Battleship

[terry78]

If you've seen commercials for the board game, the updated edition features the sci-fi motif now.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

It's gotta be at least 200-300 million dollars.

Hmm true it does have Neeson. But his involvement in the Titans films hasn't exactly helped them set the box office on fire. If he was the lead actor in this, then i'd have a whole different outlook on it.

It's stupid in context with what the movie is about. I think it would have worked better with a serious thriller, like i said, a Hunt for Red October esque navy thriller.

Not everybody shares your preferences, though. Based on audience reactions to the trailers I really think this movie's going to make bank. People seem to be gravitating towards this, most likely because it's another special effects extravaganza.

 

[Thundercrack85]

You have to keep in mind that the average human is a moron who likes shiny things.

 

[The Morningstar]

I personally haven't seen any hype for it. I know youtube views are not an accurate way to judge anything, but none of the trailers have even gone above 5 million views.

I think it'll make decent enough money, mainly due to the SFX and Rihanna. But i don't see it making more than 600 million. To me it just looks like a poor mans Michael Bay movie. It doesn't have the big characters like Optimus Prime in it, instead it has the guy who was the face of one of the biggest bombs in cinematic history.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

I meant reactions to the trailer in the theater.

That's true, it does look like a poor man's Michael Bay movie... That can only help it though.

 

[Moridin]

You'd be surprised at how fickle people are. When is it released? The week after Avengers right? I don't see it taking the top spot away.

It's out most places before The Avengers, starting next Wednesday.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/releaseinfo

Not sure but I think it was pushed forward to get the jump on TA.

It has a huge budget, it's gotta make 600 million and upwards to be a success. I don't see it making much more than 600 mill.

I agree. But then after how terrible TF2 was I was sure there'd be a big drop off for TF3. We all know how that went.

 

[protocida]

You have to keep in mind that the average human is a moron who likes shiny things.

Oh, look. It's that ******** argument again.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Clip 1

 

[Donut]

It's out most places before The Avengers, starting next Wednesday.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/releaseinfo

Not sure but I think it was pushed forward to get the jump on TA

Hollywood loves making the U.S. wait now

 

[squeekness]

Clip 1

Very Transformer looking, like they recycled old footage.

 

[Sentinel X]

Clip 1

Looks amazing

Spoiler

 

[Kane52630]

Clip 1

 

[zanos]

Oh crap, the Decepticons are attacking.

 

[squeekness]

I know, right?

 

[Project862006]

i thought clip looked cool but hey i don't have this unhealthy fan boy michael bay transformers hate

 

[Thundercrack85]

Sonic the Hedgehog is all I could think of.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

^ That was a great cartoon. I know that's not the point, but i don't give a crap.

 

[SaulSilver]

do well this movie will not

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

^ That was a great cartoon. I know that's not the point, but i don't give a crap.

Dang right it was.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

do well this movie will not

Thanks for telling us Nostradamus.

 

[ThePowerCosmic]

Thanks for telling us Nostradamus.

I thought he was doing a Yoda impression.

 

[Lencho01]

A review...

http://www.blogomatic3000.com/2012/04/09/review-battleship/

Review: Battleship

BATTLESHIP
Review by Andrew Jones
Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Brooklyn Decker, Rhianna, Alexander Skarsgård | Written by Erich Hoeber, Jon Hoeber | Directed by Peter Berg

They made it. The movie of the board game we all used to play. Battleship, a simple tactical game of trial and error, is now one of Universal Studios’ summer releases. With Liam Neeson and Rhianna in it. And somehow, at no point in the film is the line “You sunk my battleship” uttered. Restraint? Possibly. But when you look at the 2+hour feature, restraint is the one thing that doesn’t spring to mind. Well, that and subtlety, and recession, austerity, all of that. Because Battleship wears it’s influences on its sleeve. And they include Transformers, the works of Michael Bay, and anything that’s had a heavy dose of CGi to hide cracks in scripts in the past decade.

Taylor Kitsch is Alex Hopper, perpetual slacker, who, after a messy attempt at flirting on his birthday, is forced to join the navy with his brother, and becomes a stronger, better man. But retains his rebellious side. He now has the love of a good woman, Brooklyn Decker, who is a physician for the armed forces, and daughter of Liam Neeson’s Admiral, and is about to command his own ship in international war games. Only, scientists sent out some signals off the coast of Hawaii into space, and something heard it. And brought a few friends with them.

You know the deal, especially if you played the board game, it’s you and a few buddies in a small segment of water, with a forcefield surrounding you, and a bunch of robot alien ships that have infinitely more power than you ever will. And they must be destroyed. Just like we used to play.

In the vein of recent summer blockbuster series Transformers, Battleship hands in a blue and orange, warm skin colour, heavy CGI, grand amounts of noise, incomprehensibly plotted action picture with a lame attempt at comedy, long-winded science babble that no one cares about, some sequences in government offices as old white males shout at computer screens, and plenty of men and women in uniform running from explosions.

In fact, the only differences here are the setting, predominantly on the water, the camera work, Berg’s trade-mark intensely close-up, handheld style, and a lead female character who is, goodness me, actually strong. Brooklyn Decker’s Samantha may be the daughter of Liam Neeson, and as we’ve seen in the past that usually means lots of crying and being kidnapped, but she’s an armed forces physician who doesn’t take crap, especially from giant, violent aliens.

Battleship aims for big, dumb summer flick, and it certainly hits those two markers. Dialogue about Goldilocks planets, signals bounced off from them, scientists panicking and shouting at monitors, it all means nothing and becomes generic white noise and misplaced exposition, serving only to distract from the main story of Alex Hopper’s ascent from slacker to Captain. Even within that story, one of the key emotional beats is completely maligned with a series of ‘cool-looking’ action sequences that take away from the characters of the film reacting to what’s going on, and yes there are times you can be lenient in regard to such things in big budget studio films, but when the entire film really comes down to one character’s respect of another, and losing said character, it doesn’t matter how big the film is, how many effects are in it, you’ve lost sight of the core.

And Battleship continues for 90 more minutes to be a big, loud action film whilst losing the core of the piece. There are hints of connection between Hopper and Samantha, but they spend the entire film separated and without a way of communication, so it’s not so important, or at least not perceived as important. In place of audience connection the film offers us set-piece after set-piece, some more successful than others, such as the actual Battleship sequence. A Titanic-esque destruction shot is surprisingly affective, however it doesn’t last long as loud noise, heavy doses of CGI, a lack of spacial awareness and fast cutting take over and destroy the last remnants of goodwill an audience might have to the film.

Performance-wise, no one seems out of place, but nor does anyone do anything spectacular. Kitsch as a leading man remains charismatic but hardly investable to an audience, Rhianna plays her role like Michelle Rodriguez would, angry, trigger-happy and ready to fight. Brooklyn Decker gets the best of the film, but doesn’t really do much with it, and Liam Neeson (credited: And Liam Neeson) is there to bring gravitas for the ten minutes he’s around.

Battleship is a below-average summer blockbuster, clocking in about twenty minutes too long and with a script about forty pages too short, some good sequences do not a great complete film make. Peter Berg’s directing style is ramped up too far, and the CGI leads the film more than any of the actors, making it a headache in cinematic form, and whilst the sequence based on the board game is fun enough, it can’t withstand the 110 minutes of dreck beside it. A disappointing waste of talented folks.

Battleship is released across the UK from Wednesday 11th April.

 

[Raiden]

UK is getting Battleship on April 11th? That's really early. Well, the review isn't surprising, although the part about Brooklyn Decker getting the best lines is. It is just what I know it is: big, loud, and ultimately irrelvant.

 

[Bats123]

My god that clip was just....LOL
The marine guy saying "Oh ****" in the most uninteresting way possible.
and the fact that they actually used the original transformers sound from the cartoon.
Looks like Taylor Kitsch has another bomb in his hands.

 

[The Morningstar]

Yea but it has big explosions and great CGI! Who cares about characterisation and plot!?!?