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\nThis is not a full review but I just wanted to highly recommend this harrowing (truly) and infuriating film. It is so well-done, especially in terms of the special effects, which are so gritty and realistic that never once you doubt that you are watching a very human tragedy, as well as an event gigantically important, something that affected an entire environment, the livelihoods of those in the Gulf Coast, AND the families of the men who lost their lives that day. It does not approach the special effects like “Oooh, cool, look how REAL this inferno looks” which would be insulting to the people who actually survived it. It looks as horrifying as it must have been on that day, it puts you ON that rig, and it is tragic and terrifying. Total chaos. Brutal and relentless. Never once do you forget that there were actual human beings on board that rig, people who went through a Dante’s Inferno experience. Many of them still have debilitating PTSD. (The Great Invisible<\/i>, a documentary about the Deepwater Horizon, is excellent on the personal fallout, economic and emotional. My review here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n Deepwater Horizon<\/i> is a very very good film, and worth it to see it in the theatre. I came out truly shaken. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is not a full review but I just wanted to highly recommend this harrowing (truly) and infuriating film. It is so well-done, especially in terms of the special effects, which are so gritty and realistic that never once you … Continue reading