I would have thought they would try to kill the pirates at any opportunity. Like in the beginning, where they wanted Mikkel to make some food. He had a big knife, why not slit the pirate's throat that was standing there? Get the rifle and go from there. I know he was not Steven Seagal, and this was not Under Siege, but I would be thinking of how start killing them all the time.
shareThey were pointing a gun at them ALL the time. They even point out that the guy with the gun that they sort of befriend often has his finger right on the trigger. They are never given the opportunity to fight back. You can think about killing them as much as you like, but just avoiding getting shot was on the forefront of their mind most of the time. If there's one surefire way of getting shot, it's approaching them in any way aggressively - rushing at them with a knife for example.
shareOnly a fool would try to do that. And Stu indeed, but he'd need the back up of a Hollywood script. People tend to humble down facing a gun. Especially when the gun is in the hands of a pirate who doesn't value your life, doesn't speak your language and hasn't made clear what he wants yet.
shareIf you notice, in Captain Philips the American crew rose up and took out the leader. Also, the US Navy fought back and refused to give into piracy.
The European crew sat back and expected their bosses to take care of everything. The European government couldn't be bothered to fight back against the Samalians so they wouldn't be seen as "racist."
I think it's about the difference in cultures. Americans take control and fight for what they think is right like men, and the "progressive" Europeans just sit back and take it in the rear.
Yeah, the Americans like to come in guns blazing killing anyone and be real heroes.
The American crew was with 14 crewman who fled into a panic room at the moment the pirates were spotted. Real heroes. And them SEALs? yeah they let 6 ships just go on being pirated doing nothing in the week before.
Don't be brave unless you've been there.
Sorry, I was just high on American pride when I made that post. It's true that America has been paying off ransoms recently, and Europe has been coming a littler harder on pirates recently. I just didn't like the attitude of the hostages in the movie. They thought that they could just sit back and relax and it was completely up to the company to cave in and pay up.
shareWell, its understandable, because before piracy around the horn of africa really took off (around 2005-2008) governments didn't care, and shiping companies were left to fend for themselves, and with all the weapons trafficing laws around the world all they really could do was negotiate (or hire mercenaries but that can be more risky). Then when piracy hit the main stream media governments started reacting by sending the navy to patrol the area. And in the last year or so there has been only 1-2 hijackings.
Unfortunately, my biggest complaint about both movies is they haven't really covered the situation in somalia, I understand that it probably doesn't create for good entertainment. But it is important to know the whole piracy issue is a lot more complex than just hijackings if you look at the historcal situation of somalia. When you hear stories that other countries are stealing fish and dumping nuclear waste in somalian waters. Just come to show that the lack of the international communities willingness to stablize the region is coming to haunt us 2 decades later.
Everybody knows about the Somalia fish situation. The problem is that you can't stop honest businessmen from fishing in international waters just so that a 3rd world country can have an industry. And how about we start dumping the nuclear waste in your backyard if you don't want it to be dumped in the middle of nowhere?
shareYour a ridiculous person.
shareweren't you.
Really? Surprised? Man, you are so childish...
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