Captain Phillips

I recently watched the movie Captain Phillips which stars Tom Hanks.  The movie which is about Somalian pirates taking over a cargo ship is based on a true story.  I can vividly remember when this actually happened in real life, so when the movie came out I went and watched it.  Tom Hanks does an absolutely fantastic job playing his role in the movie.  In the special features of the movie, there was an interview with him and the producer.  I later found out that in the movie that Tom Hanks had not met the cast members that were going to be playing the pirates.  By doing this, it created a more sense of panic and real fear in Hanks to be shown in the movie.  The more and more I think about it, the more sad I get about the entire situation. It must have been so terrible for those men on the cargo ship to experience that and be held captive like that.  At the same time, I almost feel sad for the pirates as well.  These men are coming from extremely poor lives in third world countries.  If they do not fight, steal, and scavenge, there is a good chance that they do not live.  Without this movie, I do not know if I would have thought about it as much and as in depth as I did.  The film did an excellent job of making people aware of the situation and what it would have felt like to be there.  In conclusion, Captain Phillips is a well produced movie to say the least.