Yeah. That's why I wish I hadn't known anything about the movie before watching it. But...going into it...
1) I knew he was a freighter captain
2) I knew his shop got hijacked by somoli pirates (though, HOW they did it was very interesting)
3) I knew they'd have the obligatory "everyone's life is threatened so take the captain hostage"
4) I knew the Navy was going to come in and save him
5) I knew he wasn't going to die (based off true story...)
6) I knew the last few scenes would be intense
So...all of that sortof ruined it for me. I got a lot more out of Flight, because I went in knowing pretty much nothing of the real plot. Before seeing it, I just thought he was a captain who had saved his plane and the notoriety ended up ruining his life.