German 9/11 Victim Defamed in "United 93" Movie

[method77]

The movie "United 93" shows how American heroes take on the hijackers -- but only after a German passenger has tried to persuade them not to. The movie is described as "meticulously researched" and "fact-based", but there is not any indication that Christian Adams, deputy directory of the German Wine Institute and a Fulbright Alumnus, acted in the cowardly appeasing way he is portrayed in the movie.

Anthony Kaufman writes in his review in AlterNet: "a German blond businessman who turns out as a stereotypically weak-kneed Euro-pacifist (an obvious non-American who is eventually neutralized)."

The Film Fatale blog writes in "United 93's Euro-Pacifist Passenger":

To set up the non-American passenger as a phony obstacle to their heroism-is insulting. Even the four hijackers got a more humane portrayal.

More...

[DudeAsInCool]

What a load of crap - here we go again with some anti-American thing, anti-Hollywood thing. This was one of the best films of the year, or any year for that matter. I walked out of that theater having sympathy for all the victims - the critics, particularly those who havent bothered to see the movie, need to get a life

FYI, the headline is misleading...the critics suggest a particlar man was defamed - Im not buying it

[Redneck4sure]

the critics, particularly those who havent bothered to see the movie, need to get a life

That would be me.

Just because I'm ill informed doesn't stop me from rendering my valueless opinion on any subject. :happy: