Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I knew it was going to be crap....why does Hollywood always have to dramatise something that is already dramatic? You don't get many films set on oil rigs and it would have been cool if they'd done a better job showing life on a rig. The way they acted was ridiculous from the minute the helicopter landed, they stroll off the chopper and walk in to the ops room where no one has a clue what is going on ha ha....morning reports tell you in intricate detail what the operations have been over the last 24 hours, they would have known the Schlumberger crew had left without doing the cement job, they would be doing legnthy handovers or have loads of notes to read through. Mark Walhburg plays an electrician, apparently every time you need to know whats going on in a critical well control situation you would ask the rig electrician what he thinks lol....in fact I was amazed because in my experience you can never find the electrician as he's always hiding somewhere There are a few slightly interesting bits and they give you an idea of how challenging it is to drill in such deep water, you get to see the BOPs on the sea bed and the beginning of the accident is quite realistic especially as the mud shoots up through the derrick...unfortunately that is where reality gets left behind and it turns in to an action film. It's basically good crew versus evil oil company which is not reality since all the companies involved were at fault. I'm watching it again because it's so rediculous Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Well no-one else needs to watch it now do they? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Well no-one else needs to watch it now do they? It's not really possible to give spoilers on a film about an oil rig explosion lol Save your money or download it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan85 722 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I knew it was going to be crap....why does Hollywood always have to dramatise something that is already dramatic? You don't get many films set on oil rigs and it would have been cool if they'd done a better job showing life on a rig. The way they acted was ridiculous from the minute the helicopter landed, they stroll off the chopper and walk in to the ops room where no one has a clue what is going on ha ha....morning reports tell you in intricate detail what the operations have been over the last 24 hours, they would have known the Schlumberger crew had left without doing the cement job, they would be doing legnthy handovers or have loads of notes to read through. Mark Walhburg plays an electrician, apparently every time you need to know whats going on in a critical well control situation you would ask the rig electrician what he thinks lol....in fact I was amazed because in my experience you can never find the electrician as he's always hiding somewhere There are a few slightly interesting bits and they give you an idea of how challenging it is to drill in such deep water, you get to see the BOPs on the sea bed and the beginning of the accident is quite realistic especially as the mud shoots up through the derrick...unfortunately that is where reality gets left behind and it turns in to an action film. It's basically good crew versus evil oil company which is not reality since all the companies involved were at fault. I'm watching it again because it's so rediculous Would you like them to sit you through their tedious safety briefings for the entirety of the film to make it more realistic..... ?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 I knew it was going to be crap....why does Hollywood always have to dramatise something that is already dramatic? You don't get many films set on oil rigs and it would have been cool if they'd done a better job showing life on a rig. The way they acted was ridiculous from the minute the helicopter landed, they stroll off the chopper and walk in to the ops room where no one has a clue what is going on ha ha....morning reports tell you in intricate detail what the operations have been over the last 24 hours, they would have known the Schlumberger crew had left without doing the cement job, they would be doing legnthy handovers or have loads of notes to read through. Mark Walhburg plays an electrician, apparently every time you need to know whats going on in a critical well control situation you would ask the rig electrician what he thinks lol....in fact I was amazed because in my experience you can never find the electrician as he's always hiding somewhere There are a few slightly interesting bits and they give you an idea of how challenging it is to drill in such deep water, you get to see the BOPs on the sea bed and the beginning of the accident is quite realistic especially as the mud shoots up through the derrick...unfortunately that is where reality gets left behind and it turns in to an action film. It's basically good crew versus evil oil company which is not reality since all the companies involved were at fault. I'm watching it again because it's so rediculous Would you like them to sit you through their tedious safety briefings for the entirety of the film to make it more realistic..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,196 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Well I like Red Adair ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,196 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Nothing will better "Hellfighters".........original and the best ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Well I like Red Adair ! We had a crew on a rig that exploded in Algeria those guys came to fight the fire, it took 6+ months to put it out, the circumstances were quite similar to Deepwater Horizon except it was on land, lots of stupid shortcuts and 3 people got killed. Those red Adair guys much be nuts lol I had a video of it one of our guys took just after the explosion, it sounds like a gigantic jet engine it's insane, I'll see if I can find it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan85 722 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 If you like films based on true events then Sully and Bridge of Spies are decent, both starring Tom Hanks. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Here's the same video I had, someone stuck it on youtube. The noise is crazy. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,480 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 bridge of spys is a good watch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 bridge of spys is a good watch I'll have to find that after I finish laughing my ass off at this joke. "woohoo lets pump up all that mud" You don't pump it up! You displace it Grrrrr I work with a woman who was on this rig, she was part of the Schlum crew and they depict her as part of the crew leaving right at the beginning, she also was summoned to give evidence in the hearing, I was very bored last night and read the full report Not making light of the disaster it just pisses me off they have to make it 'more exciting' and exaggerate everything. It must have been terrifying to be on that rig....I was on one that has a very small explosion that damaged the generator, we got woken up with the alarms going off and only emergency lighting....with no power it started listing because one of the legs was leaking and they couldn't pump the water out LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,396 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 That was one of the ones i wanted to watch too but its still on buy to keep on Sky 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted January 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 That was one of the ones i wanted to watch too but its still on buy to keep on Sky Seems a pretty decent film, I think most people would like this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick81 275 Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 It's a good film seen worse Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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