A story of two pilots, one hundred passengers, a goat and how they all get it in the end.
I know, I know, it's been done to death
7. Kbartender - March 27, 2006 3:48 PM
Ok, that was the funniest thing I've ever read.
8. Average - March 27, 2006 3:52 PM
"(I only show my patriotism through bumper stickers and racial prejudice)"
I think I peed a little...
9. BEAM - March 29, 2006 6:28 PM
What kind of fantasy crap is this? Evvvveryone knows that Chimpy McHitlerburton was behind the 911 attacks! It's the oil man! The oil!
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