I have to admit, despite going in with very low expectations I quite enjoyed Battleship. Despite the usual sci-fi silliness, military faux-pas, and stupid physics it's well worth seeing on the big screen.
It's not going to beat Avengers (and it hasn't) but it's a good popcorn flick to go see if you've already been to The Avengers.
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I think I'll save the price of the ticket on that one and wait for it to hit Netflix, if I watch it at all. I'm sick to death of aliens capable of FTL, gravity manipulation, energy weapons, particle beam weapons, and force shields being defeated by a small band of heroes armed with gunpowder weapons.
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But it did better than The Dictator (good for it) and came in behind The Avengers (impressive in my opinion). That's not bad at all. In fact, that's damn good when you look at it in that context. I'll take a cheesy sci-fi flick based on a board game over anything Sacha Baron Cohen does any day.
How this got more than a 2% at rotten tomatoes is beyond me... (its at 35... wth?)
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Just got back from seeing it. It was a good movie for what it was, a summer popcorn flick. It is no Avengers. Definitely no John Carter. But it had its moments. It needs to be seen on the big screen. It was worth the price of admission. Seeing the Big MO in action was cool. BTW-You do need to suspend logic and reason if you want to enjoy this movie.
Later,
Mazra
Rented Battleship the other night. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would (voluntary suspension of disbelief turned "on" that is).
However, there are a few plot-holes that left me perplex, and bonus features (which unfortunately didn't include deleted scenes) didn't help filling them. I was wondering if anyone who had seen the movie could help me.
I do not reject the (rather unlikely) premises that...
1) an advanced race capable of faster-than-light travel can't make a controlled entry dodging (or destroying) obstacles such as satellite.
2) a ship crashing from high orbit doesn't detonate as a nuclear bomb on impact with ground/water (and barely makes a few ripples).
3) A museum ship can be recommissioned in 2 minutes and is fully fueled and equipped with live ammo.
but rather ask about...
Destroyer John-Paul Jones is spared from the aliens after the initial contact/battle. If they wanted to kill the humans that bad (hinted by the Japanese captain saying "we know they can't see us either (...) because we are still alive"), why didn they let them go? Did they really wanted to scan the nuclear power plant that bad? Some sense of honour?
Scientist in Hawaii's radar array (forgot his name) get intercepted by a (scientist?) alien when he goes back for his stuff. It calms the guy down and says "we are you" (or is it "who are you?"), scene blacks out and then we see our human scientist get out safe and sound.
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Thanks in advance.
