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Movie Review – Sully
Many thing could go wrong with a story like Sully. Foremost of which being the inclination, the compulsion, to exaggerate. How do you paint a stirring portrait of a legendary hero without over relying on embellishments and hyperboles? How do you earn the awe of a paying audience, without deviating markedly from truth and reality?
Sully doesn’t completely get all of these balances right, and by that I mean its contentious portrayal of the NTSB as an antagonistic, fault-insistent committee for dramatic purposes. On the whole, however, Sully still shines brighter than many other movies in this genre because of its choice to tell the rest of the story as it was. Audiences hungry for action are going to be sorely disappointed. Tom Hanks’ Chesley Sullenberger borders on being stony and there is absolutely no Hollywood style heroics in the movie. Even the climatic Hudson River rescue scene is accompanied by melancholic piano music, rather than strident symphonic marches. Because of that, and believe me when I say this, a stirring poignancy is infused into the movie. You will empathise with the misfortune of the passengers, just as you will celebrate their rescue. Most of all, you will leave the cinema with a deep respect for the real life Chesley Sullenberger. A man with exceptional skills, who made an exceptional decision. A decision that saved the lives of 155 persons on a freezing January day.
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