Captain Philips

Language : English
Country    : USA
Year          : 2013

Genre       : Crime | Drama | Biographical | Adventure
Duration   : 2hr 10 mins

Director    : Paul Greengrass
Actors       : Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman,
Faysal Ahmed

Tom Hanks... I dont remember a time where Ive gone for a movie of his with huge expectation and came back dissapointed, and this movie here is no exception. Captain Philips, is a based on the real life story of Captain Richard Philips who was captured by the Somalian pirates in the waters of Somalia. The story is based on the book written by Richard himself, "A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea". Tom Hanks did a wonderful job being the captain, although there were allegation from some crew members that Philips wasnt that much of a Hero as its shown in the film. But thats whole another story.
           The movie is well paced, plenty of suspense and that anxiety factor playing in, the crew and Hanks were brilliant. But what deserves more appreciation here are those who played the Somalian pirates, especially Barkhad Abdi who played the lead of the 4 member pirate crew. He was a chauffeur in the States and had no dream of becoming an actor, but the talent that he showed portraying the charater Muse (pirate lead) was just exemplary. The other supporting actors who played the other pirates were good too. Stand up applause for that. All in all, this is a really good movies. Highly recommended :)

Hobbit 2 - The Desolation of Smaug

Language : English
Country    : USA
Year          : 2013

Genre       : Drama | Fantasy | Adventure | Thriller
Duration   :  1hr 46 mins

Director    : Peter Jackson
Actors       : Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch


The Hobbit return with its 2nd part of the sequel, The Desolation of Smaug. The movie showcase all the stars from the first part with Benedict Cumberbacth doing voice over for Smaug, the Dragon. The storyline, acting, direction and cinematography is brilliant as it is in the previous part or the LoTR trilogy for that matter. The movie is really fast paced in the first half like you would even believe its the first part, but to me the second half was a bit of a drag. Too much fillers but then again there is lot of the story being weaved in there. So cant really say that it was mehh but I would really blame it even if you do. :) . Nevertheless, it is still a decent movie and I believe it is only the calm before the storm :)

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