Sully
SCORE: 70
I hope you are aware of the FFG Haul videos by now. If not, please
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here. Sully on DVD was featured in one of those FFG Haul videos. I
was personally very curious to see this movie based on the real story of
the miracle landing on the Hudson river. Sully focuses more on the
aftermath than the crash.
Sully comes across as a bit of a witch hunt against the pilot. There
were multiple nearby airports. Why didn't he try to land at one of them?
Why choose a forced water landing in the Hudson river? The answers to
these questions become apparent in Sully. At least the movie moves us to
those conclusions. I was not there and I do not have the aviation
knowledge to judge the pilot and his decisions.
The issues families can have with Sully are bad language, and plane
crash images. I actually had trouble sleeping after watching Sully on
DVD. I kept seeing those crashes over and over again. I did not expect
Sully would impact me so deeply, but it did. I just want to warn you
about that in case you have a similar reaction to watching this movie.
The good news is no one died in Sully.
The low altitude bird strike that took out both engines was what caused
the plane to come down. The computer simulations did not take some
factors into account in my opinion. First was the other planes in the
air. Second was the time it took the tower to allow them the ability to
get right back to that airport. That is if they could have turned around
quick enough. Remember they had no engine power and were in essence
gliding down to Earth.
I enjoyed Sully tremendously on a personal level. It really showed how
this incident turned the lives of so many people upside down. It also
showed how the government wanted to learn from the incident and prepare
for it next time. I found it interesting that the simulations took
seventeen attempts to get right. When reaction time was taken into
account they could not land it anymore.
- Paul
Graphics: 70%
Sound: 60%
Replay/Extras: 70%
Gameplay: 75%
Family Friendly Factor: 75%
System: DVD
Publisher: Warner Bros Pictures
Developer: Village Roadshow Pictures, Flashlight Films
Rating: ‘PG-13’ for Parental Guidance suggested if under 13 years of age
{Some Peril and Brief Strong Language}
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