QUATAR - Osama Bin Laden and Musab Al-Zarqawi both gave "two thumbs way, way, down" to the new film United 93 released last Friday. The film is the first major Hollywood release dealing with the events of September 11, 2001. The negative reviews were made during the weekly television program "Bin Laden and Al-Zarqawi At The Movies." The show, broadcast on the Aljazeera Network, features witty repartee, gentle jibes and occasional insights from two of terrorisms most fanatical cinematic aficionados.
It is rare that both men agree in their assessment of any film, but United 93 proved the exception. "Paul Greengrass directs this movie with the deftness of someone playing a piano with boxing gloves," said Bin Laden. "This is the kind of storytelling you would expect from an NYU freshman." Al-Zarqawi was equally dismissive. "We’ve known for quite some time that America is morally and spiritually bankrupt," he said. "With the release of this movie, we can now state unequivocally they are culturally bankrupt as well."
Both men ridiculed the performance of Lewis Alsamari as Saeed Al-Ghamdi. "Alsamari isn’t playing Al-Ghamdi, he’s doing an impression of him," said Bin Laden. "Absolutely the worst performance by any actor I’ve seen in all of my years of doing this show," said Al-Zarqawi. "And yes," he added, "I’ve seen all of Patrick Swayze’s movies."
