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Are you glad the wait is over for a movie about an airplane crash that happened 7 years ago?

Especially an uneventful one caused by birds, and all the crew and passengers safely disembarked?

Posted - August 15, 2016

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  • 2758

    Yes.  I for one wish to see this movie.  The more you know about flight, the more impressed you'll be by the feat accomplished by the pilot known as Sully.  Safely landing a jet airliner with a stall speed of some 185 knots (220 mph) on a body of water with zero fatalities (the definition of 'safe' in this context) is all but statistically impossible--yet this man did it flawlessly.

      August 15, 2016 1:47 PM MDT
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  • 2658

    Only because the birds weren't the swallows going back to Capistrano..

      August 15, 2016 1:56 PM MDT
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  • I don't intend to diminish the skills of the pilot with this post, but as a rule I have no interest in Hollywood's version of anything 'based on a true story.'

    edit-Their tagline is actually 'The Untold Story' for this movie. 

      August 15, 2016 1:57 PM MDT
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  • 2758

    Now THAT much is true!

      August 15, 2016 2:03 PM MDT
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  • 477

      August 15, 2016 2:31 PM MDT
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  •   August 15, 2016 2:32 PM MDT
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  • 2052

    It sounds like a good movie.

      August 15, 2016 2:49 PM MDT
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  • 44603

    Not really...It's kinda like Apollo 13...I was around when it happened and it was on the news 24/7. I'll wager Hanks did a great job though.

      August 15, 2016 3:02 PM MDT
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  • 46117

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    With the temperature of violence and accidents aplenty, this seems rather dull indeed

      August 15, 2016 4:14 PM MDT
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  • Didn't Alfred Hitchcock do this years ago?
      August 15, 2016 4:45 PM MDT
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  • What once was old is new again...or some dumb bulls**t. 

      August 15, 2016 4:49 PM MDT
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  • 2465

    I can't wait to see it.  Sully's skill and cool head saved the lives of 155 people.  Prior to reading this question, I thought there was nothing but adoration for Sully but after reading just a little of the story on CNN.com, I learned that he was put under a lot of scrutiny for taking the action he did.  He was questioned about the last time he had a drink and people criticized his landing in the Hudson saying he still had one engine and that they felt he still could have landed safely.  This is such a rare thing that pilots are forced to land on water so they aren't even trained for such a thing.  So do I think he's a hero, yeah I believe he is.  I very rarely go to the movies but I will for this one. 

      August 15, 2016 6:06 PM MDT
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