This movie depicted a lot of the tension people must have felt on Flight 93. For a TV movie, A&E's "Flight 93" had a subtle horror about it; it wasn't Earth shatteringly fearsome, but as we all know how it ends it had an ominous feel to it. Then the final scenes came. This is where the film went south.
The last scenes of this film played this event like a natural disaster. Flight 93 wasn't Hurricane Katrina where there was no way to prevent it; people were murdered on 9/11. None of the anger that was felt nationwide was depicted. It was played as though this was nothing more than a tragic plane crash. The fact is that people weren't just angry about this blatant act of terrorism; they were floored like no other event in US history.
The film didn't need to show people taking to the streets in anger per se, but the depressing music at the end and the families crying made it seem as though they were just mourning their loved ones. That's not what happened. Those families were justifiably more furious than anybody, and to not show that is to show a watered down version of the events.
Close, but no cigar
The last scenes of this film played this event like a natural disaster. Flight 93 wasn't Hurricane Katrina where there was no way to prevent it; people were murdered on 9/11. None of the anger that was felt nationwide was depicted. It was played as though this was nothing more than a tragic plane crash. The fact is that people weren't just angry about this blatant act of terrorism; they were floored like no other event in US history.
The film didn't need to show people taking to the streets in anger per se, but the depressing music at the end and the families crying made it seem as though they were just mourning their loved ones. That's not what happened. Those families were justifiably more furious than anybody, and to not show that is to show a watered down version of the events.
Close, but no cigar