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Battleship

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wife and i enjoyed it, definitely not a serious movie. i was hoping the aliens wouldn't be so humanoid but they were. had some cool effects and stuff too.
 
I thought the movie was going to totally suck, but I actually enjoyed watching it. I'll pick it up on BR soon.


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techs said:
You should probably sit down for this.

Skyline had better writing and acting than Battleship.
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Having just watched Battleship last night, I'll say that you're wrong. Skyline watched like it was a highschool project with great special effects, whereas Battleship was just a silly movie that was fun. In Battleship, the actors at least could act.
 
The movie was bad enough that if you were watching it at home, you'd actually get up and leave your own house.
 
I enjoyed it, but mostly for two reasons.

1. Seeing COL Gadson on the big screen. I deployed with him to Iraq when he lost his legs and he is an outstanding man. Great to see him in a movie.

2. All the old vets coming out to operate the battleship.
 
datalink7 said:
I enjoyed it, but mostly for two reasons.

1. Seeing COL Gadson on the big screen. I deployed with him to Iraq when he lost his legs and he is an outstanding man. Great to see him in a movie.

2. All the old vets coming out to operate the battleship.
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wow I had no clue that guy was a real war vet at all until you posted this and i googled him. no wonder he was awful at acting. i'm not saying there is anything wrong with that, but the whole time my wife and i were thinking 'wow this is a bad actor' and i was wondering if his legs were really gone or if it was CGI.
 
purbeast0 said:
wow I had no clue that guy was a real war vet at all until you posted this and i googled him. no wonder he was awful at acting. i'm not saying there is anything wrong with that, but the whole time my wife and i were thinking 'wow this is a bad actor' and i was wondering if his legs were really gone or if it was CGI.
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Oh yeah he's certainly not an actor 😛 But his legs are really gone and that was really him walking around and punching aliens 😀
 
techs said:
I dunno if there is a current thread for it but since its hitting the shelves, or has hit the shelves depending where you live, I thought I would give my review of it:

OMG it was pretty bad. I actually thought that outside of the special effects it was barely better than the mockbuster ripoff American Battleship.

Where do I begin? Rihanna with her pipe stem arms is supposed to be some tough naval officer? You cast Liam Neeson and basically don't use him? I didn't care a damn about the lead Taylor Kitsch except to hope he got killed since he didn't deserve Brooklyn Decker. In fact, Brooklyn Decker just standing there was the best scene in the movie.

The movie cost 210 million to make. You think someone would have showed up to, you know, actually make a movie? Did it even occur to the film makers that you don't light the boilers on a battleship and just steam away? It takes a long time to build up steam. Or that a museum wouldn't have live shells and propellent for the shells on board? Would it have broken the 210 million dollar budget to spend 30 seconds coming up with some reason the battleship was ready?


AARRRGGGHHHH

And just when I thought it was over they sneak in one of those scenes after the credits. And even that scene sucks!
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she is a Petty Officer.

its a movie about aliens slashing down off near Hawaii and you are worried about the realism of getting the Big Mo underway to fight them? LOL
 
Kadarin said:
Having just watched Battleship last night, I'll say that you're wrong. Skyline watched like it was a highschool project with great special effects, whereas Battleship was just a silly movie that was fun. In Battleship, the actors at least could act.
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Agreed. Skyline's acting was sooooooo bad compared to battleship.

Way too many cheezy one-liner over the top acting, especially by that cook/chef guy (David Zayas played him).
 
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