"Flight 93" versus "United 93"

I really liked the Greengrass film, as did most critics in 2006. Greengrass has a realistic quality to his cinematography that is truly compelling (and it's why the second and third "Bourne" films outperformed the original).

Last night Vonne and I finally got around to watching the TV film "Flight 93."

The difference?

I found the movie a lot more frightening, but the TV film a lot more sad, because the latter really focused on the families more.

They are both quintessential American films, though, as they seek out and celebrate the best part of an otherwise horrific day: the notion that ordinary Americans could figure out what was going on and thwart a complex plot years in the making, doing so in a matter of minutes and with the same suicidal sacrifice as the allegedly "superior" warriors we face.