26/100 Battleship (movie review)
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phynckeBattleship(2012)
Based on the Hasbro game of the same name
Summary:
Aliens receive a transmission from Earth and invade our planet, touchdown Pacific Ocean just off Hawaii. The battle is on as the Navy is first on scene.
I was not really expecting much from this movie and it was way better than I bargained for. This really held together! Not a high brow film but a pretty good movie! Action, aliens and they even used the locating technique from the Battleship board game. I was so excited about that. They cleverly integrated that into this plot.
Lots of explosions, great climactic moments and ultimate triumph as disaster is avoided and the aliens defeated. I am sure most of you won't see this so I am not worried about spoilers in my review. Taylor Kitsch is gorgeous in this and he is solid. Liam Neeson as the Admiral, also solid. I even liked Rihanna in this and I am not a fan of her but she was spunky and feisty here. We thought that she could have used some more foul language in her dialogue...a little stronger there but they kept her pretty g-rated.
My review here is that I liked this more than I thought I would. Got some laughs and loved the battle tactics and explosions. Yes.
IMDB web page for cast and credits:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/
Overall rating:
Solid entertainment.
Recommend:
If you like this kind of movie. Disaster-alien stuff.
Warnings:
None really.
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Based on the Hasbro game of the same name
Summary:
Aliens receive a transmission from Earth and invade our planet, touchdown Pacific Ocean just off Hawaii. The battle is on as the Navy is first on scene.
I was not really expecting much from this movie and it was way better than I bargained for. This really held together! Not a high brow film but a pretty good movie! Action, aliens and they even used the locating technique from the Battleship board game. I was so excited about that. They cleverly integrated that into this plot.
Lots of explosions, great climactic moments and ultimate triumph as disaster is avoided and the aliens defeated. I am sure most of you won't see this so I am not worried about spoilers in my review. Taylor Kitsch is gorgeous in this and he is solid. Liam Neeson as the Admiral, also solid. I even liked Rihanna in this and I am not a fan of her but she was spunky and feisty here. We thought that she could have used some more foul language in her dialogue...a little stronger there but they kept her pretty g-rated.
My review here is that I liked this more than I thought I would. Got some laughs and loved the battle tactics and explosions. Yes.
IMDB web page for cast and credits:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/
Overall rating:
Solid entertainment.
Recommend:
If you like this kind of movie. Disaster-alien stuff.
Warnings:
None really.
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post 26/100 in the 100 things challenge
