A Thrilling, Enjoyable, and Sometimes Depressing; but Emotionally Confusing

Rating: 7/10 (5 December 2014)

It's a thrilling movie, I enjoyed it. What bothers me though how the story was supposed to affect me—sympathy for the good guy (victim, ie. the captain)—but Captain Phillips confused me by maneuvering this feeling toward the antagonists.
From the start of the movie to the finish, I have more sympathy toward the antagonist. It seemed from the start, the protagonists have all the benefit; from the number of them (crew), the familiarity of their own vessel's territory, then the number of the military and how effective their communication as opposed to the four antagonists.
If, hypothetically, you forget that the antagonists are the one who take over the vessel, then maybe you'll hope that they're succeeding their venture. It's weird that it seems the captain acted so much as he's in authority. Moreover, sometimes it insulted my intelligence—wasting time finding other crew? Negotiating by coming inside alone into the military vessel?
Captain Phillips is thrilling and I enjoyed much as well as it bothered me, because it threw all my feeling over to all directions throughout the entire movie's duration.