Too Soon for United 93?

GayPatriot noticed that in some theaters reported that their patrons thought it was "too soon" for United 93 (the movie whose tagline is "September 11, 2001. Four planes were hijacked. Three of them reached their target. This is the story of the fourth.")

As I commented on his site:

As a New Yorker whose father had a monthly meeting that was supposed be held in the WTC that morning and whose stepfather saw the towers collapse from his office window, my feeling is that it is not too soon.

I understand, of course, that others will disagree. As is their right.

But some people thought Schindler’s List was too soon. And movie theatres ONLY heard from the people who thought it was too soon, not the many who thought it was time or past time.

The director seemed to be very concerned about whether it was too soon, so what did he do? He went to the families of the victims. They didn't feel it was too soon, they wanted this story told. And many of us have been hungering for this.

We are a society that talk about movie characters as if they are real people, feel the tv characters we invite into our homes each week are our friends and talk about movie stars as if we actually know them. We expect pop culture to talk about the things we care about (and to tell us what to care about).

4 1/2 years after the fact...it is time for us to take advantage of the movie medium to see some real American heroes.