I avoided this movie for quite some time, mainly because I’m not a big fan of Tom Cruise (I resent his support for Scientology), but the movie is worthwhile. There are some loose ends in the story, but it is overall convincing. The turn-around in the story line is credible (and good!). Andrea Riseborough’s acting is so good that it gives you a foreboding feeling from the beginning, even if her text is perfectly neutral. I liked that a lot! And there are more surprises in the story. The ending is not totally convincing, but can be forgiven. Landscape views and soundtrack are very impressive. It’s definitely a big-screen movie!
This is a very neat documentary drama. Some scenes are re-enacted, but they use the original (recorded) texts, because on a ships bridge everything is recorded (as are emergency calls). The film tries to be as impartial as possible, and gives room to the captain‘s defense lawyer. It‘s a pity that the company owning the ship refused to collaborate. There seems to be more amiss in the cruiser industry than a captain‘s failures.
Emotionally, this documentary drama film impressed me more than Titanic. The first-hand testimonies, the mixture of documentary material and re-enacting made a deep impression.
The re-enacting is mixed with some material passengers, investigators, and journalists had filmed. There’s even some CGI material in order to visualize the accident itself. All this is put together very skillfully.
The film uses the original languages with subtitles. As in aviation, English is the main language on the bridge. Italian and German are used quite often too. For language nerds (and Italians): Antonio di Mauro (playing captain Francesco Schettino), although his parents are of Calabrese origin, doesn’t have Schettino‘s Neapolitan accent, which sometimes sounds funny, but his acting is good.
I fully recommend this documentary, one of the best I have watched for some time (and I watch a lot of documentaries).
This is a must-see documentary about fake in science. It is mainly about how big industrial players intervene in scientific research in order to confuse the public to their advantage.
Although I'm not a particular fan of the main actors, I liked the movie. It is appealing for those of us who like escape games. I did some guessing as well and had a feeling where the high-end prison is minutes before the main character found out (I think this was intended by the script). I like movies where you can take part in the guessing.
I liked this movie better than its predecessors, although I am still very unsatisfied about the depiction of the dinosaurs: Archeopteryx and theropods (T-Rex and velociraptors, e.g. the important main velociraptor Blue) were feathered. Not so in Jurassic World. No explanation is given why this is so. I'm pretty sure it is simply a mistake. As to archeopteryx: it could not fly as well as shown in the film. Most probably it could just glide from tree to tree. And it had feathers, of course!
The film is good. Unfortunately, there are some historical inaccuracies. The Cosy Corner is not located in a cellar, but is a street-corner pub. The double-s runes don’t belong on SA uniforms.
