Well as you may have noticed, I haven't seen as many best picture nominee's as I usually do. In fact up till now, the only one that I have seen is Gravity. But the other day I went to my friend Blane's house and he really wanted to show me Captain Phillips, and here's how that movie turned out.
Plot: Richard Phillips is the captain of a cargo ship who is sailing through the Gulf of Aden when a small group of pirates begin to board the ship and take him hostage. The leader of the pirates, Abduwali Muse takes command of the ship and starts trying to find the remainder of the crew. And that's all that you need to know if you've never seen this movie.
I knew that watching this movie, it was going to be intense, and it did not disappoint. It is a very intense movie, and they play if off extremely well. Part of it does come from doing a great job with the editing and telling the story from the points of view of both Captain Phillip and his crew, and the pirates themselves. But what stands out the most is how strong the acting is. Some debate that this might be the best performance that Tom Hanks has ever done. And while that might be a little bit of a stretch, there's no denying that a lot of aspects in his performance - particularly at the very end, show us a deeper and all around new side to his acting we probably have never seen before. Then you have the pirates who have all made their debut as actors through this film and they hit it off great. Barkhad Abdi plays as Abduwali Muse and I can definitely see why he got the supporting actors nomination for the oscars. Whether or not he wins, we'll just have to see, but there's little denying that for an acting career, he's off to a strong start. If I had one issue with the film, it would be that the second half of the movie did seem to drag. But it didn't drag so much that it ruined the film, because by then it already did so much, that it made almost the entire movie feel like what is happening is not just a story, but also an experience. Almost the entire time, I kept imagining myself in Captain Phillip's shoes, or even his crew sometimes. it just felt so intense that it left you thinking what would you be doing in any of these situations.
And that's my review for Captain Phillips. It may drag a little halfway through, but it's easily overlooked with terrific acting, great story telling, and so many intense scenes that make you wonder what you would do if you're really there. If you haven't seen it yet, I say it's definitely worth taking a look.
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