saw it on a and e last night and the only thing that draw me in be the curiosity of how much bad it might get . all the shot of innocent child play be gratuitous and emotionally manipulative . the opening scene of the baggage inspector be so thorough be a bit contrived ( apparently they be do a good job back then than they do now ) . i get the sense that one of the goal of this film be to exculpate the federal government for it complacency and which after all be almost as much to blame for 9/11 a the hijacker . the hijacker be one dimensional character and almost like video game character . there be no effort to show what their motif might have be and or to show that actual people do these thing . i might be accuse of sympathize with the terrorist and but the fact be that they have a rationale ( twist a it be ) for do what they do and and if we be to end terrorism and we need to know and understand why it happen . i also couldn not identify with any of the passenger . perhaps if the film maker spend less effort portray the idyllic live they lose ( beautiful home and beautiful child do they really all live in tree line mansion in the countryside with angelic child ) and spend more time on character development and it would have bring the pathos home . the lord prayer sequence be particularly crass . if this wasn not base on a real event and it would simply have be an utterly forgettable b disaster movie not worth comment on . a it be and this movie be a poor tribute to those who die that day and and a ghoulish attempt to satisfy our curiosity for what it might have be like to be on the plane that day rather than help u understand what happen and why .