I will have to give the production team of Battleship credit, they actually managed to work in the Hasbro board game into the film and it wasn't entirely silly it was only sort of silly. This is the second space aliens vs the military epic I sat through this weekend.
Against all odds and trapped behind a space alien force field the plucky crew of the John Paul Jones led by their hot head temporary captain take on some wacky alien gizmos that spin around and grind up ships with circular saw blades and blow stuff up with some kind of crazy depth charge bombs.
Compared to Battle: LA the other space alien epic I watched this weekend, this one has a higher budget and is better directed and written. The cast is a bunch of young good looking actors and even manages to slip in a couple of hot women. The film was targeted as a big summer release from Universal studios and was a mighty flop. The whole concept behind the film was just too stupid. At the very least with Battle: LA you knew that by the numbers film was a pack of cliches never to be taken seriously.
However with Battleship, the director Peter Berg who is a big fan of the United States military wants to make some statement about the "profession of arms" and the plight of the disabled veteran. Apparently someone forgot to tell him this was a film based on a board game I was playing back in grade school with pencil and paper.
Battleship's other problem is the incredible two hour plus length of this film. It just goes on and on from one action set piece to another. The whole thing could have easily lost a half and hour during then editing of the film.
131 minutes, written by Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber.
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