Sully

Sully

Rating 9 out of 10

The first reason you need to go see this movie is Tom Hanks.  Well, you don't really need another reason to head to the theater than Mr. Hanks is is it.  It helps more that it's directed by Clint Eastwood, but mostly it's just a great story.

We all remember that January day in 2009 when the US Airways plane hit a flock of geese and lost both engines at very low altitude.  There were 155 souls on board and they are alive today because of one man.  Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger.  What this man did was in my opinion nothing short of amazing.  I got my private pilots license in 2002 and have 600+ hours in the air.  I am not qualified to clean the gum of this mans shoes.  The word hero is thrown around way too often.  This man saved those 155 lives and no telling how many on the ground had he tried to make it back to the airport.

The movie details events that happened after the water landing.  While most of the world is singing the praises of Sully and crew the airline authorities seemed to be determined to prove they could have easily made it back to the airport and recklessly endangered those lives instead of saving them.  They would have been fired and potentially lost all their retirement.

As I said the only reason you need to see this movie is Tom Hanks.  He hits a home run as he often does.  He nailed the Sully part.  Needless to say I loved this movie as did the Hottie who was hopped up on cold medicine.  I highly recommend it.