Captain Phillips

The pirates were Somalian who are known for not looking like Vikings.

This was during the early days of the attacks and imo a much better film than Capt Phillips which was exaggerated as usual by Hollywood.


Vikings sigh...They got their arse's kicked by the then tiny Romans (most of whom were 5-5'6 feet tall)and no I am not a size crazy yank but a fellow decedent of the barbarians myself LOL I was born and raised in Germany. But my point is size really does NOT matter in a fight or battle the Romans, Red Chinese and Koreans and the Vietnamese proved that. And in 1994 so did the Somalis where Rangers,Delta Forces and Seals were dealt a serious blow I know due to political reasons but still as in Iraq and Afghanistan even the most highly skilled can be killed by a lesser enemy. I minored in Historical warfare..

I have or had relatives both on my US and German sides of the family who are in the military and both sides served in the sandbox as they called it. Ask a Seal or any real SF's or ordinary combat soldier they well tell you never to never underestimate any enemy.

The real world is very different than these movies Navy Seals, SAS, KSK or whatever are NOT indestructible...Lastly I have a cousin who lost 2 legs to a IED in Afghanistan back in 2011 he's a US Marine so that war was very close to home for my whole family.

Dr.Nichole A. MD. AKA Nicky was here.

I never revisit posts. Too busy and mature to argue.

Most of the best Danish Vikings went to England, which is why half of England was once a Danish colony, and one reason why Britain now wins most of the sailing competitions.

Well, now that Captain Phillips is released, your theory is wrong. A significant portion of Captain Phillips does focus on the negotiation.

Oh no. I didn't like Captain Phillips that much and the trailer for this seemed more exciting.

I too have watched both. Captain Phillips based on the actual events of the Maersk Alabama made was a sure-fire thriller, especially for those who knew/know very little on the subject.

Kapringen (A Hijacking) being fictional inspired by the whole Somaili Piracy thing could have easily been more thrilling.

If we're to assume that it's set in the same universe but in 2012 and not 2009, then surely some talk of military involvement could have made mention on the successful rescue of the crew of the Maersk Alabama and that there was no ransom paid.

Alternatively, if it is set in it's own world, just have the military talk, and the foregone conclusion that doing a military style operation would just have all hostages killed, so the ship is "quarantined" and some sort of exclusion zone for any ships is set up (which I'm sure was done in the movie anyways).

The Danish Royal family should offer their prayers and support for the hostages, whilst the Prime Minister acknowledges that military intervention is not possible and that any ransom money paid is up to the shipping company.

Omar the interpreter should also double as the leader of the pirates, only revealing himself in the end as being both. As for the Captain, his death in the end was not necessary (although somewhat surprising and shocking). It would have been more shocking if he was killed somewhere in the middle. Perhaps when the cook is supposedly shot. A great idea would have been Omar agreeing with Peter's assertion that he can offer at most 5 million, where Omar executes the Captain (in the same room as the cook, where it was a choice between one or the other). That's where the press goes crazy and the board threatens to remove Peter as negotiator and bring in the expert (which they now truly believe they should have done with in the beginning.

The film ends not with Peter driving his flashy Mercedes outside of the company garage (well in relief at least, where in the original the Captain dies by accident at the end in disgrace, having been fired by the board for mishandling the negotiation (he sees the negotiations to the end) and with regards to the Captain's death.

You kill one of the most valuable hostages, therefore the value of the ransom goes down and it actually makes the bosses of the shipping company get things rolling.

In essence, being totally fictional, set in a real world there could have easily have been more shocks and tension, there was some here and there in the final film, but there could have been more.

I'm glad you reconsidered your previous opinion that A Hijacking was a 'cheap ripoff' of Captain Philips - since A Hijacking was released a year before Captain Philips. 