Battleship

[DoomsdayApex]

As far as the GA's concerned, I'd say the Decepticons goals are alot more readable than that.

Dude, The Joker's motives weren't encrypted. They were obvious, especially here:



"Don't talk like one of them. You're not! Even if you'd like to be. To them, you're just a freak, like me! They need you right now, but when they don't, they'll cast you out, like a leper! You see, their morals, their code, it's a bad joke. Dropped at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these... these civilized people, they'll eat each other. See, I'm not a monster. I'm just ahead of the curve."

 

[DoomsdayApex]

The Kingdom was like Body of Lies (but not as good) in that it dared to show the US as perhaps wrong, or at least, not right, in the war on terror. Audiences didn't appreciate that i don't think, not in the US anyway.

And the problem the critics had with it is that it tried to be both a formulaic action thriller and have a message, but kinda got it muddled. Still decent though.

It's not as memorable as Body of Lies, but yeah, I still find The Kingdom to be a very good film regardless. It's not like Eagle Eye where the message was lost completely to the action scenes. Berg, at least, remained consistent until the final 20 minutes of the movie (which was high-octane, in my opinion).

 

[roach]

just got back from the movie and it entertained me

 

[Bruce Malone]

i can see RISK being the next board game flick. a cold war spy film.

Risk funny enough probably would make the most sense out off all potential board games to adapt. It has a natural grand and epic scale.

I don't see it as a cold war spy film however.

 

[terry78]

Risk may work more as an alternate universe type thing where you have two superpowers basically attempting to conquer various parts of the world all while battling the other superpower. More or less there are no good guys, just two forces.

 

[roach]

Axis and Allies

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Scotland Yard could be an interesting flick.

 

[TheVileOne]

I find Peter Berg to be a pretty hit and miss director. I enjoy The Rundown as solid B-level action movie. It was simple fun action fare. I thought Friday Night Lights was a good small town sports movie and was well made.

I thought Hancock was terrible. I thought Kingdom was terrible. And well this movie was mediocre. I'm kind of mixed on Very Bad Things which I think is good as a really black, dark comedy.

There were a lot of scenes in this movie that were shot and presented almost the same way as the football games in FNL which I thought was sort of weird and funny.

I think Berg's problem is that he doesn't have a knack for good storytelling or characters. He needs a good, solid script to start with which he definitely didn't have here. He's good at shooting action and explosions.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Why are you guys discussing potential board game adaptations?

Battleship opens to 25 million opening weekend. Hollywood is done with board games.

Game over.

 

[Immortalfire]

Does this mean no movies on Candy Land and Connect 4?

 

[Raiden]

I'm glad the American moviegoers did not shell out money just for a movie that tries to mimic Transformers like Pavlov's dog would when it hears a bell. And congrats to The Avengers; winning 3 straight weeks during the summer is no small feat.

 

[TheVileOne]

Well does CLUE from the 1980's count?

IMHO, I was turned off by Battleship because it seemed to be the height arrogance to make a $250 million movie based on a board game like Battleship and have it be the Navy vs. aliens with giant transforming ships.

 

[EML420]

Hasbro has that go big or go home attitude in film making it seems GI Joe Rise of Cobra also cost a bunch and didnt do to well.

 

[Wolfwood]

I really don't think it was the premise of this film that killed it. I think it was the fact that it looked so much like a poor man's Transformers. I think they could've done a lot better if this film didn't look, sound and feel like it was a Transformers spin-off and had done more to stand on it's own.

 

[Liam_H]

They're marketing plan was basically we're being completely up front that this a copy of Transformers so give us the same amount of money you gave that movie. So if the marketing didn't sell it from that point of view and that it also wasn't called 'Battleship' it wouldn't have been laughed at.

Then again as a consumer I can't fault it for being honest.

 

[Donut]

I really don't think it was the premise of this film that killed it. I think it was the fact that it looked so much like a poor man's Transformers. I think they could've done a lot better if this film didn't look, sound and feel like it was a Transformers spin-off and had done more to stand on it's own.

That or. If anyone wanted to see it. They saw a bootleg a month ago

 

[terry78]

Does this mean no movies on Candy Land and Connect 4?

They're making Candy Land.

 

[The Morningstar]

This was a wasted opportunity. As others and i have said before, you make this into a tense war time thriller ala Hunt for Red October and it could have been great.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

They weren't after Red October money. They wanted Transformers money.

Hence the aliens and shifting machines and explosions.

 

[Marvin]

This was a wasted opportunity. As others and i have said before, you make this into a tense war time thriller ala Hunt for Red October and it could have been great.

Not if they wanted to entertain the youngsters it wouldn't. I love a few of those sub war time movies, but I sure as hell don't know any kids that do.

 

[The Morningstar]

Yea well **** the youngsters, that's what i mean. Not every film has to be a big blockbuster that appeals to all demographics.

 

[Marvin]

Yea well **** the youngsters, that's what i mean. Not every film has to be a big blockbuster that appeals to all demographics.

Easy to say when you're not the producer collecting enough money feed a small country for few days and laying your career on the line with each production. Executives are gambling with a ton of money on these films, it only makes sense that they play the best odds.

What sucks is when they simply take the wrong direction(see more comic book adaptations....see mainly GL/Returns).

 

[terry78]

Hollywood film is a much more "all on the line" business than filmmaking is in other countries. You're behind a film that fails, your rep gets pretty much tarnished.

 

[The Morningstar]

Easy to say when you're not the producer collecting enough money feed a small country for few days and laying your career on the line with each production. Executives are gambling with a ton of money on these films, it only makes sense that they play the best odds.

What sucks is when they simply take the wrong direction(see more comic book adaptations....see mainly GL/Returns).

I understand that. But what i mean is, not every action film needs 150-200 million pumped into it.

You could've made a high quality, really tense war thriller with this property for like, 80 million. Then you haven't gotta appeal to a broad demographic to try and make 500 or 600 million at the box office.

 

[Marvin]

I understand that. But what i mean is, not every action film needs 150-200 million pumped into it.

You could've made a high quality, really tense war thriller with this property for like, 80 million. Then you haven't gotta appeal to a broad demographic to try and make 500 or 600 million at the box office.

Looking at the title of the property and it's affiliates it probably just made sense to them. The world has it's K19's and Crimson Tides. A battle ship vs aliens seems more original at this point.

Plus, critics would have loved to pull out that "takes itself to seriously" jab if they could. imo.