Movie recommendation: "Sully"

[Bobw235]

This film was fantastic! "Sully", starring Tom Hanks in the title role, is nominally based on the book written by Captain Chesley Sullenberger and recounts the crash and the investigation that followed. My wife and I really enjoyed it. Here's a link to the NY Times review for anyone interested. Also, here's a separate link in their business section talking about some of the comments from the lead investigator for the NTSB, disputing how the investigation is portrayed in the film.

I thought Hanks and the other characters did a fine job. The water landing and moments leading up to it, as well as the subsequent rescue (which amazingly took only 24 minutes!) are likely to leave you feeling exhausted and thrilled. A very satisfying film by Clint Eastwood. I see that this is also shown as an iMax film, but we did not see it in that format.

 

[Don M.]

We've got reservations at the casino in a couple of weeks. They are currently showing Sully at their movie theaters, and I will make it a point to see this movie....it sounds like one of the very few worth watching in quite some time. The Discovery Channel just did a 2 hour special, this evening, on that crash...and Sullenberger most certainly did a fantastic job of saving 150+ lives.

 

[Impcb1]

We went to see Sully a couple of days ago. It was a welcome break from all the negativity in the news, and feeling so disgusted with Donald Trump and anyone who would support him. We were reminded that there are people with integrity who actually care about the welfare of others.

It was also a great comment on how institutions (NTSB) have come to rely so heavily on data and computer models. I think this is true in many fields--medicine, education, social services--and we all need to remember the 'human factor'. Tom Hanks and Aaron Eckhart were fabulous!