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I saw the movie today -- it was very good although I don't think any of the performances was Oscar-worthy.
I watched a documentary on this as well and they said the SEAL snipers were watching in their scope for 24 hours before getting a bead -and- the permission to shoot. Their shots were simultaneous which was incredible.
Captain Philip was excellent. I give it four out of five stars. We finally saw how great an actor Tom Hanks is at the end when he thought he would die and wrote the letter to his family. I didn't like the skinny Somali pirate that was in charge. I thought his sidekick that wanted to kill Tom Hanks was better. The movie was all strategic and wise. Very good movie.
I just watched the Blu-ray of Captain Phillips on a big screen with surround sound.
It was above average, but I can't see how anybody would think it deserves an Oscar.
The music was usually obtrusive and often irritatingly pounding.
I did learn than 90% of the time Somalis communicate by shouting and yelling – when they are in their village – when they are preparing their boats – when they are capturing a ship – after they have captured a ship – when they are in a lifeboat – both before and after the effect of the khat wears off.
I also learned that they don't have to carry extra ammo because their weapons, no matter how much they fire them, never run out. They don't even have to worry about wasting ammo when they fire their weapons into the air.
the movie does not make philips out to be a hero. it shows him doing his job as master of the maersk alabama. in the Navy your title is Captain, in the civilian world, you are the master of the vessel. he mustered the crew per procedure, hid them and prevented hostages except for himself. he initiated the Naval response. after a major naval operation, you don't interview the seaman from the messdecks who washes dishes and ask how the Captain performed, if his strategy was sound, if you approve of him. you don't ask the boatswain's mate seaman apprentice if he was a hero or not. cheap sensationalism. twisted media story. hanks is on some of their target lists.
No, I'm talking about some people at work are angry b/c they feel Captain Phillips was made out to be a hero? I don't know, didn't follow it....and loved the movie.
what bothers me, is the fact that these boats are not allowed to carry weapons to protect themselves....that makes them sitting ducks, and Pirates are a real threat, it is a reality...so what I was thinking is this...why don't they put a welded type gun on the very top of all boats, an automatic type gun that the fighters have, and place one man in them which circles all the way around the boat, BAM, no more pirates?
I also learned that they don't have to carry extra ammo because their weapons, no matter how much they fire them, never run out. They don't even have to worry about wasting ammo when they fire their weapons into the air.
what bothers me, is the fact that these boats are not allowed to carry weapons to protect themselves....that makes them sitting ducks, and Pirates are a real threat, it is a reality...so what I was thinking is this...why don't they put a welded type gun on the very top of all boats, an automatic type gun that the fighters have, and place one man in them which circles all the way around the boat, BAM, no more pirates?
They are absolutely allowed to carry weapons. In the film, Captain Phillips even mentions that they were in international waters.
The fact is, the risk posed by pirates was not yet realized in the early to mid-2000's.
Things are a lot different now and the rates of hijacking by pirates are much lower.
Within months in 2010 armed guards went from being a risky prospect to the industry standard for the world’s big shipping firms plying these waters. Now, there are hundreds of armed guards at sea off the coast of Somalia on any one day.
Since the dark days of 2008 and 2009, Somali piracy has plummeted. The International Maritime Bureau says there were only two hijackings in the first eight months of 2013, down from dozens four years ago.
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