When you think you've seen all of Tom Hanks war films, there is always one more.
Greyhound is about a convoy of ships going across a dangerous part in the Atlantic Sea without any air support. The Captain, Krause (Tom Hanks) is the captain of the main ship Greyhound. This outing is the captains first. They then learn that they are being stalked by a German submarine group named the wolf pack.
Greyhound was a film that got the boot from the studio. It was originally supposed to come out in theaters then got moved over to Apple TV because of the situation that we are in right now. This film was one to see in the theaters though. It was a loud action film that was almost made for the theaters. Tom Hanks even came out in said he was mad about this film going to Apple TV. I think it was a smart move by Apple TV to get this film on their streaming platform because of the names attached to it. This whole thing with this film was just disappointing. The movie was pretty good though. It was as good as my expectations. The story was as good as it could be for a film like this. This movie was only an hour and a half but it never dragged. Greyhound was filled to the brim with intensity from start to finish. That being said there was almost no character development so that caused you to not care for any of the crew members. The only character that did have a little development was Captain Krause who was played by Tom Hanks. He had a little scene at the start that showed he trusts in god and how he got this little ship that you saw once in the movie. He was the only character I really knew the name of. Throughout the movie that captain was shouting peoples names but you never really felt a bond for any of the other characters in the film. Which sometimes caused scenes that were supposed to feel sad to just feel like time being wasted. There was a cook that had some background to but nothing much. Character development was a big missed opportunity in this film. I think if they started the film on land and explained some of the characters background, you would have felt more tension throughout the film.
The acting was something that had to be spot on for this film. They had to look like they have been through years of training and school to get to this point and they did. Tom Hanks especially nailed his role in the film. He really showed how hard it is to command a ship. All of the other crew members also played their parts spectacularly because of how prepared they looked throughout the film. That was something I was worried about and I came out of the film happy about the acting.
The CGI was another I was worried about coming into the film. I thought it was going to somewhere around the line of Midway. That films CGI was terrible and was obvious in many scenes of the movie. Greyhound did a much better job than Midway. Many of the scenes where they had someone standing by a green screen looked incredibly realistic. This sometimes had me questioning weather it was real or not. The only thing I didn't like about the CGI was the computer shots. I have never liked those. A computer shot it when they didn't actually film this scene. They end up doing it with a computer. Those shots always look really glossy. They didn't look terribly bad in this film but they still didn't look good. Otherwise the CGI was flawless. Many of the explosions in the water look fantastic. They really did their research on how they should look.
Greyhound was a film that had some of the best looking CGI in recent years and marvelous acting from everyone in the movie. Although they were lacking characters you really felt like you could relate to. I would recommend Greyhound to anybody who likes war films because you really don't get a lot of war films about naval battle.
Greyhound is about a convoy of ships going across a dangerous part in the Atlantic Sea without any air support. The Captain, Krause (Tom Hanks) is the captain of the main ship Greyhound. This outing is the captains first. They then learn that they are being stalked by a German submarine group named the wolf pack.
Greyhound was a film that got the boot from the studio. It was originally supposed to come out in theaters then got moved over to Apple TV because of the situation that we are in right now. This film was one to see in the theaters though. It was a loud action film that was almost made for the theaters. Tom Hanks even came out in said he was mad about this film going to Apple TV. I think it was a smart move by Apple TV to get this film on their streaming platform because of the names attached to it. This whole thing with this film was just disappointing. The movie was pretty good though. It was as good as my expectations. The story was as good as it could be for a film like this. This movie was only an hour and a half but it never dragged. Greyhound was filled to the brim with intensity from start to finish. That being said there was almost no character development so that caused you to not care for any of the crew members. The only character that did have a little development was Captain Krause who was played by Tom Hanks. He had a little scene at the start that showed he trusts in god and how he got this little ship that you saw once in the movie. He was the only character I really knew the name of. Throughout the movie that captain was shouting peoples names but you never really felt a bond for any of the other characters in the film. Which sometimes caused scenes that were supposed to feel sad to just feel like time being wasted. There was a cook that had some background to but nothing much. Character development was a big missed opportunity in this film. I think if they started the film on land and explained some of the characters background, you would have felt more tension throughout the film.
The acting was something that had to be spot on for this film. They had to look like they have been through years of training and school to get to this point and they did. Tom Hanks especially nailed his role in the film. He really showed how hard it is to command a ship. All of the other crew members also played their parts spectacularly because of how prepared they looked throughout the film. That was something I was worried about and I came out of the film happy about the acting.
The CGI was another I was worried about coming into the film. I thought it was going to somewhere around the line of Midway. That films CGI was terrible and was obvious in many scenes of the movie. Greyhound did a much better job than Midway. Many of the scenes where they had someone standing by a green screen looked incredibly realistic. This sometimes had me questioning weather it was real or not. The only thing I didn't like about the CGI was the computer shots. I have never liked those. A computer shot it when they didn't actually film this scene. They end up doing it with a computer. Those shots always look really glossy. They didn't look terribly bad in this film but they still didn't look good. Otherwise the CGI was flawless. Many of the explosions in the water look fantastic. They really did their research on how they should look.
Greyhound was a film that had some of the best looking CGI in recent years and marvelous acting from everyone in the movie. Although they were lacking characters you really felt like you could relate to. I would recommend Greyhound to anybody who likes war films because you really don't get a lot of war films about naval battle.