Captain phillips -
-in the end, great cinematography, naval accuracy and visceral lead role make the filmas a film itself, 6/10. brilliant cinematography, great acting towards the end, a solid telling of an actual story.
as a film viewed through someone who had been involved with somali piracy on board a burke class destroyer: 9.9/10
this is the first time i have ever seen a 100% accurate portrayal of the modern navy. actual crew spaces, captains at sea cabin, medical, most notably CIC are all filmed in real spaces on the USS Bainbridge, the actual destroyer present at the time of the incident, and the USS Boxer and USS Halyburton were present as well.
No futuristic displays were concocted to make our radar and tracking look badass, etc. nav displays, radar displays, etc look as close to real as can be (with the exception of the main CIC screen--thy can filter out contacts to only show contacts of interest, but in real world probably wouldnt, so there would be like 300 contacts on that screen instead of two, but the map geometry is legit).
the actors chosen to play Cmdr. Frank Castellano and Capt. Richard Phillips dont look like them, and are a bit "movied out" as they generally are. This works to great effect for Cpt. Phillips, not so much for Cdr. Castellano, who's portrayal was overdone IMO. Most USN warship commanders dont talk like henry rollins, they simply handle shit. and they get stressed and pissed and talk pretty much how anyone would in their position. but then again, i wasnt on the bainbridge.
didnt meet the SEAL operators either, so i dont know how accurate they were. but their tactics and dress were accurate.
plot accuracy to actual events: the main points are covered, but there were a few omissions and inaccuracies in the events, notably the omission of pirate gunfire directed at Halyburton, the 4 (not just 1) pirate motherships headed to aid the somalis, and the main departure was the SEALS conducting negotiations, whereas it was actually the Bainbridge CO and FBI negotiators. the FBI is nowhere to be found in the film, possibly due to a decision to not be involved with the film.
there is a lot, as one could expect, of somali yelling. a LOT of it. say 40% of the movie is people yelling in somali.
but again, the shots in this are the best capturing of a seaborn environment i have ever seen....they capture the scale, the desolation of open sea and the warships, freighters and dhingies alike that operate on it like nothing i have ever seen. some truly breathtaking vantages of something i myself have already experienced, so who knows how someone who hasnt would take it.
hanks' acting at the end, while in shock in sick bay of the Bainbridge, is riveting.
nightflameauto wrote:Y0UNGBL00D wrote:still waiting on the apology for the inexplicable train wreck.
I find myself surprised by the number of people that don't understand that the train wreck was a statement by the filmmakers about the quality of the entire film. I didn't hate it, but it had a definite vibe of them giving up about halfway through and just throwing whatever random shit they could think of into it.
i think that is total bullshit and it shows.