Captain Phillips was a good depiction of a recent real-life event that didn't take sides

Rating: 9/10 (17 October 2013)

Just watched this with my movie theatre-working friend. This is the one in which Tom Hanks portrays Captain Rich Phillips, who was kidnapped by Somali pirates in 2009. The narrative was quite absorbing and while my friend did clap a few times when some rescues of the main character was attempted, he did not feel the need to boo the pirates as if they were irredeemable bad guys. Neither did the rest of the audience so on that note, the film did a good job in presenting the areas of gray in the characterizations. I, myself, was simply intent in paying attention to how the whole thing was presented and managed to feel quite relieved when the end came though I wasn't too emotional when that happened though I did feel some, no doubt about that. Anyway, that's a high recommendation for Captain Phillips.