Captain Phillips 2013
Don't be fooled by the big star. With an uninspiring title like that, it did not strike me as a movie that would stick in my mind for any time. It is the same old good honest true to his words American guy versus the barbaric emotionless hideous looking bad teeth guys from the rest of the world. In this case, it is an American freight ship with the captain who has his own issues with his family and his crew minding their own business doing what they are supposed to do who is rudely disturbed by heartless Somali pirates.
It reminds me of Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and the aliens in the Aliens trilogy. Ripley is the responsible human trying to fight against the clueless and aimless Aliens who seem to be more interested in quarrelling amongst themselves rather than completing the tasks at hand. Change the Alien to Somali pirates and you have Captain Phillips, the movie!
It is supposed to be a heart pounding pulse raising thriller but it did non of the above to me as I knew how the outcome would be. Perhaps the story line could have made the villains more human, giving them more justifications to the activities they are doing. Saying that they were fishermen who decided to turn pirates just because their catch dwindled because of infiltration by bigger vessels seem lame.
Keeping with tradition of Hollywood, further prodding on the real happenings around the event that this movie is based on, I discovered that the crew members are totally displeased with the line of story. The truth is alleged stretched a bit too far.
Most of the crew involved in the real attack seem to be keeping mum with the events that took place as there is an ongoing court case with the shipping giants MAERSK. They would be probably taking the whole truth to their graves!
Don't be fooled by the big star. With an uninspiring title like that, it did not strike me as a movie that would stick in my mind for any time. It is the same old good honest true to his words American guy versus the barbaric emotionless hideous looking bad teeth guys from the rest of the world. In this case, it is an American freight ship with the captain who has his own issues with his family and his crew minding their own business doing what they are supposed to do who is rudely disturbed by heartless Somali pirates.It reminds me of Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and the aliens in the Aliens trilogy. Ripley is the responsible human trying to fight against the clueless and aimless Aliens who seem to be more interested in quarrelling amongst themselves rather than completing the tasks at hand. Change the Alien to Somali pirates and you have Captain Phillips, the movie!
It is supposed to be a heart pounding pulse raising thriller but it did non of the above to me as I knew how the outcome would be. Perhaps the story line could have made the villains more human, giving them more justifications to the activities they are doing. Saying that they were fishermen who decided to turn pirates just because their catch dwindled because of infiltration by bigger vessels seem lame.
Keeping with tradition of Hollywood, further prodding on the real happenings around the event that this movie is based on, I discovered that the crew members are totally displeased with the line of story. The truth is alleged stretched a bit too far.Most of the crew involved in the real attack seem to be keeping mum with the events that took place as there is an ongoing court case with the shipping giants MAERSK. They would be probably taking the whole truth to their graves!
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