Sully Movie Analysis

How does a “hero” know that they made the right call?
Such has been the themes of recent comic book movies “Captain America: Civil War” and “Superman v. Batman: Dawn of Justice,” but “Sully” continues this year’s motto in a more non-fiction sense. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film focuses on the pilot behind the Miracle on the Hudson, Capt. ___ “Sully” Sullenberger, rather than the actual event.
The movie begins by immediately and clearly communicating Sullenberger’s post-traumatic stress. Restlessly staring at news reports reviewing recent events, the pilot’s image is a stark contrast to what audiences expect a person local news reports regard as a “hero” would more likely feel. As actual news footage from the event rolls on the TV screen, audiences are told exactly what they need to know: Captain Sullenberger successfully

As always, Hanks plays the shaken all-American, and he only encourages audiences to believe in Sullenberger and his instincts. Some might criticize an almost stone-cold approach to the struggle that Hanks is portraying, but the serious façade is another facet of the disciplined and experienced pilot. The world of the film is built around Sully, and for the most part, it is structurally sound.
“Sully” is a modern take on the American hero style of film, by no means has it broken any new ground or innovated the medium, and it is not perfect.
First of all, the movie is based on a rather small timeline of events, the actual landing having taken mere minutes. So, the movie’s 96-minute runtime relies on developments post-incident and reveals information about the landing in varying amounts. About halfway through the film is when the audience first sees the plane land on the Hudson, but one of the last scenes of the movie is a flashback only differing in slightly more detail, and it feels as though it was an effort to pad the movie length to a more average