Boooring!!!!
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amdew717 — 11 years ago(January 20, 2015 08:07 AM)
I actually liked the film; I thought Hanks and Abdi were excellent, very well-deserved Oscar nods. However, I also thought the last 30 minutes dragged on and I did want things to wrap up. I knew it was a true story, so I assumed Phillips would survive, but it seemed to me that the suspense factor should have been ramped up a bit more towards the end, but it seemed to be the opposite. Good film, all the same, but could have been benefited from some better editing. At the end, I just felt incredibly angry that thugs like this are out there terrorizing innocent people who are just trying to do their jobs.
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Captain_Bob — 11 years ago(April 03, 2015 04:38 AM)
I agree it's quite compelling until the pirates get on board and eventually take Captain Phillips hostage in the lifeboat. It then becomes tedious for an hour until the baddies get snuffed and the head pirate taken down. The meat of the story can be summed up in just a few lines/scenes.
"I don't like the look of that"
"Captain, they're coming back"
"Look at me, I'm the captain now"
"The elders are coming"
"Stop the tow Execute!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!"
"Captain Phillips is free. All your friends are dead"
It's funny when they tell Muse "You're going to America" (instead of being dead with his friends or sent back to Somalia). I was almost expecting him to jump up, smile and say "HI FIVE!" like Borat. -
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duckofprey — 10 years ago(June 21, 2015 07:53 AM)
I thought it was boring, too. Completely predictable, just trundling along.
Completely predictable? Really?
Only if you knew the outcome of this true story.
Many piracy's of course end up differently. Every year. In films based on other piracy's Would they too have been predictable to you too? You could tell which victims would survive, which will die? If so, I'm impressed
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Spycat — 10 years ago(October 12, 2015 08:38 PM)
Maybe some day they will figure out how to put car chase scenes in a film shot on the ocean to appease guys like you.
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