NTSB portrayed too negatively

Rating: 9/10 (19 June 2017)

That aspect of the movie ticked me off. I understand that it was used to create tension in the movie that it otherwise going to lack but I wish that Eastwood could have found another way. I'm not surprised that the actual NTSB complained I could hear members of the public saying "damn bureaucrats" as they left the movie. That IS unfair and just leaves the public trusting agencies even less.
But in all other respects I think it is a good movie. If you recall - Sully did return to flying - but not for long. I think the underlying reasons are well hinted at in the movie. Sully approved of the portrayal of him. It might have been more interesting to twist the movie around that. I've seen Jeff Skiles talk a couple of time and had a chance to chat to him a couple of times. I think the actor Aaron Eckhart NAILS his character. Tom Hanks - less so as Sully. He is overweight for starters and I couldn't quite suspend disbelief and go with it.
There are some good underlying nods to the fact it was training and Crew Resource Management (CRM) between the pilots that got the plane down successfully and that Sullenburger was unhappy with the media portrayal of him as the sole hero. Reminded me of BA38 in 2008 when the captain of the flight stressed to the press that it was the FO who successfully pancaked the plane onto the runway when the engines quit on short final and that he did his CRM part beside him as appropriate.
Now the actual effects - I have to say that when I fly the Hudson and head south over the GW Bridge - I always think "This is what Sully and Skiles saw......" Having seen the movie and now gone and found more plots of their ground track. Boy was I wrong. For all practical purposes they flew around the end of the East tower of the GWB as they were so low. MAN were they low. It was great bit of stick and rudder flying (with a little help from the computer - go read the NTSB report) and that alone is worth the price of admission. You could edit this whole movie down to the 208 seconds of the flight and the evacuation and rescue. That would be a total of 24 fabulous minutes of footage! Don't rush out as soon as the credits roll. Worth watching them too.