Movie Monday: Sully
I know it isn't Monday but yesterday ended up being busier than I expected so thus, Movie Monday makes its premier on a Tuesday.
Saturday evening I was eating dinner with my roommates as they began raving about "Sully". You know, that new movie about the pilot who landed an airplane in the Hudson River. The one with the trailer that doesn't have very much to it....except a plane landing in the Hudson. Let's just say I was skeptical about the movie to the point that my roommates were shocked at my dismissive attitude and dragged me, nearly kicking and screaming, to the movie theater that night just to see the movie.
At the completion of the movie, I was asked by these same roommates what I thought. By response was that I had nearly a hundred thoughts going through my head both good and bad but that the movie as a whole was not bad. It was much better than I expected it to be.
So what were my notes?
To start with what I felt was poor about the movie, I didn't care for the writing. it felt strained and less than conversational. The slights of humor weren't humorous and it was in essence too scripted. For me, if I am thinking about the acting and the writing as opposed to being lost in the movie and the plot then there are improvements that an be made. The lines said by extras, a place where an ad lib or candid shot could be valuable, seemed forced.
I don't like dwelling on the bad, especially in the arts and sciences where people devote their lives and souls into one or a few projects, so now on to the good.
The theme of this movie is a message that all people need to learn. Simply put, this movie is about the "human element". How humans aren't machines. How humans make mistakes. How humans avoid mistakes. How humans should not be judged based on perfection. In the movie, Sully, the pilot, is lauded by many for his landing of a plane in the Hudson that spares many lives, but is condemned by a safety committee because he endangered lives. So as to not give away the ending, it should just be known that Sully was fighting to allow people to use their brains. To be human.
The atrs and sciences of the movie seemed to mimic this. The acting of Tom Hanks, in the role of Sully, brought a hesitant and confused character to a point of closure although the process was admittedly and rightfully scatter-brained. The organization of the film seemed to move along with Sully's mind in how chopped up and segmented it was. It wasn't until the full story is put together that the truth is revealed. It wasn't until the full story is put together that Sully realizes what really happened and can adequately gain closure.
I, also, have received closure from my previous conflict with my roommates on how the movie would be. It is one I would definitely recommend because of the message that it shares. Humans are simply humans. Triumphs. Mistakes. Motivations.
Saturday evening I was eating dinner with my roommates as they began raving about "Sully". You know, that new movie about the pilot who landed an airplane in the Hudson River. The one with the trailer that doesn't have very much to it....except a plane landing in the Hudson. Let's just say I was skeptical about the movie to the point that my roommates were shocked at my dismissive attitude and dragged me, nearly kicking and screaming, to the movie theater that night just to see the movie.
At the completion of the movie, I was asked by these same roommates what I thought. By response was that I had nearly a hundred thoughts going through my head both good and bad but that the movie as a whole was not bad. It was much better than I expected it to be.
So what were my notes?
To start with what I felt was poor about the movie, I didn't care for the writing. it felt strained and less than conversational. The slights of humor weren't humorous and it was in essence too scripted. For me, if I am thinking about the acting and the writing as opposed to being lost in the movie and the plot then there are improvements that an be made. The lines said by extras, a place where an ad lib or candid shot could be valuable, seemed forced.
I don't like dwelling on the bad, especially in the arts and sciences where people devote their lives and souls into one or a few projects, so now on to the good.
The theme of this movie is a message that all people need to learn. Simply put, this movie is about the "human element". How humans aren't machines. How humans make mistakes. How humans avoid mistakes. How humans should not be judged based on perfection. In the movie, Sully, the pilot, is lauded by many for his landing of a plane in the Hudson that spares many lives, but is condemned by a safety committee because he endangered lives. So as to not give away the ending, it should just be known that Sully was fighting to allow people to use their brains. To be human.
The atrs and sciences of the movie seemed to mimic this. The acting of Tom Hanks, in the role of Sully, brought a hesitant and confused character to a point of closure although the process was admittedly and rightfully scatter-brained. The organization of the film seemed to move along with Sully's mind in how chopped up and segmented it was. It wasn't until the full story is put together that the truth is revealed. It wasn't until the full story is put together that Sully realizes what really happened and can adequately gain closure.
I, also, have received closure from my previous conflict with my roommates on how the movie would be. It is one I would definitely recommend because of the message that it shares. Humans are simply humans. Triumphs. Mistakes. Motivations.
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