Deepwater Horizon

Summit Entertainment | Release Date: September 30, 2016

7.1	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 301 Ratings

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the_truth_101Oct 17, 2016

The unethical conclusion of the movie totally -- yes, totally -- ignores the colossal environmental impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Apart from a brief reference to environmental impact at 2/3 of the way through, via a scene with aThe unethical conclusion of the movie totally -- yes, totally -- ignores the colossal environmental impact of Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Apart from a brief reference to environmental impact at 2/3 of the way through, via a scene with a distressed bird covered in oil which dramatically interrupted some humans (i.e. main focus was their inconvenience/surprise, not sadness at the ecological tragedy), there are no references to the colossal environmental impact whatsoever.

The movie's conclusion labours for five minutes in a "R.I.P." slide show listing of the 11 humans who died.

Their loss is a great tragedy, however 11 human deaths should never hide the 10,000's of animals who died due to this oil spill. The movie's conclusion completely ignores all of this.

Species killed and poisoned by this oil spill: North Atlantic Bluefin Tuna; Sea Turtles; Sharks; Whales and Dolphins; Brown Pelicans; Shorebirds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_the_Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill

Peter Berg, the director: what a loser. What an unethical jerk.

We live in a co-dependent world with the environment and wildlife. 10,000's of animals were killed and their natural habitat destroyed, then a movie is made that pretends it didn't happen: totally unethical.… Expand

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491Oct 10, 2016

A great disappointment!

The dialog in the first half hour was mostly unintelligible and the rest of the movie incomprehensible -- a combination of accents, fast talking, irrelevant banter, and terse, unintelligible tech-speak! Only theA great disappointment!

The dialog in the first half hour was mostly unintelligible and the rest of the movie incomprehensible -- a combination of accents, fast talking, irrelevant banter, and terse, unintelligible tech-speak!
Only the subtitle clarification helped to let the audience know what was going on.
The rest was continuous noise and flash-bang pyrotechnics.
The story was known from real life, so we knew what to expect, but this movie -- in my opinion -- didn't add much to appreciating it -- except the horror of it all.… Expand

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