Joseph Bekar- Captain Phillips
When Reading Jacobean Literature there are a couple of themes that come to mind. These themes include crime,Violence, Incest and immorality. A movie i choose that depicts most of these themes is Captain Phillips. Based on a true story, the story of captain phillips is pretty insane when you come to think about it. Tom Hanks ( Captain Phillips) takes over a container ship named the Maersk Alabama that was traveling to Kenya. One Day into the pirates were able to infiltrate the ship and take over command. The Pirates hold the captain as hostage while his crew is hiding and demands a ransom of 30 Million Dollars. Throughout the movie we see different instances that Jacobean drama is shown.
One particular scene where jacobean drama is shown is actually the final scene. The Maersk Alabama was vacated by the pirates as they went into the life boat. as the captain was showing them how to activate the boat the pirates trapped him and took off with him on it. With no food or water it was hard to survive out in sea for so long. the navy seals were called and the pirates blindfolded the captain and where going to kill him because they didn’t get what they asked for. Once the navy seals had three green lights they took the snipe and saw one bullet go through each ones head killing them instantly.Not knowing what happened and tasting the blood that was splattered Captain phillips had a break down and began to go crazy until someone was able to get him out of the boat. Although the scene was heroic, it was also very bloody and something you probably would’ve saw on a daily basis in the Jacobean Era.
There are many other scenes where we see this kind of violence including when the crew decided to fight back which they failed at the end. the crew filled the floor with glass so that when they would walk in he would step on it. By doing this they were able to capture on of the pirates and planned on exchanging him for their captain. they gave back the pirate but the captain wasn’t able t escape, causing an all out fight. Below is the final scene in the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-lZUgaghVE
One response so far
Joe,
Loved this movie… Like the point you made regarding the elements of Jacobean drama. I do remember the specific scene you discussed and I do recall all of the points you made. Great choice!