Hear me out. Everyone kept saying that this film was a lot better than expected. I'm here to tell you they lied.
I'd been hearing for quite some time that Battleship, based on the popular board game, was a pretty darn good action adventure movie. When I saw it on the guide, I decided to check it out. (yes, the Queen is out of town. Why do you ask?) I almost shut it off several times, but I decided to hold out until it got to the good part.
During naval exercises, aliens land on earth and establish a forcefield over Hawaii and several Naval ships that were doing war games in the area. A game of battleships ensues as the alien and naval forces fire at each other. The alien missiles even look like the pegs used in the board game. At one point, neither side can see the other side. They fire blindly to see if they can hit their opponents ships. Numbers are called out for the opponents quardanants. Sadly, no one ever says, "Darn, you sank my battleship"
It's all pretty bad. Many times I asked myself why they were doing such silly things. And superbly miscast is Rihanna as a weapons tech Why is Rihanna carrying that rifle?
It's not a complete failure because the show made it a point to highlight wounded soldiers and old sailors and keep them in the cast. There is one particular bit of tomfoolery when they take the USS Missouri out of dock. Even after being mothballed, the USS Missouri still has working engines and some ordnance.
I did see it all the way to the end, but I missed the first ten minutes or so. It felt like it took the entire weekend to see. Liam Neeson was in it for the paycheck.
I'd been hearing for quite some time that Battleship, based on the popular board game, was a pretty darn good action adventure movie. When I saw it on the guide, I decided to check it out. (yes, the Queen is out of town. Why do you ask?) I almost shut it off several times, but I decided to hold out until it got to the good part.
During naval exercises, aliens land on earth and establish a forcefield over Hawaii and several Naval ships that were doing war games in the area. A game of battleships ensues as the alien and naval forces fire at each other. The alien missiles even look like the pegs used in the board game. At one point, neither side can see the other side. They fire blindly to see if they can hit their opponents ships. Numbers are called out for the opponents quardanants. Sadly, no one ever says, "Darn, you sank my battleship"
It's all pretty bad. Many times I asked myself why they were doing such silly things. And superbly miscast is Rihanna as a weapons tech Why is Rihanna carrying that rifle?
It's not a complete failure because the show made it a point to highlight wounded soldiers and old sailors and keep them in the cast. There is one particular bit of tomfoolery when they take the USS Missouri out of dock. Even after being mothballed, the USS Missouri still has working engines and some ordnance.
I did see it all the way to the end, but I missed the first ten minutes or so. It felt like it took the entire weekend to see. Liam Neeson was in it for the paycheck.
As a matter of fact, my anger does keep me warm