Battleship

Now now Mr. Peter Berg. You definitely gave us an exceptionally good story with The Kingdom some time back but we also distinctly remember one of the worst super hero movies made of all time which came from your table – Hancock. Now instead of gaining back the credibility that you had during your Kingdom days, you have gone right ahead and dabbled with a genre that I have been forced to create because of the severe glut of movies which are talking about the End of the World thanks to alien attacks.

I must however give you credit for getting into attack mode through a medium that has never ever been used before in the history of cinema before – We now have aliens coming to attack us through the ocean. And therefore we now have the US Navy which is led by an admiral played by Liam Neeson (why oh why) whose primary worry is very soon going to be creatures which seem more mechanical than the humanoids that they seem to look like. With technology which makes us look like Neanderthals. And all because some geek from NASA actually sent a signal out which was picked up by these creatures from a different galaxy far far away.

Of course what is going to bother the admiral, who is in between a war exercise, is also his only daughter (Brooklyn Decker) who can do very little to hide her assets (if you know what I mean) even if she wants to. She is in love with Lieutenant Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) who is not doing much to keep himself set in the Navy with his rebellious attitude and short fuse. Even his elder brother (Alexander Skarsgård) cannot do much to prevent the eventuality. But then an alien attack with help Hopper retain his place in the navy.

Har! Har!! Har!!! Har!!!! Har!!!! – ROTFL

My respect for Erich Hoeber & Jon Hoeber who wrote RED (purely for the story) has come crashing down thanks to the apathy that they have shown with the screenplay in Battleship. Will need a lot of effort to gain that back. The partial saving grace comes in the form of excellent special effects in the form of some new creatures which have not been thought of before. Do not look towards the acting for any inspiration if you are thinking about it. Rihanna hasn’t done her career in the movies much good with her insipid attempt. The same analysis applies to the entire cast including the much revered Liam Neeson who will take this mistake to his grave.

And yes, of course there was the music which liberally used AC/DC which gave a fan like me some high points. Overall very passable only because you will miss the effects on the small screen. And this adaptation of the video game is not good enough to spend a few hundred bucks and watch in a theatre. 4 on 10. Would have been marginally better if there was a 3D version.

Trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4081754393/