Water Bodies Analysis

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Lowry contradicted himself in his review by calling Sully both a no-frills affair and chilling like the Hudson in January. By all accounts, the movie was a moving story about a likable character. Nevertheless, it was not a thrilling experience.
The movie opened up with Pilot Chelsey “Sully” Sullenburger and Copilot Jeff Skiles being investigated by the NTSB. In which, I found Sully a wonderful character through his directness and retorts. Hanks first words as Sully was correcting the NTSB agent by saying, “Water landing.” Defending his actions in few words, while watching his eyes dart to whom he is speaking to truly did show a gritty side to Sully. Just after the meeting with the NTSB, he called his wife from the hotel room, seemingly worried about his family and that he really did the right thing. In this scene, he looks at himself in the mirror and the camera takes a close-up on his face as he reflects internally while on the phone. Thus, showing a vulnerable side as well.
When Sully says, “I was just a man doing his job.” He is speaking to a reporter shortly before cutting scenes to when he is a teenager learning to fly. I found this scene rather interesting for different reasons than the character …show more content…

Even though the flight was the central story point I found it incredibly underwhelming. The lead up was slow and humanizing, while the crash felt humdrum. Cutting scene to scene directly to flying a jet with complications and landing it perfectly despite difficulties. I felt no excitement or happiness during the flight, the cut to the jet, or the water landing – only anticlimax. However, the hectic scene following the water landing where all of the passengers and crew are being sorted out felt more in tune with what Lowry wrote about. Particularly, a son who lost contact with his father after the landing called him and their emotional conversation did evoke an elated response in

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