Heard good things about it. It probably would not have worked as a movie if it accurately portrayed the Captain's interactions with the pirates. The Captain and his crew did a great job and their heroism, especially Captain Phillips', merits many more people knowing about it.

I chose Gravity over it and Sandra earns a nomination!

Chose to see Gravity instead this weekend, in 3D, which also made me dizzy during the spacewalk. Sandra was great.

We saw Prisoners this weekend...very disappointing.

Hi,

My name is Joe Masalta. I am a Navy SEAL (1989 - 2005 active duty Navy with some broken service time and reserve time). Dec 1990 I graduated BUD/s and Feb 1991 I checked into SEAL Team One. Although I did not retire, I had a long career. Over the past decade I have worked as a Security Contractor for the U.S. State Department and private entities through various para-military companies.
For the past two years I have been providing maritime security for merchant ships against the Somalia Pirates. I am looking forward to seeing this movie for entertainment purposes. I am told across the board that Captain Phillips was an idiot and it is his fault that the pirates took him.

The discussion of my insights to the real events are too in depth for posting. The movie is based on real events and real facts from those events. That doesn't mean that everything is factual. Frankly, it would probably be boring if it was all factual.

Tom Hanks is awesome and no one can dispute that. I have a real life SEAL friend who worked on the movie. That is one of the major drivers for me wanting to see the movie.
Currently, I am aboard the Maersk Chicago. I will watch the movie when I return to the states.

Also saw Gravity and thought it was good.