I saw Battleship in the theaters earlier this year. 6 times. I love this movie. It is my favorite film next only to the Avengers. I thought this was better than Men in Black III. Since many have already reviewed the plot, I am going to share some of my favorite moments and tidbits. Director Peter Berg is a Navy fan and it shows. Battleship has outstanding Transformer style special effects, lots of action, a great cast and support of the Navy, which includes many naval personnel, both active duty, retired WW II & Vietnam vets and wounded warriors. (You must see Army Col. Greg Gadson, a real wounded warrior who lost his legs in Iraq, personally take on an alien warrior-he is one tough soldier!)You don't see many of the latter in save the world films. Taylor Kitsch is wonderful as Alex Hopper, our slacker turned hero and I love Alexander Skarsgard (True Blood) as his responsible Navy Captain brother Stone. They have a nice vibe between them. Rihanna is absolutely bad ass as Navy gunner Raikes. She spent time with weapons training with a real gunner named Jacqueline and she modeled her performance partly on this tough young lady. You will see Jacqueline in the bonus specials. Brooklyn Decker is wonderful as Sam, Alex's girlfriend and physical therapist. The alien weapons are awesome (the first ship destroyers are designed to look like the pegs in the board game), both peg projectiles and the formidable shredders which eat metal and have a mind of their own. We humans are considered much of a threat until we directly provoke them. Time for the Navy to save the day! While we normally see aircraft carrier and fighters, it is great to see what a destroyer does and Director Berg does a great job of putting you in the action and making it easy to follow.
Ignore the critics and the bad reviews. This is a great movie, with lots of action and humor. I have friends who didn't see it in theaters, rented it loved and now wished they had seen it during its initial run. Several of them bought it. One friend said it had more action than the Avengers. Sit back, relax and enjoy seeing the Navy save the world. This is a wonderful tribute to our veterans, active, wounded and retired.
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THERE IS A BONUS SCENE AT THE END OF THE CREDITS SET IN SCOTLAND. Many people didn't know about it or missed it. The digital copy includes subtitles and languages and the bonus scene.
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Some favorite scenes:
Alex getting tazed after damaging a convenience store to get Sam a chicken burrito. Great comic skills from Taylor.
Alex meeting Captain Nigata (TADANOBU ASANO, a famed Japanese actor-Thor fans, you know him as one of the Asgardian Warriors 3) during the soccer match. Nigata kicks him in the face, causing Alex a concussion and the loss of the game. This sets up the dynamic relationship between the two.
During the Rimpac exercises (the Naval games that include 13 nations participate in) some great moments:
Alex explaining the difference between a destroyer and a battleship (a destroyer is the Terminator, a battleship is a floating punching bag)
The opening ceremony aboard the Might Mo, USS Missouri battleship (the cast and crew shot aboard the real Mighty Mo, including a rare opportunity to film the Mighty Mo out at sea (details in the great making of docs including a tour) with over 600 multinational sailors and WWII vets
A great contrasting scene showing the difference in approaches Stone and Alex use while speaking to their crews. Stone as commander encourages his crew to be safe and learn cooperation from other nations and "Keep Charging." Alex as tactical action officer informs his crew to crush the enemy and outperform every other ship during the exercises. Watch the faces of the crew during Alex's speech when he says "We are not here in this weapons room to learn." Priceless looks from some of the real Navy sailors!
When the Navy encounters the aliens and the action begins, note the care shown to include reactions from the sailors, they have some of the greatest reactions during the battles. "Who's running the ship? Hopper. Hopper is, we are all going to die?!" When a helmsman is steering the ship in a dangerous area, "Ordy, we are about to kiss these rocks, man! I can see fish man!"
Alex in command of the John Paul Jones after the CO and XO are killed insisting on charging the overwhelming power of the aliens that costs Nigata his ship and the loss of the Sampson and brother Stone, being reminded by Petty Officer "Beast," (a great John Tui) that there are sailors in the water who need to be rescued.
Key section in which Alex and Nigata begin to work together (their dynamic, contrasting styles help drive the film) while plotting their next move. When Nigata explains his water displacement strategy "seeing them without seeing them" Alex steps back and offers Nigata his chair, showing how much he has learned. Raikes (Rhianna) and other crew members give him questioning looks and he says "My brother would have done the same." One of my favorite scenes in the whole film. Watch the crew reactions as they first question and then rejoice in Nigata's clever usage of water displacement (like the battleship board game) to take out 2 alien ships.
Destroyer John Paul Jones' destruction of the the third alien ship, which in turn sends out shredders to rip up the JPJ. Incredible special effects showing the shredders ripping the ship to pieces!
A truly great scene where the survivors of the JPJ board the Might Mo. Beast says the ship is 70 years old with steam engines that he doesn't know how to run. There is a great view of the veteran sailors around the ship who come forward and step up once again when asked to fight. Great patriotic moment. I saw this on Memorial Day and the folks in the audience applauded. The Mighty Mo still packs a punch and it is worth it to see her take on the last alien ship and win. Another great section. Alex references the Art of War (a legendary Chinese guide to war strategy) several times during the film. Near the end he realizes the last confrontation reminds him of a section of Art of War. When the Mighty Mo defeats the alien ship, I love the exchange with Nigata.
Nigata, "I can't believe that worked!" Alex, "Art of War, after all these years it finally clicked! Fight the enemy where they aren't." Nigata, "That's not what that means!" Alex, "Really?" Nigata, "Not even close!"
Buy the ticket and take the ride. A number of reviewers on iTunes were surprised at the amount of action and enjoyed it as well. I think you will enjoy this fun film. I am sorry we won't get to see further adventures of Alex Hopper.
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- Run time : 2 hours and 12 minutes
- Release date : August 28, 2012
- Actors : Alexander Skarsgård, Liam Neeson
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French Canadian (Dolby Digital 5.1), French Canadian (DTS 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1), English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1)
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Very quick review here. I really liked this movie, but some things seemed quite "Pie" in the "Sky!" Our hero's "girlfriend" actor Liam Neeson's daughter, plays a "physical" therapist. In a scene that depicts where she works, with US Military veteran's presumably, they in fact have more than 22-veteran's of all service's doing all sorts of things on "ultra-modern" to "Star-War's" like equipment, with highly caring and "apparently" highly caring personnel! If this was, in fact made to portray the US Dept. of Veteran Affairs (US DVA), well the US General Public, has in fact been very sorely misled?!?! If it was to "picture" an "ideal" world for US Armed Service veterans' of all "US Conflict's, it makes the US DVA look simply like a little person "T-Ball" league, and not even using "wood" or "aluminum" bats yet.The closet I have seen to this, in my sad and very "unfortunate" 10(+) year experience was in fact the SHARE/Shepherd Center's in Atlanta Georgia! Unfortunately, for me, due to Ex-US DVA employee had a lees than "ideal" experience her as well, but the fact remains, it puts the US DVA to shame by any and all "standards!!!!"Like this "movie" at SHARE, they encouraged utilizing "leisure" activities such as music, art, etc.. to tie in with other more serious "therapeutic goals" such as "memory" improvement, eye movement, balance, etc..... Resultant, this movie, as about US Navy, "harkened" me back to my day's stationed in USARK and fishing "Prince William Sound" in Valdez, AK, as well as made me look up "fathom's" in Webster's Third International Dictionary sold here on Amazon.com. A fathom is roughly 6-feet or 1.83 meter's and the map of "Prince William Sound" I have goes to 11-Fathoms or 66-feet!!! In the movie, they utilize "water-displacement" from US NOAA bouy's to track "Alien" craft....wonder if that is done in the "real" world, as "scientifically" possible given all the bouy's around the globe- and the advanced pace of IT-or "information" technology (9+20)!!!! (sse attached photo-presentation!!!)Furthermore, as the "Mighty Mo" was about to be sunk off "Hawaii"- it is supposedly a "British" pilot that save's the day, and the UK is one of the US "staunchest" allies- good?- "visual" depiction there!!!! Kind of a "Tandem Thrust!" so to speak!!!!Any-way, this was a very "good" and highly "thought" provoking movie- hopefully depicting where the US DVA needs to go- but as they say "its a long, hard road to get there" due to all the internal and "ex-ternal" factors that play into the US DVA! Kind of like "Catcxh-22!"
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OK, come on, people. it's a movie. I read through some of the one star reviews and they are harsh. I never understand why we can suspend believability for one movie and not another. So, you Star Trek geeks out there can faithfully repeat the dialog of the Good Captain Kirk from the 60's version of the show; you can argue the reality of it episode by episode, but you can't suspend reality for 2 hours to watch this? Really? You can camp it up with "Swamp People" on reality TV, but you don't like Rhianna because she's skinny? I don't like Rhianna either, but because she doesn't seem to be a very nice person in real life. I don't have a problem with her role here.
So let's take this in a nice orderly fashion.
First, if you are a CGI hater, why are you even here? There are plenty of Indies for you. I like real. I like CGI. I guess that makes me easy to entertain.
Next, I love the review that trashes the main character for being a "bad boy". OK, I don't know what you read or watch, but the "bad boy makes good" plot device is old, man. Really, really old. So, Mr. Kitsch has that down after playing "Tim Riggins" on "Friday Night Lights" and he did it well here. Must be that Canadian hockey thing, eh? I loved seeing him with Jesse Plemmons again, also a "Friday Night Lights" alum. I'd like to see him play a different character, though. Mr. Berg is typecasting him, and probably Taylor Kitsch as well.
To others who said that this is a rehash of other movies of this genre. Well...yeah! Did you think it wouldn't be? I thought it was better than the Transformer movies, but that may be because I'd had enough of Shia Lebouf after the first one. Give me Taylor Kitsch any day over Shia Lebouf. I liked it better than the last "Die Hard" and "Lethal Weapon" movies.
Somebody really trashed Peter Berg and his directing. Well, that's all personal preference. I thought that the movie entertained AND made a little fun of itself in the process. I like movies that don't take themselves too seriously. Like "Day After Tomorrow" and that sanctimonious speech by the VP at the end of the movie. I love that movie, but I cringe at that part. I'm usually talking back to the screen by then anyway. The plot here isn't that difficult. In fact, it's pretty simple. So, Berg didn't get bogged down in sub-plots or hidden meanings or agendas. He told a far fetched story. Have you read Shakespeare? Talk about fetched! Now, I'm not comparing the two, obviously, but still, we have a history of far fetched stories in the English speaking world. In terms of sci-fi," Star Trek", the original series was far fetched. "Farscape" is far fetched. "Star Gate" however, is true. I know Jack O'Neill is out there protecting me from the bad guys. And the greatest story of all, "Lord of the Rings", is only fetched, because I believe that one too. Too much TV? How about "Alice in Wonderland", "LOTR", "Tarzan", "The Wizard of OZ", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" just to name a few? My point is, that of course the story isn't believable. I'm pretty sure that you cannot swing a battleship around like that on an anchor, but can you fly into the mothership and upload a virus? I don't want it to be believable, do you? I want fetched and far-fetched if I can get it. As I write this, the doctor with ebola just landed in Atlanta to be treated in the US. The plane is on the way back to get the nurse. Over 1300 people that we know of have ebola in West Africa and over 700 have died. We got the Gaza-Israel thing; we've got some stupid stand off with Russia going on. So, yeah. I want far-fetched if I can get it.
Some things I really liked about the movie: I loved that one of the heroes is a double amputee. I hope they used a real guy for that and didn't CGI it, but even if they did, good for them to use a wounded veteran character. Those guys deserve to be treated like heroes for the rest of their lives. I loved that they used an "old" ship and "old" veterans to save the day. That was classy. I like the message, that they may be old, but they are still useful and that new (as in technology) isn't everything. I liked that they launched the "Missouri" to "Thunderstruck" by ACDC. It was a good moment and it fit.
What did I not like? Well, I do agree with the criticism of the aliens, but it's not a deal breaker. That they can't take the sunlight...well, yeah, that's lame. But, that's like 2 minutes of the movie. I thought the beginning was slow and wondered when they'd get to the point. I thought the science guy on the mountain was useless and I didn't think they used the people back in Washington as well as they could have. I'd have taken more time to develop that over some of the fight scenes. This movie owes a lot to it's predecessors. Just about every gag they did had it's roots in some other film from the genre. They could be paying their respect to the ones who have gone before, but I'd like to see just a little bit more originality. The anchor thing is original, though. It isn't believable, but it's original. So 4 stars.
So, will you like this movie? I have no idea. HA! If you are in a relatively good mood; if you want to see some action, but you also don't want the story to be too heavy; if you want to laugh; if you want to see 2 hours of product placement for the NAVY; then you might like it. It's a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously and you shouldn't take it too seriously either. It's a romp! Just good, clean, America-glorifying, shoot 'em up fun. If you are in a serious mindset, there are plenty of Indie and mainstream movie indictments of the war in Iraq out there to satisfy you. Watch one of those and save this for a fun day. Me? I'm going to buy it on DVD. I quilt a lot and I like to quilt to disaster and action movies. And just one final thing. Sometimes, picky is a good thing. We should all develop our picky-ness to a point. And if you are someone who "has better things to do than watch movies" (read that in a deep bass voice), then you may not be entertained here. You might just be too picky, and that's great if you are. Just maybe don't watch the movie and leave supercilious reviews. Maybe you should read a book or ride a mountain bike somewhere and pick up organic goodies for the kiddos. But, if you just plain like movies, you're not after "Citizen Kane" every time you sit to devote some time to the art form, then you may be easy to entertain like me. And what is so bad about that?
So let's take this in a nice orderly fashion.
First, if you are a CGI hater, why are you even here? There are plenty of Indies for you. I like real. I like CGI. I guess that makes me easy to entertain.
Next, I love the review that trashes the main character for being a "bad boy". OK, I don't know what you read or watch, but the "bad boy makes good" plot device is old, man. Really, really old. So, Mr. Kitsch has that down after playing "Tim Riggins" on "Friday Night Lights" and he did it well here. Must be that Canadian hockey thing, eh? I loved seeing him with Jesse Plemmons again, also a "Friday Night Lights" alum. I'd like to see him play a different character, though. Mr. Berg is typecasting him, and probably Taylor Kitsch as well.
To others who said that this is a rehash of other movies of this genre. Well...yeah! Did you think it wouldn't be? I thought it was better than the Transformer movies, but that may be because I'd had enough of Shia Lebouf after the first one. Give me Taylor Kitsch any day over Shia Lebouf. I liked it better than the last "Die Hard" and "Lethal Weapon" movies.
Somebody really trashed Peter Berg and his directing. Well, that's all personal preference. I thought that the movie entertained AND made a little fun of itself in the process. I like movies that don't take themselves too seriously. Like "Day After Tomorrow" and that sanctimonious speech by the VP at the end of the movie. I love that movie, but I cringe at that part. I'm usually talking back to the screen by then anyway. The plot here isn't that difficult. In fact, it's pretty simple. So, Berg didn't get bogged down in sub-plots or hidden meanings or agendas. He told a far fetched story. Have you read Shakespeare? Talk about fetched! Now, I'm not comparing the two, obviously, but still, we have a history of far fetched stories in the English speaking world. In terms of sci-fi," Star Trek", the original series was far fetched. "Farscape" is far fetched. "Star Gate" however, is true. I know Jack O'Neill is out there protecting me from the bad guys. And the greatest story of all, "Lord of the Rings", is only fetched, because I believe that one too. Too much TV? How about "Alice in Wonderland", "LOTR", "Tarzan", "The Wizard of OZ", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" just to name a few? My point is, that of course the story isn't believable. I'm pretty sure that you cannot swing a battleship around like that on an anchor, but can you fly into the mothership and upload a virus? I don't want it to be believable, do you? I want fetched and far-fetched if I can get it. As I write this, the doctor with ebola just landed in Atlanta to be treated in the US. The plane is on the way back to get the nurse. Over 1300 people that we know of have ebola in West Africa and over 700 have died. We got the Gaza-Israel thing; we've got some stupid stand off with Russia going on. So, yeah. I want far-fetched if I can get it.
Some things I really liked about the movie: I loved that one of the heroes is a double amputee. I hope they used a real guy for that and didn't CGI it, but even if they did, good for them to use a wounded veteran character. Those guys deserve to be treated like heroes for the rest of their lives. I loved that they used an "old" ship and "old" veterans to save the day. That was classy. I like the message, that they may be old, but they are still useful and that new (as in technology) isn't everything. I liked that they launched the "Missouri" to "Thunderstruck" by ACDC. It was a good moment and it fit.
What did I not like? Well, I do agree with the criticism of the aliens, but it's not a deal breaker. That they can't take the sunlight...well, yeah, that's lame. But, that's like 2 minutes of the movie. I thought the beginning was slow and wondered when they'd get to the point. I thought the science guy on the mountain was useless and I didn't think they used the people back in Washington as well as they could have. I'd have taken more time to develop that over some of the fight scenes. This movie owes a lot to it's predecessors. Just about every gag they did had it's roots in some other film from the genre. They could be paying their respect to the ones who have gone before, but I'd like to see just a little bit more originality. The anchor thing is original, though. It isn't believable, but it's original. So 4 stars.
So, will you like this movie? I have no idea. HA! If you are in a relatively good mood; if you want to see some action, but you also don't want the story to be too heavy; if you want to laugh; if you want to see 2 hours of product placement for the NAVY; then you might like it. It's a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously and you shouldn't take it too seriously either. It's a romp! Just good, clean, America-glorifying, shoot 'em up fun. If you are in a serious mindset, there are plenty of Indie and mainstream movie indictments of the war in Iraq out there to satisfy you. Watch one of those and save this for a fun day. Me? I'm going to buy it on DVD. I quilt a lot and I like to quilt to disaster and action movies. And just one final thing. Sometimes, picky is a good thing. We should all develop our picky-ness to a point. And if you are someone who "has better things to do than watch movies" (read that in a deep bass voice), then you may not be entertained here. You might just be too picky, and that's great if you are. Just maybe don't watch the movie and leave supercilious reviews. Maybe you should read a book or ride a mountain bike somewhere and pick up organic goodies for the kiddos. But, if you just plain like movies, you're not after "Citizen Kane" every time you sit to devote some time to the art form, then you may be easy to entertain like me. And what is so bad about that?
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 30, 2022
It's cheesy. The script is not Shakespeare by any stretch of the imagination. But you know what? I like this movie and I'm not gonna hide anymore. When they use the buoys to pinpoint where the enemy ship is, fire, then sink it? C'mon. They made a movie based on a male army action figure too and the tie in wasn't that smooth. Using real VFW elders to man the old ship in one final battle? DoD WISHES they could write a recruitment ad that good. I watched this movie to get pumped up for my trip to Hawaii and you better believe Oahu is nothing like it but that doesn't mean it still wasn't a great choice for prep. 10/10 will watch again.
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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 6, 2022
Love this movie. Glad bought from Amazon. I've purchased some movies/DVD from Walmart & target previously & had issues with scratches, chips, & broken. Of course they refuse refunds or exchanges.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 14, 2022
I rented this movie on Amazon at the insistence of my boss and simply put it wasn’t quite as corny as I thought it would be, actually a fairly watchable movie. Entertaining.
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I know a lot of people think this is a stupid movie and doesn't really have anything to do with the game. But come on! Ya gotta have some leniency when it comes to adapting a BOARD GAME into a movie. I enjoy it just because the main character has a lot of growth, the CGI is pretty good, and the aliens make sense.
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Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on January 11, 2019
ストーリー等に関するレビューは沢山あるので敢えて語りません。
そして、この映画を視聴するなら断然吹き替え版を推奨します。
なぜなら吹き替え版の翻訳は、日曜洋画劇場版コマンドーやザ・グリード、プレデター等、
翻訳家として高い評価を得ている、平田勝茂氏だからです。
平田氏の翻訳センスと実力派声優によって、この映画をワンランク高めていると言っても過言ではないです。
ただ、吹き替え版唯一の欠点は、浅野忠信氏の吹き替えが典型的な俳優吹き替えで、特にうまくありません。
個人的には、吹き替え版でリアーナの吹き替えをしている、土屋アンナ氏のほうがうまく感じました。
次に字幕版ですが、こちらの翻訳はかなり残念な出来になってしまっています。
字幕版の翻訳を担当しているのは戸田奈津子氏なんですが、一例として、
エイリアンの攻撃を受けた戦艦ミズーリの乗員のセリフで、
吹き替え版では「戦艦が簡単に沈むか!」でしたが、戸田氏の字幕版では、
「この船が沈むもんか」とセンスの無さからくる、かなりガッカリな翻訳になっています。
なので、英語音声の映画は原語版でも大丈夫という英語ペラペラな方以外は、吹き替え版を推奨します。
そして、この映画を視聴するなら断然吹き替え版を推奨します。
なぜなら吹き替え版の翻訳は、日曜洋画劇場版コマンドーやザ・グリード、プレデター等、
翻訳家として高い評価を得ている、平田勝茂氏だからです。
平田氏の翻訳センスと実力派声優によって、この映画をワンランク高めていると言っても過言ではないです。
ただ、吹き替え版唯一の欠点は、浅野忠信氏の吹き替えが典型的な俳優吹き替えで、特にうまくありません。
個人的には、吹き替え版でリアーナの吹き替えをしている、土屋アンナ氏のほうがうまく感じました。
次に字幕版ですが、こちらの翻訳はかなり残念な出来になってしまっています。
字幕版の翻訳を担当しているのは戸田奈津子氏なんですが、一例として、
エイリアンの攻撃を受けた戦艦ミズーリの乗員のセリフで、
吹き替え版では「戦艦が簡単に沈むか!」でしたが、戸田氏の字幕版では、
「この船が沈むもんか」とセンスの無さからくる、かなりガッカリな翻訳になっています。
なので、英語音声の映画は原語版でも大丈夫という英語ペラペラな方以外は、吹き替え版を推奨します。
Damien
5.0 out of 5 stars
Switch off your brain and enjoy the loud and visual feast
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 3, 2017
Hugely enjoyable film which didn't get the commercial success it deserved.
No, its not full of deep character development. No, its not full of edge-of-seat plot twists.
But it is a big-screen movie event - lots of action and explosion backed up with loud effects. An enjoyable storyline that, coupled with the effects and likeable characters, is more than sufficient to suspend disbelief for 2 hours as you enjoy the ride.
Characters are likeable, and even a few funny moments before and during the alien battles.
The aliens are not indestructible - so there's enough of a threat whilst allowing for a two-way fight without descending into a deus-ex machina ending (no War of the Worlds get-out clause needed, no Independence Day "decipher alien network protocols and write an alien virus inside an hour having drunk half a bottle of whiskey).
Loved the nods to the board game (the alien weaponry looking like the little pegs you stick into the battleships, plus the grid use for trying to intercept the moving alien vessels).
No, its not full of deep character development. No, its not full of edge-of-seat plot twists.
But it is a big-screen movie event - lots of action and explosion backed up with loud effects. An enjoyable storyline that, coupled with the effects and likeable characters, is more than sufficient to suspend disbelief for 2 hours as you enjoy the ride.
Characters are likeable, and even a few funny moments before and during the alien battles.
The aliens are not indestructible - so there's enough of a threat whilst allowing for a two-way fight without descending into a deus-ex machina ending (no War of the Worlds get-out clause needed, no Independence Day "decipher alien network protocols and write an alien virus inside an hour having drunk half a bottle of whiskey).
Loved the nods to the board game (the alien weaponry looking like the little pegs you stick into the battleships, plus the grid use for trying to intercept the moving alien vessels).
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F.T.F
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is quite a film
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 16, 2020
This is quite a film. A secret NASA program sends a deep space signal out with the hope of attracting attention. Everyone is caught off guard when the response comes in the form of a superior alien race. A powerful struggle takes place between our out gunned and out manoeuvered military and a terrifyingly efficiant destructive force. Though their technology is far more advanced, there are only two weaknesses that can be exploited....
Brilliant effects and real navy old salties, Battleship is loosly based on an old board game but with aliens.
There is a little bit of storyline getting it together and a rather quick edit from battle to the final scene. Non-the-less its a wothy film and the Battleship itself is magnificent. Fab docu in the extras section.
Brilliant effects and real navy old salties, Battleship is loosly based on an old board game but with aliens.
There is a little bit of storyline getting it together and a rather quick edit from battle to the final scene. Non-the-less its a wothy film and the Battleship itself is magnificent. Fab docu in the extras section.
Ravenj
3.0 out of 5 stars
Battleship
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 25, 2012
This is one of the more silly alien-invasion action flicks that's been released recently. However, it's nowhere near as bad as Skyline. This one is more in the same vain as Battle LA but at sea. The movie takes a good half hour to really get going but once it does, it's quite enjoyable. The idea behind the aliens was quite intelligent as they're more humanoid than the usual insect-ish races depicted in a lot of sci fi.
Essentially the story is all about a group of Navy ships engaged in war games that accidentally happen upon an invading force of technologically superior humanoid aliens. Thus starts a lot of explosions, fighting and general panic. The scenes towards the end with the veterans was a nice edition, if extremely corny.
Good fun but a little disappointing.
Essentially the story is all about a group of Navy ships engaged in war games that accidentally happen upon an invading force of technologically superior humanoid aliens. Thus starts a lot of explosions, fighting and general panic. The scenes towards the end with the veterans was a nice edition, if extremely corny.
Good fun but a little disappointing.
Wez
5.0 out of 5 stars
Daft film that's entertaining
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on June 29, 2021
It's just one of them over the top action films that's anything but believable.
Always happy to sit and watch it whenever it's on the TV so figured I'd buy it.
For a couple of quid, a bargain!
Always happy to sit and watch it whenever it's on the TV so figured I'd buy it.
For a couple of quid, a bargain!

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