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I read the original Guardian interview and I watched the feature on a 4K OLED TV with a pretty nice sound system last night (5.1 system).

I interpret the disappointment from Mr.  Hanks as that it is on a  1) small screen /sound AND the 2) picture quality would not be as good as a theater.

1) Small screen, well yeah, there is no way this type of movie isn't more enjoyable on a BIG theater screen. My take on the movie is 45 minutes of Tom giving orders and being the captain at the helm and outside with binoculars, 45 minutes of boats and submarines shooting and cruising in the Atlantic, 1 minute with Elisabeth Shue saying ahhh, no wait till you come back to marry me.

The 45 minutes of Tom at the helm, I don't think would have been better in a theater. The 45 minutes of boats and submarines fighting and cruising would have been more enjoyable on a giant theater screen. The sound possibilities also would be more enjoyable with a zillion speakers all over a movie theater.

2) Nope, 4K streaming is pretty damned good these days. I have the capability to watch 4K Blu-Rays but I learned after buying a hundred or so that the convenience and quality of streaming (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+,  a few others) that I can barely notice the difference. Is the bandwidth greater on a 4K blu-ray? of course. Does it matter most of the time, nope, not with a good setup and care paid to the streaming offering.

Overall it looked pretty darned good on my Apple TV 4K, and the price was right. :-)

Tom has nothing to complain about, he took the $~70 million covering nicely with profit the $50 million budget. I wish I could invest with that type of return...