CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS
Tom Hank’s new movie, Captain Phillips, can easily be summed up in one word, intense. Yet, the intensity of the film still couldn’t avoid shaky camera shots and extremely lengthy scenes.
The true story of the 2009 hijacking of an American cargo ship is a story that most of us remember vividly. Tom Hanks, who was born to play Captain Phillips, brings this terrifying story to life.
The movie starts out with an uptight Captain Phillips obsessing over emergency drills and making sure his ship’s crew knows exactly how to handle any situation. However, their preparations still couldn’t save their ship, the Alabama, from being boarded by four Somali pirates. With the crew in hiding and Captain Phillips attempting to protect everyone as much as he can, the danger level rises every minute.
Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips encounters the demands of Somali pirates.
Through much deception and desperate attempts to steal as much money as possible, the pirate leader Muse (Barkhad Adbi) kidnaps Captain Phillips and the pirates escape in the ships lifeboat. Soon, the U.S. Navy becomes active in rescuing Captain Phillips and the long hard fight for survival begins.
Within the first few minutes of this film, nerves take over, and not just any kind of nerves. I’m talking about the edge of your seat, sweat trickling down your back nerves. Director Paul Greengrass did such an amazing job putting this film together. To tell a story that most people already know the ending to, yet to still be able to extract extreme nerves takes a special talent that Greengrass definitely has. His handheld camera technique helped put the audience on the boat and experience exactly what Captain Phillips was going through. Unfortunately, the constant use of the hand held camera technique could cause some dizziness and sea sickness (pun intended).
Even though Greengrass had a great vision for this movie, it would have been nothing Tom Hanks. Can we just take a minute to appreciate
Tom Hank’s new movie, Captain Phillips, can easily be summed up in one word, intense. Yet, the intensity of the film still couldn’t avoid shaky camera shots and extremely lengthy scenes.
The true story of the 2009 hijacking of an American cargo ship is a story that most of us remember vividly. Tom Hanks, who was born to play Captain Phillips, brings this terrifying story to life.
The movie starts out with an uptight Captain Phillips obsessing over emergency drills and making sure his ship’s crew knows exactly how to handle any situation. However, their preparations still couldn’t save their ship, the Alabama, from being boarded by four Somali pirates. With the crew in hiding and Captain Phillips attempting to protect everyone as much as he can, the danger level rises every minute.
Tom Hanks as Captain Phillips encounters the demands of Somali pirates.
Through much deception and desperate attempts to steal as much money as possible, the pirate leader Muse (Barkhad Adbi) kidnaps Captain Phillips and the pirates escape in the ships lifeboat. Soon, the U.S. Navy becomes active in rescuing Captain Phillips and the long hard fight for survival begins.
Within the first few minutes of this film, nerves take over, and not just any kind of nerves. I’m talking about the edge of your seat, sweat trickling down your back nerves. Director Paul Greengrass did such an amazing job putting this film together. To tell a story that most people already know the ending to, yet to still be able to extract extreme nerves takes a special talent that Greengrass definitely has. His handheld camera technique helped put the audience on the boat and experience exactly what Captain Phillips was going through. Unfortunately, the constant use of the hand held camera technique could cause some dizziness and sea sickness (pun intended).
Even though Greengrass had a great vision for this movie, it would have been nothing Tom Hanks. Can we just take a minute to appreciate