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Hank

On 2/4/2014 1:33 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 22:39:37 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I just finished watching "Captain Phillips" with Tom Hanks playing the
lead role as Captain Phillips. Based on the 2009 pirate attack off the
Somali coast.

I don't watch movies often so I don't qualify as much of a critic, but I
thought it was pretty good. Don't know how accurate it was but you sure
get the sense of terror that he must have experienced. Also had great
footage of the US Navy ships and the Seals that came to his rescue.

Watched it on the iMac using the Samsung portable DVD player/writer that
Harry recommended. Works great.

Hanks was on Charley Rose and he said they kept the actors who played
the pirates away from him until they shot the bridge scene and he said
they actually scared him a little the first time he saw them.
They did do a good job with the movie. I really liked the corpsman at
the end. She looked like the real deal. Reminded me of my niece's kid.
Nothing but business.

The movie seemed to follow events closely. I liked it.