DEEPWATER HORIZON

Movie:  Deepwater Horizon
Jan's Rating:  C-
Time:  1 hour 47 minutes

Jan's Review:  The previews of this movie looked really good on TV but I was very disappointed when I saw it yesterday.  It is the true story of a Gulf oil rig explosion which is one of the biggest man-made disasters ever to happen.  I can't even imagine how horrible it must have been for the workers on that rig, all because BP skipped some important steps to save money.  There was good acting in the movie, especially by Kurt Russell and Mark Wahlberg.  However, they spent way too much time showing you all the gauges, and how they worked, which would only be interesting to anyone who had worked on an oil rig.  My friend, Gloria, slept through most of the movie.  When the oil starting seeping onto the rig and then caught fire, it was very traumatic, but the fire scene lasted forever.  They were lucky that they only lost a few of their workers, which was bad enough, but with a fire like that, you would have thought they all would have died.  On a good note, I do plan to see two good movies next week, so stay tuned!