Captain Phillips

[Drunk Monk]

If you want to see Tom Hanks get pistol whipped and rifle butted a lot, I wouldn't blame you and this film is for you. The beginning is kind of interesting to get a peek on what it might be like to sail huge cargo ships. The rest is rather predictable if you paid any attention to the news. It had potential to be more tense, more claustrophobic like Das Boot, but it spent more time trying to show how heroic Tom was.

I found myself rooting for the pirates. It's only four guys with some guns - one doesn't even have any shoes - and it takes three U.S. warships, drones, helicopters and a huge team of navy seals to get them. Those pirates were bad ass.

It was a day of being T's chauffeur so S and I ducked into a theater to kill some time. This was what was convenient. Not always the best way to chose a flick.

If Hanks gets an Oscar nod for this, I'll get seasick.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

It used to be I would see every movie nominated for awards at the Oscars. Now, not so much. This year the only film I will know about will be Captain Phillips.

How do you make a good movie about events we all know about and know the outcome? You don't. At least not in this case.

The Maersk Alabama gets hijacked by Somali pirates. I think the craziest thing about the story is that it was done by 4 guys in a little boat. You would think they would come with a better defense.

I spent a lot of time waiting. Waiting for the hijack to occur. Waiting for the Seals to come to the rescue. It was wonderfully assembled. It just was about two hours too long. It would have made a great segment on 60 minutes but doesn't really make it as a feature film.

[Drunk Monk]

Or I should say, you seem to agree with me: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3041">viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3041</a><!-- l -->

[cranefly]

Wow.
Two people fell on this grenade.
Does there have to be a third? Please tell me no.

[Drunk Monk]

or in this case, my escape dingy.

glad you agree with me on this one. with all the oscar buzz, i've been thinking i missed something.