Post by Doomsday on Jul 11, 2020 20:01:58 GMT -5
Greyhound
The first big movie to be released on Apple's streaming service, Greyhound is Tom Hanks' vehicle (literally) where he serves as screenwriter and lead role. I've read over the past couple days that Hanks is disappointed that Greyhound was robbed of a theatrical release and will now be viewed primarily on peoples' televisions, iPads and iPhones. That's probably for the best though because I think people will be a little more lenient if they aren't spending $20 per person to see it on the big screen which in this case is a good thing. There really isn't a whole ton to say about Greyhound other than it's a suspenseful World War II navy movie. There's next to no characterization in the movie and it very much plays like one of those war documentaries that used to play on the History Channel back when it was WWII TV and before it became home to a bunch of really weird reality series that have nothing to do with history. The only thing Greyhound is missing is the narration. Instead we're given a bunch of naval jargon that makes it sound authentic which is always a nice touch but it doesn't help make you feel anything for the characters on screen. There's a scene at the very beginning where Tom Hanks and his girlfriend (Elisabeth Shue who probably spent a couple hours on set at most) talk about marriage that attempts to give him some humanity but it's not really the point of the film. The point is to watch Captain, uhhh, I don't think we ever hear his name, but Captain Hanks is on his first Atlantic crossing protecting an allied envoy from a 'wolf pack' of German U-boats. There's a lot of cannon fire, depth charges and sinkings before they finally cross the Atlantic where they can rest easy under air cover. We made it!
A movie like Greyhound might sound like a big war movie on paper but really I think it found a perfect fit at Apple. If people paid money to sit in a theater and watch this they might be entertained at the action but would rake the movie over the coals when realizing that they didn't get anything else. It's also another good example of a movie that can have state of the art VFX to make everything look as realistic as possible and you still feel like you're watching a cartoon. If you set the bar a little low though Greyhound is an exciting and fast if forgettable way to pass the time and at the end of the day it's nice to just be able to see a new movie.
B so says Doomsday
The first big movie to be released on Apple's streaming service, Greyhound is Tom Hanks' vehicle (literally) where he serves as screenwriter and lead role. I've read over the past couple days that Hanks is disappointed that Greyhound was robbed of a theatrical release and will now be viewed primarily on peoples' televisions, iPads and iPhones. That's probably for the best though because I think people will be a little more lenient if they aren't spending $20 per person to see it on the big screen which in this case is a good thing. There really isn't a whole ton to say about Greyhound other than it's a suspenseful World War II navy movie. There's next to no characterization in the movie and it very much plays like one of those war documentaries that used to play on the History Channel back when it was WWII TV and before it became home to a bunch of really weird reality series that have nothing to do with history. The only thing Greyhound is missing is the narration. Instead we're given a bunch of naval jargon that makes it sound authentic which is always a nice touch but it doesn't help make you feel anything for the characters on screen. There's a scene at the very beginning where Tom Hanks and his girlfriend (Elisabeth Shue who probably spent a couple hours on set at most) talk about marriage that attempts to give him some humanity but it's not really the point of the film. The point is to watch Captain, uhhh, I don't think we ever hear his name, but Captain Hanks is on his first Atlantic crossing protecting an allied envoy from a 'wolf pack' of German U-boats. There's a lot of cannon fire, depth charges and sinkings before they finally cross the Atlantic where they can rest easy under air cover. We made it!
A movie like Greyhound might sound like a big war movie on paper but really I think it found a perfect fit at Apple. If people paid money to sit in a theater and watch this they might be entertained at the action but would rake the movie over the coals when realizing that they didn't get anything else. It's also another good example of a movie that can have state of the art VFX to make everything look as realistic as possible and you still feel like you're watching a cartoon. If you set the bar a little low though Greyhound is an exciting and fast if forgettable way to pass the time and at the end of the day it's nice to just be able to see a new movie.
B so says Doomsday
