1 Line Review: The best pirates rescue movie I have seen.
Of course you will have to leave the famous ‘Jack Sparrow’ from the evaluation since he is class apart! 🙂 Jokes part, this movie will surely be the buzz at the Oscars this year (Similar to what ARGO was last year)!
Tom Hanks is the Captain (Phillips) of this cargo ship which has to deliver goods to its destination coming eerily close to Somalia and that’s where they get attached and then the Captain is even taken into custody/kidnapped in a rescue boat, separated from the main ship. This movie is based on a true story which took place in 2009. Captain Phillips has also written a book on this – A Captain’s Duty.
Watch out for the lead pirate – Muse – his real name is Barkhad Abdi and is an actor and director. I did not know all this before and I actually felt like real pirates have acted in this movie! Ya, they (all 4 of them) have acted so well. Watch out for the most thrilling of dialogues in the movie when Muse tells the Captain – ‘Listen to me, am the captain now’. He said it so effectively, softly and slowly that it takes time to sink in. But the terror eventually digs inside you and you start feeling the fear that they are trying to create. But yes, this character is funny too. And he keeps telling Captain Phillips to stay calm and cool, very nicely portrayed.
Two other funny dialogues:
1. Muse is a thin man and looks like he has not eaten for days, still when the Captain offers him $30000 and asks to leave the ship, he replies, ‘what do I look like, a beggar’.
2. In a sudden turn of events when Muse is captured by the crew, the first thing comes out of his mouth is ‘I love America’.
Interesting Trivia: For these 4 roles, 700 candidates were screened and evaluated!
Tom Hanks on the other hand needs no introduction and he was as good as we expected him to be. Most thrilling would be the climax. His portrayal of the behaviour post trauma is so natural that you will actually feel it all happened to Tom Hanks and not Captain Phillips! Yup. Watch it.
About the man himself – If you dig deep and read more about this man – Captain Richard Phillips, you will realize that he was not really liked by many! Yes, that’s a fact. There were many emails written to him about the threats, employee – boss relationship issues, pirate alert emails were ignored, employee voice was suppressed. Some parts of it were also showcased in the movie as all.
But then am not here to judge people. Am here to watch and review movies. And I loved this one. It sure will become one the most re-run movies on TV, soon.