Captain Sully watched me with excitement, even though it seemed a bland movie. But plain expression is the most powerful, far more powerful than all kinds of fancy tricks. It is a pity that many people cannot see the true meaning from the bland, and this is often the case in real life.
On January 15, 2009, when the economy was bad, US Airways Flight 1549 was struck by a flock of birds two minutes after takeoff and forced to land on the Hudson River. All 155 people survived.
But what exactly happened? No one actually knows, including Sally and the co-pilot himself. People themselves, everything that happens to them, is actually not necessarily fully understood. All we can know is our own feelings and opinions.
So a search for the truth began silently.
Through the accountability process to reveal the truth of the air crash and restore the true character of the hero, the director's ingenious angle, without tension, without touching scenes, actually made my heart burn. The most powerful is the ordinary life, the real human nature.
The economy is bad, depressed citizens need a hero, the media needs big news, the TSA needs to be held accountable...Everyone, for their own benefit, comes on stage like a revolving beacon.
The TSA wants to find fault, to find out who's responsible, so they're aggressive. But they are just doing their job, and it is not ruled out that with selfishness, they want to do a big case and bring the much-anticipated hero down from the altar.
The media did not stop for a moment, besieging Sally's home and then surrounding Sally's hotel, ignoring the inconvenience and pressure of Sally and his family. No need to beautify them. They just need big news.
Everyone has to work, everyone has to support their family, and everyone wants to make money. This is human nature and no one can stop it.
It's not just the TSA, though. There are also unions, and the unions stand behind Sally and strike a balance with the TSA. The union also needs to complete its own work and help the employee Sally. They can also have selfishness to keep this much-anticipated hero, which is a strong political capital.
In repeated confrontations, the truth gradually surfaced. The TSA can investigate and schedule simulations on its own, but the union and Sully also have the right to look at the data, give advice on the simulations, and add human pilots. It's about confronting each other, checking and balancing each other, and letting the truth come out as you come and go.
Everyone can speak from their own standpoint, but no one can manipulate the facts. It can be investigated and defended, but neither side has the power to manipulate the truth.
Even if one of the parties has flaws in human nature and wants to harm others for its own self-interest, it cannot do it. Even if the Transportation Bureau wants to harm Sally for the sake of performance, or the trade unions and the media want to directly make Sally a hero for personal gain, even if their human nature is really dark, don't even think about it, they can't do it.
Besides, what's wrong with human nature? Want to do your job well, what's wrong with wanting performance? Look at the problem from your own point of view, what's wrong with doing things?
Everyone is a man, not a god! You can't look at the big picture and grasp all the truth in an instant.
The so-called criticism of human nature in some film reviews makes people feel childish and ridiculous!
What is the use of criticizing human nature? Elevate everyone to God? Is everyone omniscient and omnipotent, always making the best decisions?
A good system is that you only need to do your job well and do what you want to do. The truth will naturally be revealed in everyone's checks and balances. As long as you conform to your human nature, you can be part of a virtuous circle. Just be yourself!
No moral pressure, no distortion of human nature. You just need to start from your own position and do what you need to do.
The TSA does the investigations it wants, the media does the big news it wants, and the unions do what it wants to protect workers. Those who should take responsibility should take responsibility, and those who should be heroes should be heroes.
This got me fired up. A good system conforms to human nature. Everyone can do their job well and take care of their own selfishness. You don't need to distort your humanity at all, you don't need to pretend to be high morality.
What's the use of those who criticize human nature all the time? What else can we do other than clamoring for the evil of human nature?
Besides, I don't think there's anything wrong with doing my job well from my own position!
Besides, Captain Sally, he's a really good guy, a real hero.
But what is a hero? We always like to brag about all kinds of personal heroism and exaggerate all kinds of illusory things. But Sally is a very down-to-earth, very flat person. He is rational and restrained, without pride or halo. So I saw some people in the film critics say that it is not good at all.
Sally is a very professional person. There is a scene where he was chatting with the co-pilot in the car, talking about a website he had built, the co-pilot said, people who don't know, thought he had hundreds of people under him.
The film also shows through some interspersed shots that Sally is also a very experienced person.
His super professional skills and rich experience are the guarantee that he can make this feat and successfully save 155 people! This is a real, powerful example. However, in an environment where everyone looks down on their work and everyone is chasing quick money, how many people can understand the power of Sally?
Sally is also very calm and rational. After the plane accident, he did not panic, and made decisions calmly and decisively with his own intuition. No inner struggle, no sensationalism. Yet this is a noble quality, and in times of distress, it can save lives. It's a pity that many people think it's too bland.
Sally is also a very stress-resistant person. Before the results of the investigation came out, he had to bear both the psychological trauma after the disaster and the pressure of being harassed. But he is very restrained every time he calls his family and does not transfer his emotions to others. He would go for a run and chat with others. In front of the co-pilot, he has always been very calm.
At this time, the role of the media has also emerged. You could say the media is unethical, harassing Sally and her family for their own benefit. But the media also spread Sally's story, allowing Sally to get the kindness and comfort of the citizens, relieve the pressure, and come up with a good way to prove his innocence.
His wife's ability to withstand pressure is far less than his, and her mood fluctuates greatly. Before the results of the investigation, she was worried about the mortgage, and the other house could not be rented out, and the land would be lost. It's that she not only can't help Sally share the pressure, but also adds extra trouble to him.
In fact, Sally was even more stressed at the time and was still in a period of psychological trauma. But he can calmly consider the possibility of failure of the investigation, try to communicate with his wife, and prepare her psychologically.
Of course, the end result was good.
Such a man can really stand there like a mountain, no matter what happens, he can bear it. He will not transfer his emotions to his wife and children. He is a good man who can handle his emotions, withstand pressure, and support his family!
Now a lot of people will love to love to go, love is inseparable. But do you know what you love about the other person and what the other person loves about you? A lot of times, you can't even see who the other party is and what the other party is like, and you just love them to the death.
Many people can't see the excellent quality of Sally, and it is easy to understand.
He's a bland, but true hero!
During the investigation, Sally also had doubts about himself, because the evidence at that time showed that the left engine still had power, which did not match his feelings. There were also times when he wavered and felt that the investigation might fail.
As I said at the beginning, sometimes, even the parties do not necessarily know the whole truth. When others say otherwise, you will be shaken and doubted yourself.
At this time, what should you do?
How many people doubt their intuition? a lot of. In fact, there are very few people who dare and firmly believe in their own feelings.
And Sally can do it. Although he will be shaken, this is true human nature, and no one is invincible. But he was still able to defy all opinions and trust his own feelings.
Eventually, when the results of the investigation came out, he heard the plane recording and said he was going to take a break and then told the co-pilot that he was so proud of himself. How many people can resonate with that scene? A sense of pleasure in which intuition is confirmed.
Very little. Because we have always been taught not to trust our intuition. Going with the feeling is ridiculed. Yet intuition is a very important thing.
This scene made me love Sally so much. Only those who follow their emotions and trust their intuition are mentally healthy, confident and courageous.
Eventually, Sally believed in herself. The TSA folks were also moved by the real heroes. Therefore, it is necessary to torture the truth, not to deliberately make things difficult for the hero. This process of pursuing the truth is also very meaningful to Sally herself! This process has taken him from a terrible post-disaster mental state to truly believing that he is a hero.
People need the truth; people also need self-evidence.
Sally is a true hero with a lot of good qualities in him. Yet he is restrained, calm, rational, and plain. Not very proud, not boasting sensational, so many people can't understand!
After reading it, I am very willing to learn from people like Sally. Willing to learn from his beautiful qualities.
This movie is really inspiring, the system is very burning, and the people are also burning. But I think the protagonist's burning is what the director wants to express. The system is only incidental, and he probably didn't expect the incidental system to make a strange audience in a distant country so amazed.
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