Definitely not as bad as I first thought

Rating: 8/10 (20 April 2017)

I went into this movie thinking that it was going to be terrible; a lot of people I knew really didn't like it at all. I put it on in the background whilst I worked on some writing I had to do purely for the noise.
That never got done; I ended up glued to my television screen.
I'm not going to lie or sugar coat this movie. It starts off really, really slow. It doesn't really pick up and become entertaining until around the first chase, which is around twenty minutes, half an hour in, if I remember rightly. From there, however, it really picks up and had me glued to the screen.
The acting in this is absolutely stunning. Tom Hanks did amazing. I felt so many emotions for his character, and connected to him - and isn't that what you're meant to do for characters on the screen? Connect and want to help / look after / etc? Everyone in this film acted really, really well and I was honestly taken aback by the quality of the acting itself. The casting director did such a brilliant job choosing the leads and the supporting cast. Each actor did such an amazing portrayal, and they deserve a round of applause for sure. Hanks portrayal of shock and (what I assume to be) post traumatic stress disorder was absolutely unbelievable. He did wonders in this role, and I'd love to see him in more things like this.
The plot itself is well known, I suppose. A ship taking cargo to Africa, being hijacked by Somalian pirates. It doesn't sound great, but let me just say, the suspense in this was absolutely amazing. My heart was pounding and I was on the edge of my seat for the entire movie when things got faster. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
This was, overall, an amazing movie and it's definitely one of those that you need to watch and form your own opinion on for sure. This is such a beautiful movie, it deserves so much praise.