Battleship - Part 1

[roach]

Just spoil one thing...

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Does Liam Neeson die?

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why did people think he was gonna die. Nothing in the trailers suggested it

 

[C. Lee]

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why did people think he was gonna die. Nothing in the trailers suggested it

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I thought he did...because he is seen very little in the trailers, his scenes in the trailer all look like they take place before and at the beginning of the alien attack and not during, and the trailer made it look like Taylor's character takes over command of the ship...so to me I figured he got killed.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

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^The trailer did sort of imply that Nesson was going to die.

 

[Wolfwood]

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I thought he did...because he is seen very little in the trailers, his scenes in the trailer all look like they take place before and at the beginning of the alien attack and not during, and the trailer made it look like Taylor's character takes over command of the ship...so to me I figured he got killed.

That's exactly what I got out of the trailer and usually...

Spoiler

When it comes to a character who is kind of a slacker, they need a major motivation, like a death, to get them on the right track.

 

[terry78]

I did dig the opening theme.

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[Poeman]

I did dig the opening theme.

[YT]LkDFNyciDiM[/YT]

i liked this one more

 

[kickass]

This movie isn't as bad as some people are blasting it to be. It's not an excellent film (the FX are great) but it is a big dumb entertaining film that knows what it is. This isn't Transformers 2 or 3. And although some of the more background characters are bland actors (big **** and no legs, I'm talking to you) Rihanna and Taylor are not one of them. I don't know why this guy gets so much flack.

Anyway, I had a lot of fun watching this. More so than John Carter. There are many unintentionally funny moments in the film but all of its flaws make me like the movie more. It adds an endearing quality to it.

Flame away. Not that it'll matter

 

[The Morningstar]

Neeson probably got 10 million for his 10 minutes of screen time.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I did dig the opening theme.

[YT]LkDFNyciDiM[/YT]

i liked this one more

The first one sounds a bit generic, which is surprising since I like Jablonsky.

The second one sounds a bit too similar his Gears of War score.

 

[LostSon88]

Here's my question to those who've seen it, how does it compare to the Transformers movies? I'm just assuming they share many characteristics.

If it compares favorably to 1…maybe i'll give it a shot as TF1 is one of my favorite movies.

3? Rental at best.

2? I'm not touching it with a 10 inch pole. TF2 is absolute garbage.

 

[Donut]

For a movie not directed by Michael Bay. It felt like Michael Bay directed it & made all of the decisions. I guess we could expect the same for the upcoming Ninja Turtles movie. Michael Bay may not be directing it. But if Battleship is any indication. Be very afraid

 

[nightwing06]

I guess the only reason why Universal decided to make Battleship instead of G.I. JOE
vs Transformers is the fact that half of the rights to the latter are tied up with Paramount/Dreamworks.
But i cant help but think how great it would have been to see the JOES Deep Six and
Shipwreck with Polly on his shoulder face off with Megatron and....well i do think some under the table deal was struck between the studios ,a deal with HASBRO as the mediator because the alien ships look and sound like Transformers.

Ok so no Deep Six Or Shipwreck,what Battle ship offers is the irresponsible Lieutenant Alex Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) who's in love with the Admiral's(Liam Neeson) daughter
Samantha (the lovely and voluptuous Brooklyn Decker).
But before he can ask for her hand in marriage ...here come the aliens.
There are some great action sequences and things blow up real good.
I liked the tributes and inclusion of many veterans of war including Gregory D. Gadson as Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales, an Army combat veteran and double amputee.

Rihanna's acting debut:She is a lovely woman,with incredible eyes and i like her music
Ultimately its the clunky,stiff,and cliched script that sinks Battleship
The fact that Battleship blatantly steals from a popular alien film doesnt help matters.
This is an alien invasion film in which the invasion of earth is slightly mentioned and seen
Im ready for an alien film with some strong characters with depth ...PROMETHEUS cant be released soon enough for me
Scale of 1-10 a 4½

 

[terry78]

Oh, Paramount is going to try and gear up G.I. Joe vs. Transformers at some point. They're not letting that opportunity for an Avengers-like cash grab get away. They probably got people going over all the crossovers in comics and the cartoon as we speak.

 

[Marvin]

For a movie not directed by Michael Bay. It felt like Michael Bay directed it & made all of the decisions. I guess we could expect the same for the upcoming Ninja Turtles movie. Michael Bay may not be directing it. But if Battleship is any indication. Be very afraid

Yup, Battleship sucked, a film Bay had absolutely nothing to do with, so look for TMNT to suck even more.

1. All BS(battleship) has proven is that bay brought something to a property that grabbed an audience in a way it seems others can only imitate, and fail at that(miserably).

2. (The whole world needs to grasp this too.) Michael Bay is producing TMNT, not directing. Remember how Spielberg was the famous producer of TF and how his name almost, scratch that, never comes up when that films faults come into the discussion. If applied to TMNT then th....ah forget it...this is tiresome.

BS is what critics and bay naysayers claim bays films are. BS is also how these people expect bays lack "character/story/substance" films to perform. All BS has shown is that it's certainly not so..

-GI.JOE proved that it simply wasn't a matter of big old school property.
-BS proves that it's simply not a matter of ILM being the denominator.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Bay wouldn't have directed a Transformer's rip off because he is already directing Transformers.

 

[Rowsdower!]

LMAO, Every line of dialogue Rihanna says in Battleship:

http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/read-every-line-rihanna-says-in-battleship.html

 

[The Morningstar]

The first Transformers was the best one because, coincidentally, it had Spielberg's fingerprints all over it. The second two were garbage because Bay got to cut loose.

 

[The Morningstar]

LMAO, Every line of dialogue Rihanna says in Battleship:

http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/read-every-line-rihanna-says-in-battleship.html

What makes it funnier is that she was the best character in the whole damn film.

 

[terry78]

Her "what da hell is dat?!" line has become kind of a meme for someone seeing a penis for the first time apparently.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

What makes it funnier is that she was the best character in the whole damn film.

I don't know why people are picking on her when I thought that every body's performance was awful.

 

[terry78]

I don't know why people are picking on her when I thought that every body's performance was awful.

Because she's Rihanna.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Because she's Rihanna.

I like her (almost every one of her albums are on my Ipod) so I don't get it. I mean yeah the Chris Brown thing is ******ed but I still like her.

I mean, Decker is a freakin model and didn't do a good job either. I honestly was shocked that actual so-called professional actors were as bad as they were, including the soul sucking vacum of charisma that is Taylor Kitsch. Taylor Kitsch makes me think god that when have young actors in action movies with actual charisma and not completely sucky acting.

 

[Marvin]

The first Transformers was the best one because, coincidentally, it had Spielberg's fingerprints all over it. The second two were garbage because Bay got to cut loose.

Any proof of this?

Last I checked, Spielberg was involved in every installment. All that's certain is that they literally shot the second film with no script and a ultra pressured studio gunning for a locked date.

...Battleship seemed to suffer no such disadvantages.

 

[kickass]

I hate this new wave of memes that have taken over and everyone's following. Some are funny. Some are brilliant. But too many of them are taking great parts of movies and destroying them. Society is making everything into a joke. No wonder everyone thinks Hollywood makes crap movies these days. They're butchering any quality Hollywood IS producing. When the same stupid memes are created from Prometheus, you'll see what I mean.

 

[Boom]

Does she actually say "What da hell is dat?"

Jesus .