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*** Bonus for Castellano, who lead the negotiations, to stop the tow so pirates will lose balance and lean to the sniper's scope. The fact that he carried such smart moves under pressure is no small feat.

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*** Bonus for Castellano, who lead led the negotiations, to stop for stopping the tow so pirates will the last pirate they needed in range would lose balance and lean to step into the sniper's scope. The fact that he carried such smart moves under pressure is no small feat.
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* Phillips talking down the pirate leader and stopping him from executing prisoners by asking him "[[ArmorPiercingQuestion Is this how you do your business]]?"
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* Abduwali Muse's actor, Barkhad Abdi, had never acted before. But he managed to hold his own alongside veteran A-list actor Tom Hanks. How well did he do? He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, the SGA Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe. And he ''won'' a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
* The medic who treats Phillips at the end is not an actress at all--but a real medic who was just doing her job, at Tom Hanks' explicit request treating him as she would treat a real patient. And while she "simply" is just doing her job (or not so simply, since her job is treating heavily traumatized people) and not acting, Tom Hanks gives an awesome (though of course extremely tearjerker-y) acting performance of a traumatized, mentally broken down person.
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*** GeniusBonus for Castellano, who lead the negotiations, to stop the tow so pirates will lose balance and lean to the sniper's scope. The fact that he carried such smart moves under pressure is no small feat.

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*** GeniusBonus Bonus for Castellano, who lead the negotiations, to stop the tow so pirates will lose balance and lean to the sniper's scope. The fact that he carried such smart moves under pressure is no small feat.

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* Phillips and the crew acting swiftly and smartly to keep the crew hidden from the armed pirates, giving them a lot less hostages and leverage to work with.

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*** Even more points for DEVGRU marksman for accurately shooting down terrorists inside a boat with a low-visibility windows without wearing a NVG, which is extremely terrible at aiming down sniper sights, and at extreme pressure as the situation becomes worsened.
*** GeniusBonus for Castellano, who lead the negotiations, to stop the tow so pirates will lose balance and lean to the sniper's scope. The fact that he carried such smart moves under pressure is no small feat.
* Phillips and the crew acting swiftly and smartly to keep the crew hidden from the armed pirates, giving them a lot less hostages and leverage leverages to work with.

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* Creator/TomHanks' performance at the end.



* Meta example: Abduwali Muse's actor, Barkhad Abdi, had never acted before. But he managed to hold his own alongside veteran A-list actor Tom Hanks. How well did he do? He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, the SGA Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe. And he ''won'' a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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* Meta example: These five words: ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis You. Are. Not A. Fisherman.]]'' Said by Phillips to the main pirate at the end. After Phillips has been nice and kind towards the pirates the entire film, and doing his best to cooperate with them, he snaps, and manages to give the pirate a TheReasonYouSuck speech with just these five words (ItMakesSenseInContext).

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Abduwali Muse's actor, Barkhad Abdi, had never acted before. But he managed to hold his own alongside veteran A-list actor Tom Hanks. How well did he do? He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, the SGA Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe. And he ''won'' a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.Actor.
* The medic who treats Phillips at the end is not an actress at all--but a real medic who was just doing her job, at Tom Hanks' explicit request treating him as she would treat a real patient. And while she "simply" is just doing her job (or not so simply, since her job is treating heavily traumatized people) and not acting, Tom Hanks gives an awesome (though of course extremely tearjerker-y) acting performance of a traumatized, mentally broken down person.
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* Tom Hanks' performance at the end.
* The sudden appearance of the USS Bainbridge out of the darkness, complete with horn and siren and spotlights. It’s massive and sleek and powerful, everything the tiny, clunky, and slow lifeboat isn’t.

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* Tom Hanks' Creator/TomHanks' performance at the end.
* The sudden appearance of the USS Bainbridge out of the darkness, complete with horn and siren and spotlights. It’s massive and sleek and powerful, everything the tiny, clunky, and slow lifeboat isn’t.isn’t.
* Meta example: Abduwali Muse's actor, Barkhad Abdi, had never acted before. But he managed to hold his own alongside veteran A-list actor Tom Hanks. How well did he do? He was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, the SGA Award for Best Supporting Actor, and a Golden Globe. And he ''won'' a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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* The sudden appearance of the USS Bainbridge out of the darkness, completely with horn and siren and spotlights. It’s massive and sleek and powerful, everything the tiny, clunky, and slow lifeboat isn’t.

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* The sudden appearance of the USS Bainbridge out of the darkness, completely complete with horn and siren and spotlights. It’s massive and sleek and powerful, everything the tiny, clunky, and slow lifeboat isn’t.
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* Tom Hanks' performance at the end.

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* Tom Hanks' performance at the end.end.
* The sudden appearance of the USS Bainbridge out of the darkness, completely with horn and siren and spotlights. It’s massive and sleek and powerful, everything the tiny, clunky, and slow lifeboat isn’t.
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* The SEAL team [[spoiler: dispatching the pirates]] is terrifyingly quick and efficient...and pretty awesome.

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* The SEAL team [[spoiler: dispatching the pirates]] pirates is terrifyingly quick and efficient...and pretty awesome.
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* "You know, saltwater would probably be pretty good on your foot." [[spoiler: *push*]]

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* "You know, saltwater would probably be pretty good on your foot." [[spoiler: *push*]]*push*
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* Tom Hank's performance at the end.

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* Tom Hank's Hanks' performance at the end.
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** "Execute." ::boom::

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** "Execute." ::boom::[[BoomHeadshot *blam, blam, blam*]]
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* Phillips and the crew acting swiftly and smartly to keep the crew hidden from the armed pirates, giving them a lot less hostages and leverage to work with.

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* Phillips and the crew acting swiftly and smartly to keep the crew hidden from the armed pirates, giving them a lot less hostages and leverage to work with.with.
*Tom Hank's performance at the end.
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** "Execute." ::boom::

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** "Execute." ::boom::::boom::
* Phillips and the crew acting swiftly and smartly to keep the crew hidden from the armed pirates, giving them a lot less hostages and leverage to work with.
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* "You know, saltwater would probably be pretty good on your foot." [[spoiler: *push*]]

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* "You know, saltwater would probably be pretty good on your foot." [[spoiler: *push*]]*push*]]
* The SEAL team [[spoiler: dispatching the pirates]] is terrifyingly quick and efficient...and pretty awesome.
**"Execute." ::boom::
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* "You know, saltwater would probably be pretty good on your foot. [[spoiler: *push*]]

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* "You know, saltwater would probably be pretty good on your foot. " [[spoiler: *push*]]
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* "You know, saltwater would probably be pretty good on your foot. [[spoiler: *push*]]

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