Brace For Realism and Drama

Rating: 8/10 (24 September 2016)

Considering this is based on Sully's book, with the very capable Clint Eastwood Directing, I expected this movie the to make an impact. Mission Accomplished, and then some.
The film is designed like an onion. It opens with a nightmare by Sully crashing his plane, then it winds back into the aftermath of the crash, then it winds back to the crash, and then winds up to the aftermath, then back to the crash, and then finally to the hearing after the crash. It does so flawlessly like peeling back that onion and exposing more and more about the story.
Sully's relationship with his co-pilot is the most exposed part of this. Sully's relationship with his wife and family, is told smartly though it is more just between him and his wife. It mentions the daughters but that is all.
The most difficult thing it does well is the recreation of the crash. Sully puts in just enough about the passengers to make it feel real but not more than is needed. It dramatizes the relations between Sully and the NTSB investigation a bit more for dramatic effect, but is just the right touch. The hero's on the river who got to the plane quickly so that everyone is saved is done just right.
Tom Hanks is very effective, which is almost always true, as Sully. The film does actually get over the feeling of how Sully was treated as a hero by everyone after the crash, not an easy thing to do, brings the hero feeling into reality.
This film makes a point about computer information which is very relevant here. Any computer information is only a good as what is programmed into it. When a computer is used to simulate anything, it must have real data put into it to get real data out. That piece of drama dominates the closing of this one.
This film makes a point about computer information which is very relevant here. Any computer information is only a good as what is programmed into it. When a computer is used to simulate anything, it must have real data put into it to get real data out. That piece of drama dominates the closing of this one. I can not emphasize this enough. In an era where a lot of political issues are being supported by conclusions reached strictly by data in computers that has no real factual basis, there are the problems with that being pointed out in this movie.
Is it worth seeing? This movie makes my day, punks, but I leave it up to you to decide if I have fired enough data into this to make your day, too.