In the last scene with the Navy Corpsman she actually did that for her job. They found her, and the film makers told her to do what she would normally do in that kind of situation. And Tom Hanks worked off of her lead. Just awesome!
That scene gets me every time. Her calm demeanor and the waves of relief just coming over Tom Hanks, that must have been just how it felt to hear a comforting American voice again.
I'm a paramedic and even before I found that out I was highly suspicious that's what they did. She just sounds like the real deal in a way that someone who hasn't done it a thousand times before can't fake.
In an interview Tom Hanks said that he and the other actors had not seen the Somalians until they stormed in yelling at the top of their lungs. He said that they were the skinniest, scariest men he had ever seen, and he wasn't acting. Then when the scene was cut, the main guy smiled at up and said to him "Hey, Forrest Gump"!! What a fantastic movie!!
I wonder how much trauma he has considering how real the end of the movie was where he’s in shock, I mean “real” in the aspect they had real EMTs treating him for the scene and he really did seem to be in shock from getting so deep in the character. Then you hear him talk about Saving Private Ryan and how obviously he had an idea of what was gonna happen on the opening scene on the beach, but he’s said how once they were actually going and all these peoples arms were getting blown off and shit it felt pretty real bc there’s no way to really run through that before hand like I’m pretty sure the first time they filmed was the first time he was actually seeing all that shit. It’s easy to go “oh it’s just a movie” but when you have people who really take it seriously it can really affect them. I know that kid from the naked brothers band who was the older brother in Hereditary, was in therapy for years after that role maybe he still even is. And I totally get it like getting into a role that dark has to have an affect on your psyche when you’re showing up day after day slipping into that mindset
That scene at the end with Tom Hanks and the female Navy Corpsman is just pure magic, with equal props to both of them, and the director. From what I've read, Tom Hanks did his thing, and the woman playing the corpsman was an actual military medic or some sorts (and not an actor at all) and was told just to treat Tom Hanks as she would any traumatized victim, and the result is absolutely amazing. Tom Hanks' heartbreaking performance in contrast with her cool, calm and reassuring demeanor is just a bewildering mix, and I don't know that I've ever seen a better scene.
Tom Hanks deserves all the praise for his role, but Barkhad Abdi, in his film debut, showed so much range and control in this performance. He was menacing, intimidating, and still valuable and empathetic within the role. Tom Hanks, moment at the end, wouldn't have hit as hard if it hasn't for him.
The actors playing the somali pirates don't get nearly enough credit. I've seen them in a few other movies here and there but would love to see each of them get some more work.
Not enough reactors have watched this film. So excited that you checked this out. It's one of Tom's best performances in many years in my opinion. But it's an incredibly well directed film, full of tension, and great performances.
This might not be very good at being a biopic but I have to give props where it's due: these actors straight from Somalia are absolutely fantastic and the highlight of the movie, even over Tom Hanks, which is no small task.
"I dont know what self help book you've been reading but yes you can give up" Hahaha I cracked up at that. Its a great time watching you and hearing your commentary
@@JamesVSCinema Have you ever seen Akira Kurosawa's movie "Ran"? Its gorgeous and is part of the Criterion collection. I feel like you'd love the color theory and cinematography
Having been through the experience of being in shock, I can say that Tom Hanks' performance near the end, during the rescue and medical care scene, is spot on.
I come from a Somali family and let me tell you unfortunately this was a hilarious disaster of them bringing the Somali language into film especially with how they translated it in the captions. Every language is of course hard to fully translate However Barkhad Abdi was a force in this film. He stood out the most and it was great that he got his recognition Anyways thanks again bud! Hello from A Somali 🇨🇦 filmmaker
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and I remember it so clearly it was one of the most gripping experiences I’ve ever had in a theater. It must have been a decade ago now but it doesn’t feel like it the memory is so vivid
This is fun bc like I said I saw it so long ago I remember specific moments and how I felt, but honestly I don’t remember exactly what happens to the OTHER people. I mean I know Captain Phillips is the only one that gets taken on the boat, from what I remember I don’t have exactly a good feeling about it
I've worked on similar ships, built in the same dockyard as the Alabama, and i recognize every fitting and fixture in the cabins, bridge and other spaces. This was all filmed on location or on sets true to reality.
Oh I remember watching this movie in the theater when it was first released. I actually went to the theater with my grandma and sister like we sometimes do. But this was the only movie my grandpa stayed to watch with us. Normally he would drop us off and pick us up, because he doesn't like going to the movies. But he used to work on ships his entire life before retiring, obviously knew about captain phillips and has his own (small) sailing yacht. He still works in the local yacht harbor to maintain ship engines or other machinery. Even though he is 84 years old right now. Such an incredible movie especially considering it really happened. And really cool to relive this memory of the movie through your reaction. While also learning about filming perspectives etc. Like the claustrophobic feel it has, I never realized that 10 years ago. Not only because I was 14 years old then, but also because I only learned looking at things like that through your reactions. Probably going to rewatch this movie with my grandpa now. He even looks kind of similar to captain phillips.
I was a dock-hand at a fishing camp in my early 20s. Lawn mowing, garbage removal, scrub fish-cleaning-hut, bear repelling lol, fire fighter! Several occasions had to bail water from the boats in middle-of-the-night thunderstorms! ⛈️ Was great experience. Kinda wish I went back every summer instead of getting a “city” job! That’s my boat story.. 🛥️
Ahh James I run out of superlatives to describe your channel. Your choices are great, your community is great. I'm loving Breaking Bad and It's Always Sunny and your film.choices are off the scale brother! 👏👏Much love🙏🇬🇧
Great stuff as always. Just wow on the life saving dude, you really are an incredibale person on every leve... as always, stay awesome and stay genuine... much love and keep on doing you
It's probably been answered a handful of times but I don't feel like scrolling through all the comments. Khat is a drug mostly abused in East Africa / Arabian Peninsula. It's a dried leaf that when chewed produces a euphoric stimulant like effect. AKA meth light in leaf form. BTW like always hell of a reaction / review
If I’m not mistaken, Khat is a stimulant with similar effects to meth or coke. It gives you energy and allows you to stay awake for longer periods of time while staying alert, gives a euphoric feeling, suppresses your appetite, but eventually when you come down you kinda crash. Has side effects like irritability, mood swings, paranoia, insomnia, depression, very similar to meth. Probably has some similar psychoactive compounds as meth, hence the similar effects. I don’t think they’re the same since khat is naturally occurring while meth is synthetic, just very similar in the compounds produced and how the body reacts to, and processes, those compounds.
I love that there are two moments the movie chooses to basically stop to take a beat: one is when the pirates finally hook their boat to the ship, the second during the 3-sniper-executions during the climax. Those two moments are like bookends.
The only reason we even have/had somali pirates is because fishermen from other countries, european and asian iirc, fished their waters empty, so the fishermen had no way to make a living or get food. it started off more as a coast guard but there was so much money in grabbing ships that they turned to that. Edit: So tbh i can't even really blame them for what they're doing.
In addition a massive amount of pollution also happened in their waters. There's no real government in Somalia so the maritime would ignored all the laws in their waters and destroyed them. And yes at first it was seen by Somalis as just a toll, not much different to what you pay to travel through the Suez canal.
Oi, Vermonter here. When you go on your trip to VT, be sure to visit the towns outside of Burlington, not just Burlington itself. Williston and Essex both are especially really nice.
This movie was very tense and emotional. Props to the cast and crew. If you like skydiving, I recommend reacting to Drop Zone (1994) with Wesley Snipes.
My favorite part in this is the Navy rolling a whole ship up on US as well as the guys in that lifeboat SEAL style. They were ON TOP of them when the horn blew and those lights came on. I was in the Navy when I saw this and I was cheesing so hard at my civilian gf on the couch with me. 😂
Seeing the lifeboat in real life was incredible, seeing the holes in the windows and how small they are was just insane. Some bad dudes them seals. RIPieces UBL
You really need to review Das Boot to see some amazing camera work and sets in an enclosed space. I would say only Apollo 13 was filmed in a more confining space than a perfect mock up of a type VIIC submarine as a set. It is also simply one of the best WWII movies ever put to film.
I was a US Navy Corpsman for 8 years and a corpsman I worked for was on the USS Boxer at the time, the amphibious carrier in the operation. Allegedly the way this went down was total propaganda. Again, take this with a grain of salt the size of a Volkswagen. He said what really happened was the SEALs approached the lifeboat underwater undetected with the use of re breather apparatuses and sprayed the lifeboat with whatever sub machine guns the teams were using at the time (MP5s maybe?). The sniper sync shot was concocted for whatever reason, maybe recruiting purposes. Idk though, regardless whatever they did was totally badass.
I didn't watch this when it came out. The subject matter just didn't catch my eye. But I came across it one day on TV and nothing else was on, so I watched it. Very good movie. I really enjoyed it.
So I was in the Navy on a ship and we captured Somalian pirates and they looked Just Like That, and had probably come from similar circumstances. Kudos for authenticity on that part.
But I don't believe its that dangerous. I used to work on similar ships so had to go through training about how to survive captivity and we were always told that if we were offered khat to take it if we feel a refusal would upset our "hosts".
@@oliverlane9716 It's not dangerous by itself, but regular consumption would give you a tolerance and dependence. Similar to caffeine except a bit more extreme.
Not related to this movie but you talking about how the ocean was a battlefield made me think of The Siege of Jadotville very underrated also based on true story movie would love to see you react to it
Please react to “Only The Brave” it’s so good and directed by the guy who directed top gun maverick and tron legacy. Similar movie to this in multiple ways dealing with traumatic experiences aswell as being very heartfelt
Hey James, I really appreciate a lot of your reactions and insights. Have you ever seen Only The Brave with Josh Brolin? It's a GREAT movie if you haven't. A great dark comedy by Martin Scorsese is After Hours which came out in 1985. Hope you check them out.
If you get a chance, listen to the mic drop podcast ep 65 with Terry Houin oh, he was one of the seal snipers he'll help save Captain Phillips. He's got a ton of great stories and the first-hand account that you would love
Idk if it’s “getting the job done and then complain about it” when there’s Somalian pirates 😭 idk if you’re grasping the severity of this situation bro it isn’t just “this is not what I signed up for I want to talk to your supervisor” it’s like “bro I didn’t sign up to DIE” which it probably isn’t helpful to say but don’t act like he’s just complaining bc he doesn’t wanna “get the job done” 😭
In my opinion, I feel like you lacked very much empanthy for the attackers during all this. IMO a huge part of the story was portraying the reality and nuance of the attackers themselves, not just as good guy vs objective evil. They tried showing the attackers leader as a little more complex character than just 'baddie' as well as the naive younger attacker. With the really aggressive attacker at one point he says "you need to be strong to get what you want" and you scoffed about how that sounds like some silly self-help book, massively missing the implications of the society they are a part of and reality of their day to day lives. They don't have opporunities. This is their reality. It's not justified but it is nuanced. At one point you said "You can of course give up" but really? can they? For what? At best the get out of this with the status quo of abject poverty and misery and at worst other than death are imprisoned by a foreign power for probably the rest of their lives.
In the last scene with the Navy Corpsman she actually did that for her job. They found her, and the film makers told her to do what she would normally do in that kind of situation. And Tom Hanks worked off of her lead. Just awesome!
You can tell she wasn’t acting, was a nice touch
That scene gets me every time. Her calm demeanor and the waves of relief just coming over Tom Hanks, that must have been just how it felt to hear a comforting American voice again.
She’s just living her real life in imaginary circumstances…… the pinnacle of acting
I'm a paramedic and even before I found that out I was highly suspicious that's what they did. She just sounds like the real deal in a way that someone who hasn't done it a thousand times before can't fake.
Not only that, but they actually used the sister ship of the actual one to film. She was the corpsman on board that ship.
In an interview Tom Hanks said that he and the other actors had not seen the Somalians until they stormed in yelling at the top of their lungs. He said that they were the skinniest, scariest men he had ever seen, and he wasn't acting. Then when the scene was cut, the main guy smiled at up and said to him "Hey, Forrest Gump"!! What a fantastic movie!!
I wonder how much trauma he has considering how real the end of the movie was where he’s in shock, I mean “real” in the aspect they had real EMTs treating him for the scene and he really did seem to be in shock from getting so deep in the character. Then you hear him talk about Saving Private Ryan and how obviously he had an idea of what was gonna happen on the opening scene on the beach, but he’s said how once they were actually going and all these peoples arms were getting blown off and shit it felt pretty real bc there’s no way to really run through that before hand like I’m pretty sure the first time they filmed was the first time he was actually seeing all that shit. It’s easy to go “oh it’s just a movie” but when you have people who really take it seriously it can really affect them. I know that kid from the naked brothers band who was the older brother in Hereditary, was in therapy for years after that role maybe he still even is. And I totally get it like getting into a role that dark has to have an affect on your psyche when you’re showing up day after day slipping into that mindset
That scene at the end with Tom Hanks and the female Navy Corpsman is just pure magic, with equal props to both of them, and the director. From what I've read, Tom Hanks did his thing, and the woman playing the corpsman was an actual military medic or some sorts (and not an actor at all) and was told just to treat Tom Hanks as she would any traumatized victim, and the result is absolutely amazing. Tom Hanks' heartbreaking performance in contrast with her cool, calm and reassuring demeanor is just a bewildering mix, and I don't know that I've ever seen a better scene.
Perfectly said
Not only that, but they actually used the sister ship of the actual one to film. She was the corpsman on board that ship.
“I’m the captain now” was improvised. What a genius.
That final scene with Tom Hanks is honestly one of the finest bits of acting you'll ever see.
Tom Hanks deserves all the praise for his role, but Barkhad Abdi, in his film debut, showed so much range and control in this performance. He was menacing, intimidating, and still valuable and empathetic within the role. Tom Hanks, moment at the end, wouldn't have hit as hard if it hasn't for him.
The actors playing the somali pirates don't get nearly enough credit. I've seen them in a few other movies here and there but would love to see each of them get some more work.
Not enough reactors have watched this film. So excited that you checked this out. It's one of Tom's best performances in many years in my opinion. But it's an incredibly well directed film, full of tension, and great performances.
This might not be very good at being a biopic but I have to give props where it's due: these actors straight from Somalia are absolutely fantastic and the highlight of the movie, even over Tom Hanks, which is no small task.
"I dont know what self help book you've been reading but yes you can give up" Hahaha I cracked up at that. Its a great time watching you and hearing your commentary
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@@JamesVSCinema Have you ever seen Akira Kurosawa's movie "Ran"? Its gorgeous and is part of the Criterion collection. I feel like you'd love the color theory and cinematography
I just teared up thinking about the final scene before this video even started, Tom's acting is absolutely phenomenal.
That final scene with Hanks I can't watch with dry eyes. His performance is so devastating.
Having been through the experience of being in shock, I can say that Tom Hanks' performance near the end, during the rescue and medical care scene, is spot on.
I come from a Somali family and let me tell you unfortunately this was a hilarious disaster of them bringing the Somali language into film especially with how they translated it in the captions. Every language is of course hard to fully translate
However Barkhad Abdi was a force in this film. He stood out the most and it was great that he got his recognition
Anyways thanks again bud! Hello from A Somali 🇨🇦 filmmaker
i didnt know where you were going with "hilarious disaster" at first lmfao
You’ve got to watch the documentary on this event. It’s just as intense. And you get to see actual footage of the orange boat they were in.
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out and I remember it so clearly it was one of the most gripping experiences I’ve ever had in a theater. It must have been a decade ago now but it doesn’t feel like it the memory is so vivid
This is fun bc like I said I saw it so long ago I remember specific moments and how I felt, but honestly I don’t remember exactly what happens to the OTHER people. I mean I know Captain Phillips is the only one that gets taken on the boat, from what I remember I don’t have exactly a good feeling about it
So glad someone finally reacted to this movie. I've been suggesting it for years to different reactors.
How Tom Hanks didnt win the oscar for this film is beyond me. Some of the best acting I’ve seen in a long time.
I've worked on similar ships, built in the same dockyard as the Alabama, and i recognize every fitting and fixture in the cabins, bridge and other spaces. This was all filmed on location or on sets true to reality.
Oh I remember watching this movie in the theater when it was first released.
I actually went to the theater with my grandma and sister like we sometimes do. But this was the only movie my grandpa stayed to watch with us. Normally he would drop us off and pick us up, because he doesn't like going to the movies. But he used to work on ships his entire life before retiring, obviously knew about captain phillips and has his own (small) sailing yacht. He still works in the local yacht harbor to maintain ship engines or other machinery. Even though he is 84 years old right now.
Such an incredible movie especially considering it really happened. And really cool to relive this memory of the movie through your reaction.
While also learning about filming perspectives etc. Like the claustrophobic feel it has, I never realized that 10 years ago. Not only because I was 14 years old then, but also because I only learned looking at things like that through your reactions.
Probably going to rewatch this movie with my grandpa now. He even looks kind of similar to captain phillips.
I was a dock-hand at a fishing camp in my early 20s. Lawn mowing, garbage removal, scrub fish-cleaning-hut, bear repelling lol, fire fighter!
Several occasions had to bail water from the boats in middle-of-the-night thunderstorms! ⛈️
Was great experience. Kinda wish I went back every summer instead of getting a “city” job!
That’s my boat story.. 🛥️
The doctor checking him out is a real Navy doctor.
Ahh James I run out of superlatives to describe your channel. Your choices are great, your community is great. I'm loving Breaking Bad and It's Always Sunny and your film.choices are off the scale brother! 👏👏Much love🙏🇬🇧
Great stuff as always. Just wow on the life saving dude, you really are an incredibale person on every leve... as always, stay awesome and stay genuine... much love and keep on doing you
It's probably been answered a handful of times but I don't feel like scrolling through all the comments. Khat is a drug mostly abused in East Africa / Arabian Peninsula. It's a dried leaf that when chewed produces a euphoric stimulant like effect. AKA meth light in leaf form. BTW like always hell of a reaction / review
I remember when this was playing out in real life and following it on cable news. Thx for your reaction. Love Tom Hanks.
This was intense!
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If I’m not mistaken, Khat is a stimulant with similar effects to meth or coke. It gives you energy and allows you to stay awake for longer periods of time while staying alert, gives a euphoric feeling, suppresses your appetite, but eventually when you come down you kinda crash. Has side effects like irritability, mood swings, paranoia, insomnia, depression, very similar to meth. Probably has some similar psychoactive compounds as meth, hence the similar effects. I don’t think they’re the same since khat is naturally occurring while meth is synthetic, just very similar in the compounds produced and how the body reacts to, and processes, those compounds.
Spent a couple of years training to be sailor, no pirate stories of my own but one of my captains sailed a lot around Africa and he sure had some.
I love that there are two moments the movie chooses to basically stop to take a beat: one is when the pirates finally hook their boat to the ship, the second during the 3-sniper-executions during the climax. Those two moments are like bookends.
WOW...I don't think I've seen a reaction to this before. Good Choice👍
I have been waiting a long time for you to do this one!
It's funny you say that about The Big Short because Barry Ackroyd did the Cinematography for both movies
That’s awesome!! You can feel it!
@16:10 "I don't know what self help book you been reading, but yes you can give up"😃😃
The only reason we even have/had somali pirates is because fishermen from other countries, european and asian iirc, fished their waters empty, so the fishermen had no way to make a living or get food. it started off more as a coast guard but there was so much money in grabbing ships that they turned to that.
Edit: So tbh i can't even really blame them for what they're doing.
In addition a massive amount of pollution also happened in their waters. There's no real government in Somalia so the maritime would ignored all the laws in their waters and destroyed them. And yes at first it was seen by Somalis as just a toll, not much different to what you pay to travel through the Suez canal.
I've seen Somali pirates.. they are not in pirating condition.
Not really. Its mainly cuz of the collapse of their government due to civil war.
Oi, Vermonter here. When you go on your trip to VT, be sure to visit the towns outside of Burlington, not just Burlington itself. Williston and Essex both are especially really nice.
Every time i think Tom Hanks is overrated, I think back at the final scene of this movie and remember that he actually is underrated.
“ Look At Me!! , I’m the Captain Now”
From what I've seen from this film. If I see Tom Hanks on any trip, I know I'm definitely screwed.
Yup. Never travel with Tom Hanks.
You’re coming to Vermont? Yes! Come enjoy our maple syrup 🍁
This movie was very tense and emotional. Props to the cast and crew. If you like skydiving, I recommend reacting to Drop Zone (1994) with Wesley Snipes.
I hope he reacts to Paul Greengrass’s other film, United 93, sometime soon. To which I consider it his best film!
My favorite part in this is the Navy rolling a whole ship up on US as well as the guys in that lifeboat SEAL style. They were ON TOP of them when the horn blew and those lights came on. I was in the Navy when I saw this and I was cheesing so hard at my civilian gf on the couch with me. 😂
Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture.
And almost completely fictional.
Tom Hanks acting with the medic is up there with the best acting I've seen him do
tom hanks and his acting after being in shock at the end is so damn realistic.
If Anthony announced "I've been converted!" while hold Francine's hand, that would've been hilarious
the original Metal Gear that was introduced on NES was awesome
Seeing the lifeboat in real life was incredible, seeing the holes in the windows and how small they are was just insane. Some bad dudes them seals. RIPieces UBL
You really need to review Das Boot to see some amazing camera work and sets in an enclosed space. I would say only Apollo 13 was filmed in a more confining space than a perfect mock up of a type VIIC submarine as a set. It is also simply one of the best WWII movies ever put to film.
I was a US Navy Corpsman for 8 years and a corpsman I worked for was on the USS Boxer at the time, the amphibious carrier in the operation. Allegedly the way this went down was total propaganda. Again, take this with a grain of salt the size of a Volkswagen. He said what really happened was the SEALs approached the lifeboat underwater undetected with the use of re breather apparatuses and sprayed the lifeboat with whatever sub machine guns the teams were using at the time (MP5s maybe?). The sniper sync shot was concocted for whatever reason, maybe recruiting purposes. Idk though, regardless whatever they did was totally badass.
I didn't watch this when it came out. The subject matter just didn't catch my eye. But I came across it one day on TV and nothing else was on, so I watched it. Very good movie. I really enjoyed it.
So I was in the Navy on a ship and we captured Somalian pirates and they looked Just Like That, and had probably come from similar circumstances. Kudos for authenticity on that part.
I've actually been playing through the old MW2 on Veteran very recently, never beat it on the highest difficulty when it first came out! RIP Ghost 🙏
Another great movie i recommend that's also based on a true story and also take place on the water is Deepwater Horizon (2016) !
Khat is a stimulant made from a plant local to Africa, it's good for traditional use but also quite abusable and thus addictive.
But I don't believe its that dangerous. I used to work on similar ships so had to go through training about how to survive captivity and we were always told that if we were offered khat to take it if we feel a refusal would upset our "hosts".
@@oliverlane9716 It's not dangerous by itself, but regular consumption would give you a tolerance and dependence. Similar to caffeine except a bit more extreme.
Khat is also mentioned in Blackhawk Down. RIP Tom Sizemore
Edit: shout out to the SEALs and the shots. Crazy.
Enjoyed this movie a lot
Dude legit went back to work later. Took a minute. But went back.
Great choice!!!
I laugh every time the lead pirate says "One day I go to America..." - oh yes you'll go to America alright, for 30+ years in maximum security!
james is the captain now
Not related to this movie but you talking about how the ocean was a battlefield made me think of The Siege of Jadotville very underrated also based on true story movie would love to see you react to it
This movie is like the "Bone Tomahawk" of the ocean.
I think the main pirate dude got an award for not being molested by Tom Hanks.
Yes, khat is a drug, specifically a stimulant.
This movie is incredible!
You should check out the film Pirate Radio.
Yes, true story
Please react to “Only The Brave” it’s so good and directed by the guy who directed top gun maverick and tron legacy. Similar movie to this in multiple ways dealing with traumatic experiences aswell as being very heartfelt
Tom Hanks does a great job in this film
Hey James, I really appreciate a lot of your reactions and insights. Have you ever seen Only The Brave with Josh Brolin? It's a GREAT movie if you haven't. A great dark comedy by Martin Scorsese is After Hours which came out in 1985. Hope you check them out.
True story!
Moral of the story: Absolutely don't find yourself on the opposing end of a Navy warship
You should watch _Tommy Boy_ one of these days.
Rob O'neill the Seal that shot Bin Laden was involved with this rescue as well as the rescue of Marcus Luttrell ( Lone Survivor), talk about a career.
Check 8mm from 1999
Nicolas Cage
Joaquin Phoenix
James Gandolfini
Blood freezing thriller 🥶
Touch situation for all
The history buffs youtube channel did a great video on the accuracy of the film vs the real events if your interested
Run hide fight 2021 would be a good one?
If you get a chance, listen to the mic drop podcast ep 65 with Terry Houin oh, he was one of the seal snipers he'll help save Captain Phillips. He's got a ton of great stories and the first-hand account that you would love
Pls react to the Kingsman: The Secret Service next, great reactoon James!
I suggest reading about the real events and the lawsuits.
The real story...is different.
In a good way or a bad way?
EDIT: I read a bit about it. Should've guessed
Idk if it’s “getting the job done and then complain about it” when there’s Somalian pirates 😭 idk if you’re grasping the severity of this situation bro it isn’t just “this is not what I signed up for I want to talk to your supervisor” it’s like “bro I didn’t sign up to DIE” which it probably isn’t helpful to say but don’t act like he’s just complaining bc he doesn’t wanna “get the job done” 😭
fun fact: at least one of the navy seals here was also on the bin laden raid.
Khat is like a poor man's Molly.
top 10
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What is that intro song?
If this was say a russian vessel, those pirates would have been shot at and sunk in maybe 2 minutes tops since their arrival
Another good movie is united 93
Tom Hanks is the GOAT
This should serve as a warning to anyone who wants to mess with U.S.A.
WE WILL FIND YOU.
History buffs has a great video on this film and the true story check it out.
The sniper shot they reused music for the directors 9/11 film...united 93
Another Somalia story? Black Hawk Down.
In my opinion, I feel like you lacked very much empanthy for the attackers during all this. IMO a huge part of the story was portraying the reality and nuance of the attackers themselves, not just as good guy vs objective evil. They tried showing the attackers leader as a little more complex character than just 'baddie' as well as the naive younger attacker. With the really aggressive attacker at one point he says "you need to be strong to get what you want" and you scoffed about how that sounds like some silly self-help book, massively missing the implications of the society they are a part of and reality of their day to day lives.
They don't have opporunities. This is their reality. It's not justified but it is nuanced. At one point you said "You can of course give up" but really? can they? For what? At best the get out of this with the status quo of abject poverty and misery and at worst other than death are imprisoned by a foreign power for probably the rest of their lives.
The SEAL who shot Bin Laden was also on this mission.
Eh hey LOOK AT ME
No interest in captain Philips, just came here for the like👍🏽❤️🔥🔄