national hero

Domenica 2022-04-19 09:02:01

On September 12, 2001, when I was in high school, the teacher said a long sentence after the start of the English class that day. The complete sentence was not clear, but one word "terrorist" (the reason for playing CS) was clear. Then the teacher translated that yesterday morning, a group of terrorists hijacked four planes and attacked the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington (I lived on campus when I was in high school, so I didn't see it on the news). A few days later, a VCD titled "Assault on America" ​​published by Zhonglu Degala sold out in our small town.
It was later learned that more than four planes were hijacked by terrorists. In another hijacked plane, the plane did not hit its target, but crashed in the suburbs due to the vigorous resistance of the passengers. The film "Thriller Flight" ("United 93") tells the story of this other plane.
When I first heard about the 9/11 incident, I was very excited. I felt that bin Laden was very arrogant and dared to attack the United States. As we get older, we realize that terrorists are terrorists after all. Whatever the purpose, targeting ordinary, unrelated people is brutal. In the film, when the passengers on the plane said goodbye to their families in tears, my mood also went down. In the entire 9/11 incident, tens of thousands of innocent lives were destroyed in this way. At the end of the film, when the plane hits the ground, there is no dubbing of the explosion, only a long black screen, leaving you to think.

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Extended Reading
  • Pattie 2022-03-27 09:01:08

    Good miniseries, maybe the hero's plot is mostly just imaginary, but for the family of the deceased, memorials are important, the title shot patiently with each passenger's boarding pass

  • Marie 2022-04-24 07:01:07

    Short takes, handheld, live sound, jump cuts, the results are surprisingly direct. The documentary approach played a huge role in that feeling.

United 93 quotes

  • Ziad Jarrah: [in Arabic, after Al-Nami has sat down next to him] What are you doing here?

    Ahmed Al Nami: Why are we waiting?

    Ziad Jarrah: It's not the right time. Sit and I will give you the sign.

    Ahmed Al Nami: When?

    Ziad Jarrah: Go and sit down.

    Ahmed Al Nami: We have to do it now.

    Deborah Welsh: [interrupting; to Jarrah] Would you like anything to drink?

    Ziad Jarrah: [in English] No. I'm fine, thank you.

    Deborah Welsh: Sure?

    Ziad Jarrah: Yes.

  • [first lines]

    Ahmed Al Haznawi: [subtitled Arabic] Ziad. It's time.