What a movie!!!

Rating: 9/10 (30 September 2016)

Sully!!!
It was Jan 2009 when I was all ready to come to Oman and Sully happened! The news was all over TV. An Airbus 320 had actually 'landed' on a river! And all were alive! In the coming days, the miracle would be written and spoken about across the globe.
And now in 2016, when I had first seen the trailer of Sully, I knew this was a movie I cannot afford to miss. Then the added excitement of the opening of the first IMAX in Oman and sully being the first film. So here it was, my first IMAX experience and that to with Sully.
Sully, played by Tom Hanks is nothing short of a great movie ever made. Forget the incident and its re-creation. It was all about Chesley Sullenberger, the Captain of the flight, whose presence of mind, grit and above all experience saved everyone on that flight. Not once did I remember Tom Hanks (well, maybe the first scene). His conviction of the roles he plays is really stupendous. The movie enacts what happens and goes to show what transpired thereafter which only a few might be aware of.
The movie shows, how the lives of 155 individuals collaborates towards one destiny on that day. The worries, thoughts, tension, remembering their loved ones, prayers, all captured in those few moments when the aircraft is poised as if in time, before the ultimate undecided moment.
The big screen experience really made me live the scenes. Being a flying enthusiast and a flight simmer myself, I really freaked out at all the cockpit scenes and shots.
What more would you expect from the Daddy of Cinema, Clint Eastwood himself? The direction, editing, acting is truly flawless. Enjoyed every frame of this movie.
A Hollywood production you ideally should not miss. And if you have the opportunity to see it in IMAX, don't miss it. As it has been shot on IMAX and the scenes are tailor-made to be enjoyed there. A story you would never want to live but definitely want to know, what had happened!
Rajesh Sharma @rajrad