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Could BP look any worse?
Our good ole boys catch their choppers to the Deepwater Horizon to put in their 21-day shift. Wahlberg and Russel (Mr Jimmy, rig boss) arrive to be greeted by BP company men who are ready to start production after being 43-days behind schedule. The "Slum-burger" crew heads out not even finishing their last tests of the concrete. The semi-evil Malkovich plays the BP company man pushing for production right then and there. Russell insists on some last minute pressure testing and that's when this nearly compelling film shifts from semi-technical to experiencing the Bismarck's final moments.
The script does give one a small undergrad education of what drilling and life aboard an exploration rig are like. Just as on the Titanic, some of the crew were not readily aware of beginning fireworks. The rig seems real and the cast portrayed earnest, hard-working men. Wahlberg is the most fully developed character with scenes from his marriage to Kate Hudson. He is also the POV in the beginning of the story.
There was a uniformity of character among the cast. The only standout was Malkovich with his near Cajun accent which was hard to understand at times (for me). In fact, in the beginning of the story, I had trouble following a lot of the dialog against the fully operational rig.
Otherwise, this was a finely crafted film even though it appeared to be shot in HD.
I learned something and felt the tension of a rig blowing out. About 120 crew members were on board and 11 died which was quite remarkable for such a disaster. (The film ends at rescue.)
Worth a walk in.
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Topic - 'Deepwaater Horizon': "Slum-burger, democrat" - Billy Wonka 14:28:56 09/30/16 (19)
- RE: 'Deepwaater Horizon': "Slum-burger, democrat" - dancingseamonkey 12:28:03 10/02/16 (0)
- RE: 'Deepwaater Horizon': "Slum-burger, democrat" - Mike B. 10:58:46 10/01/16 (0)
- It's political? - mkuller 10:52:21 10/01/16 (8)
- RE: Schlumberger Ltd. - user510 15:38:21 10/03/16 (0)
- The "democrat" is a slag on the Slum-burgers . . . - Billy Wonka 13:26:41 10/02/16 (5)
- RE: The "democrat" is a slag on the Slum-burgers . . . - rditmars 14:21:45 10/03/16 (3)
- Here they were shown as being the concrete casing guys . . - Billy Wonka 19:21:29 10/03/16 (2)
- RE: Here they were shown as being the concrete casing guys . . - rditmars 13:21:39 10/05/16 (1)
- Wow, thanks for doing the legwork vis a vis those details. ^. - Road Warrior 16:05:19 10/05/16 (0)
- Halliburton?!!! (nt) - mkuller 08:09:08 10/03/16 (0)
- Always. - free.ranger 16:10:13 10/01/16 (0)
- What came next in the timeline is the real story and it's a tragedy... - MaxwellP 16:08:49 09/30/16 (7)
- You need a documentary to cover the aftermath . . . - Billy Wonka 13:27:24 10/02/16 (1)
- Not really....//nt - MaxwellP 04:49:52 10/03/16 (0)
- Not a fan of big explosions? This had a really big one. Let the aftermath be told in an Academy Award winning - Road Warrior 18:05:26 10/01/16 (0)
- Hey now! BP probably needed to sell the rights... - musetap 22:04:10 09/30/16 (3)
- RE: Hey now! BP probably needed to sell the rights... - MaxwellP 05:40:01 10/01/16 (2)
- The reality is that films based on these real stories... - musetap 10:57:35 10/01/16 (0)
- RE: Hey now! BP probably needed to sell the rights... - fantja 05:59:33 10/01/16 (0)
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