The Finest Hours
SCORE: 80
It is always nice seeing movies based on real life events. It is even
better when those real life events are heroic. It is even better still
when we find out God had a hand in the events that happened. We get all
of those things with The Finest Hours. I am thankful Family Friendly
Gaming was provided the Blu-ray + Digital HD version of this movie. It
is an inspirational movie.
Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster and Eric Bana headline The Finest
Hours. They all do amazing jobs. The era The Finest Hours comes from is
the 1950s. So the young lady love interest is extremely pushy. I can not
see that going over very well in that era. She also did not seem to
trust God to keep her fiance alive. Hopefully she learned her lesson.
The Finest Hours does not show us that.
I loved seeing the men pray in The Finest Hours. They did so after the
oil tanker they were on split in two in a nasty winter storm. Their half
stayed afloat for a bit while the other half went down. Plenty of men
died that night. Thirty-two were saved thanks to Captain Bernie Webber.
This rescue is still considered to the best ever in Coast Guard history.
Some of the things they went through were astounding.
I did not know a thirty-six foot boat could actually go through part of
a seventy foot wave, and come out okay on the other side. Plus all four
rescue workers stayed on the boat while they were under water. That
alone in The Finest Hours was amazing to see. As well as putting too
many men on their boat, and finding their way back to port in the dark
with no compass.
There are a few words here and there that some families may not
appreciate. There is also peril, and death in The Finest Hours. I
understand the peril had to be shown so the heroism looks as good as it
did. Out of all the rescue movies I have seen in my life, The Finest
Hours is one of the best. It is neat to see a movie where men rise to
the challenge, and save those in need.
There is some cool bonus content on the Blu-ray of The Finest Hours.
They are Against All Odds The Bernie Webber Story, Brotherhood, Two
Crews, What is your Finest Hour?, The Finest Inspiration The U.S. Coast
Guard, and Deleted Scenes. The deleted scenes had not been finished so
they were rough. Against All Odds The Bernie Webber Story is my personal
favorite.
- Paul
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 75%
Replay/Extras: 90%
Gameplay: 85%
Family Friendly Factor: 80%
System: Blu-ray
Publisher: Disney
Developer: Whitaker Entertainment, Red Hawk Entertainment
Rating:
‘PG-13’ - Parents Strongly Cautioned {For
Intense Sequences of Peril}
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