Review of Sully (2016) by Netflic — 11 Sep 2016

The movie depicts a true story of "The Miracle on Hudson", when in 2009 a plane hit a flock of wild geese and lost both engines, and it's captain managed to land it into Hudson River and save all passengers and crew. It is named after Captain Sullenberger, or "Sully" for short. The movie is based on a book 'Highest Duty' that Sully co-wrote.

I am a big fan of Clint Eastwood as a director, and my expectations were high, especially considering Tom Hanks starring in this movie, and high ratings from both critics and audience.

Hanks's performance was as good as I was hoping for. I enjoyed cinematography for the most part, even though sometimes computer-generated graphics were too obvious.

Directing for me was not very impressive, however. People in some episodes did not look authentic or believable. Additionally, Eastwood over-dramatized National Transportation commission's incident investigation, making them look like bad guys trying find fault in Captain Sully's actions. A quick look at Wikipedia proved that it was not the case. I understand the importance of artistic license, and that the movie is not a documentary, but the event was too recent, and Hollywood should not re-invent history to destroy real peoples' reputation.

Overall the movie is not bad and is worth watching but it is definitely not one of Eastwood's best.