Battleship (2012)

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This is not a great seminal movie, or a work of art, but it is a smile a minute, hugely entertaining fun. For those that pan the ridiculousness of the movie, just remember you are watching Rihanna as a Naval Petty Officer in a movie based party on the Hasbro game of the same name!

Okay first of all, I have no idea why this has such a low rating.I am a hater of movies that are way too corny, way too unrealistic and wayyyy too overdone. Battleship, however, is a bad-ass, action packed film that lives up to expectations. The cinematography is great and the sequence is just awesome. I mean, sure, it's "unbelievable" but what do you expect? It's a sci-fi, people!

Let's be honest, this is one from the rah, rah, rah America saves the world category - and just as well it did, having put the planet at risk in the first place because some scientists and politicians think we ought to just because we can (my own nightmare is the idiots decide to create a black hole they think they can keep under control). There is some character development, because the lead constantly infuriates people who love him by not coming anywhere close to realising the potential everyone can see. He does have a lovable side, as he gets himself in a lot of trouble just to satisfy the whim of a girl he's smitten by, but it's entirely physical attraction - he doesn't know anything about her at that point! In contrast, Rihanna spends the entire film in work overalls or an unflattering uniform - revealing a delightful lack of ego - and I think she did a terrific job of developing one of the film's most appealing characters. There was a sureness of touch that belied the fact that she was making her first movie! There are other good performances, but the strength of the film is the action, as humans face the challenge of far more advanced visitors who do not seem to have good intentions, at least not towards us. I've just watched it for the second time and while I wouldn't say it's a great film, I definitely found it good fun.

I was expecting crap, but---while this wasn't anything super special---it had a watchable quality to it.There were many past movies where aliens invaded earth and the military responds (from the fifties and sixties). Battleship was reminiscent of those movies and was a nice updated version of that era.Acting wasn't too bad. Liam Neeson and a young ensemble give life to this cliche'd story.The retired battleship USS Missouri---which was denied use in 1992's "Under Siege" due to security concerns (as she was still active when that film was shot)---is featured here as herself. (In 2001's "Pearl Harbor" she played other ships.) She was a nice touch.The film was pretty silly, but not to the point of retching. A lot of fun to it despite the serious tone of alien invaders. The name of the movie is pretty much to cash in on the name of the popular Milton Bradley game.Again, the movie wasn't too bad; with a running time that breaks the two hour mark, it should have been much better. But it's very watchable