As turntables the user scrubs a model of the regent alien, while it turns around. Battleship is the smartest dumb movie in recent years. Additionally, the cgi graphics on this movie are top notch. A saga of the year 3000 is a 2000 american science fiction action film based on the 1982 novel of the same name by l. Battleship movie official site for battleship watch.
Will smith plays a new york city cop who is recruited for by a secret government agency to combat alien. To those wondering what the heck the game has to do with the film. Anyway i know the movie is no apocalypse now, but i like it for being pure dumb fun. Aug 27, 2012 so i saw battleship, sort of, for some reason. But its a bigbudget special effects summer movie, make no mistake. The navy need to blow the aliens to pieces before they contact their home planet for reinforcements. In most ufo invasion movies, humans typically americans ultimately conquer the aliens because audiences tend to prefer their blockbusters to have upbeat endings, or at least for the good guys to come out on top, said robbie graham author of silver screen saucers. We finally get some of the typical action regular viewers of asylum movies are used to. Jan, 2020 when ufos descend to earth, things get pretty real pretty quickly.
Even by action movie standards, you dont really get to know any of. There are naval military exercises occurring off the coast of hawaii. Between mma fighter gina carano starring in this past januarys haywire and real activeduty seals appearing in this months act of valor, theres somewhat of a trend in filmmaking right now where true professionals are recruited to essentially play themselves onscreen. In fact, my kids have decided that the aliens are actually the good guys. Battleship is a chaotic summer action flick, complete with overthetop sequences pitting hostile aliens against a handful of u. Battleship 2012 first fight with aliens 720p bluray youtube. May 21, 2012 battleships reallife soldier greg gadson is action tested. This is the definitive ranking of the greatest alienencounter movies as scored by metacritic. From their perspective, battleship is a hopeless horrorsurvival thriller. Battleship arival of aliens full scene guys check out this amazing video of mine need your support. This is a huge perimeter engulfing hawaii i believe but still none the less a perimeter. Downbeat endings rarely equate to big bucks at the box.
But it was loud and kind of stupid in a really good way, a way that makes a person feel. I did read in there were actual veterans in battleship, including some wwii vets. Peter berg talks about his battleship film and yes aliens. One of the advantages of this is that theres very little exposition required. What do the battleship aliens want from us, anyway. And now he has to prove himself to the admiral before he gets kicked out of the navy for being out of control. This is a trailer for a fictional movie based on that premise but still set in the world of battleship and is built using clips from the. It is our go to movie for having on in the background as we do stuff around the house. The hot guy gets the girl who initially plays hard to get. Not unlike the predators, it looks like the aliens are very careful not to harm harmless things and refrain from attacking anything which is not a. Jan 01, 2012 battleship is the story of two brothers who join the us navy, one, stone hopper, who chooses to follow in his fathers footsteps, and then theres alex hopper, or simply addressed as hopper because, when asked, he would cavalierly explain that alex was a lameassed name compared to stone, joins simply for a girl.
Theres one scene in particular where the good guys are trying to sink the aliens ships using latitude and longitude points, the way you do in the game. There are some corny, predictable moments, but the movie comes together in the rousing, patriotic second half. Movies like battleship if you like battleship you are looking for exciting, serious and tense movies about with military, battleship, alien invasion, ship, save the world, evil alien and navy themes of action, adventure and scifi genre shot in usa. The bad guys at least have a comprehensible motive. This is the best example of the stupidest movie ever. This is not a movie that aspires to be an oscar contender. Firing up a battleship in a few minutes okay, its hard to quibble with the minor technical inaccuracies in a movie that features aliens shooting at battleships. Apr 10, 2012 originally, the aliens were going to turn out to be good guys who were searching for fuel, though that idea seems to have been cut at the eleventh hour and explains why these purportedly evil aliens refuse to actually kill any humans. Alien tech 3d model turntable explosions during the movie 3d models of the aliens and the shredder become available for the user.
Please dont waste your time on this i as did sadly. It was directed by roger christian and stars john travolta, barry pepper and forest whitaker. That movie s a lot more enjoyable when you sit down and realize that the aliens were the good guys, and the humans the antagonists. Check out a behindthescenes clip for battleship, which reveals how actual navy personnel were employed to ensure the alien invasion blockbuster is authentic. Good thing were not watching this movie for the logic, because when the time comes where the good guys are literally playing the game battleship against the aliens by launching missiles at grid references e11.
It might be silly, but this is actually such a fun idea for a movie, and peter david is such a good writer, that he truly did a great job fleshing out the story and characters. The movie goes to great pains to show that they will not attack human beings unless they are posing an immediate threat. Battleship 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The movie also closely paraphrases hawkings warning. The film battleship was indeed conjured up by hasbro as they own the. The movie goes from popcorndumb to aggressively stupid. But while battleship may have good intentions, its also not very interesting.
Should the humans find a way to take out or penetrate the f. Things really get interesting when the navy seals board one of the alien ships to see what theyre up against. It has no plot, it was just a bunch of cgi and explosions. Battleship strategy with seti astronomer seth shostak. An alien invader attacks in a scene from battleship. Were those really veterans on the uss missouri in the. The navy setting also helps make the movie more unique. The armor of one of the aliens does a very good job of soaking up assault rifle and pistol bullets with no sign of damage to him. Watching two fat guys play the board game battleship would be better than this movie. I must confess that i was very skeptical about the movie battleship. With the film battleship set to open in theaters in the united states on may.
Who would have ever predicted that the movie based on a plastic peg based board game would turn out to be a stupid. Welcome on my fanpage site of movie battleship, that comes in theaters in may the battleship movie is science fiction naval war movie based. Dont expect any real acting even if you bother to watch this. The movie actually goes out of its way to prove this. In battleship, the aliens wear helmets that enhance their vision by highlighting things in either green or red. When the aliens land, they create a perimeter around themselves that noone can enter or leave. It is quite clear that green things are deemed harmless while red things are threats. Battleship reactivation in a matter of minutes is that. The greatest alien encounter movies ever, ranked cnet.
During the course of this segment, i found myself thinking. Battleship reactivation in a matter of minutes is that remotely even theoretically possible. The film follows a rebellion against the alien psychlos, who have ruled earth for 1,000 years. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, epic and captivating films and tv shows about with battleship, danger, military, heroes, escapades, ship, explosion, soldier, battles and heroic mission plots mostly in drama, action and war genres shot in usa, uk. Our main hero is a guy who should never have been put in command of. Why does hollywood depict human overcoming alien invasions.
Battleship movie has everything that one can expect from an enormously budgeted scifi movie. Now the movie wants you to believe that we are the good guys, but i beg to differ a bit. The aliens are the good guys, the humans are the bad guys. I will say i like the way battleship does honor its namesake.
In the film, the crews of a small group of warships are forced to battle against a naval fleet of extraterrestrial aliens origin in order to thwart their destructive goals. As if the idea of a movie based on the board game battleship wasnt worrying enough, it was recently announced that the bad guys are going to be aliens. Battleship is another science fiction, war movie about an alien invasion of earth, but it is based on the old board game by hasbro. Thank you for reminding me of a good movie, captcha. May 18, 2012 you probably dont need me to tell you this, but battleship is a bad movie. The female alien says something to the frightened scientist, before she lets him go. Mind you, that has been debated in the seti community, too. Three alien warships surface and in the ensuing engagement first horns are. The aliens in battleship are typical antisocial movie xenomorphs. The deck armor and turret armor dont do any good against the pegs. Battleship, not sure were the good guys obliviated memories. Hasbro has been pulling out all the stops on the movie tiein side of. Our main hero is a guy who should never have been put in command of anything. Who cares that everyone on earth probably would have died two minutes after the aliens showed up given the power.
So in the end, despite vastly better technology, the stranded aliens are slowly picked off by the hostile and bloodthirsty inhabitants of our planet. And all the bad guys get killed and all the good guys win in the end and. Battleship is actually one of the least bad offenders in this particular respect. Battleship cif the transformer movies were too arty.
Although, fyi, take my opinion about the antagonists with a big grain of salt, as i dont think a battleship movie is a good idea to begin with it appears that studio universal and director peter berg have been lending their ears to the. Havent they already made an iconic battleship movie. When hopper first approaches the alien ship, he gets stunned by some sort of electrical field. That reminds me of one more difference between lego. Navy ships in the pacific ocean, but unlike its movie franchisebasedonhasbrotoys predecessor transformers, the film boasts much more likeable characters and a more tightly written script. With the film battleship set to open in theaters in the united states on may 18, seth shostak, an astronomer at the seti institute, spoke about the reality behind the movie s storyline. May 19, 2012 the good news for liam neeson fans is that hes barely in the film and thats good news for him as well. Peter berg talks about his battleship film and yes aliens will be in it movie battleship peter berg aliens about 10 years ago by joey paur there is no doubt that actordirector peter berg is extremely excited to get started on his new film battleship, which is based on the popular board game. American warships video 2012 american warships video. Aliens fight heroic earthlings in battleship the new. Battleship, a movie loosely based on the hasbro game, is a cacophonous specialeffects extravaganza. Once the aliens from planet g arrive, its full speed ahead.
When i saw the title, i was speculating that, i would see some good sea battle however all in vain. Battleship is not a film that francois truffaut would have made. Jul, 2012 a month ago or so i saw the new movie battleshipand i couldnt help but feel like the humans are not really heros or good guys so much in this movie spoilers. As entertaining as the avengers was, id say that battleship is the most thoroughly american bigbudget movie of the summer, at least so far. Someone in hollywood took every parody of every michael bayjingoistic crap movie ever made and made into an actual movie that wasnt trying to be a parody, its friggen awesome. But i wondered if anyone else noticed something like the above. Its bad guys versus good guys, and the good guys win by being smarter, braver, and, in most cases. Apr 16, 2012 hi guys ive just been to see the new movie battleship and i must say it was an amazing film and theres some awesome armor that the aliens wear just wondered if anyone had thought of making this or have already made it sorry if this is a double post thanks.
The failings of movie aliens fall into two main categories. Battleship ist ein usamerikanischer sciencefictionactionfilm aus dem jahr 2012. How would that make america look this movie was titled battleship for honest to gods sake. I mean for fucks sakes, it starts off with taylor kitsch doing physical comedy in pursuit of a burrito. Its bad guys versus good guys, and the good guys win by being smarter. The movie just makes quite a good job with camouflaging this in regular blockbuster cheesiness. Battleship begins with an intolerable 35 minutes of setup. Battleship and the science of alien invasion movies. The aliens were a peaceful first contact team, invited by the signal at the beginning of the movie. Lots of details about peter bergs battleship screen rant.
Originally, the aliens were going to turn out to be good guys who were. Nearly a month ago, it was reported that the bad guys in this battleship movie would be aliens. Now, there are a handful of moments where that stupidity seems deliberate and aimed at provoking campy laughs. Honestly, there were so many loopholes in this movie, any semblance of a plot sank right through them without even trying to tred sense. To be clear guys, i know battleship is a shit movie that i nonetheless liked watching. Are the aliens in the 2012 movie battleship really hostile. Once again, it suggests that aliens could be anthropomorphic, they could look like us because these guys looked like guys out of a retirement home, with prickly goatees. The list contains the best, new and most relevant battleship movies ordered by relevance. All the plotholes pertaining to the aliens actions, reactions, and plans make sense once you understand that they are not fighters and have not come to invade or destroy our planet. Then they arrive and, predictably, my train of thought changed to. But if it doesnt have liquid oceans, they probably dont have good. I was arguing humans were the bad guys, and the aliens were just making a first. The aliens in battleship could have been much weirder. Dec 25, 2016 this movie has a lot of good stuff going for it.
And thats possibly because its one of the most satirical brain dead action movies weve seen. More alien invasions are on the way with upcoming movies like battleship and cowboys and aliens. Battleships reallife soldier greg gadson is action tested. The good guys chase the bad guys through some sort of tunnels or. Battlefield earth also referred to as battlefield earth. The movie is a direct documentation about how hellish and pointless war is. The humans react with violence to every perceived aggression by the aliens without stopping to think about what is actually happening. While promoting the moviebattleshipin tokyo last month,u. The film eventually comes down to lots of scenes in which things get blowed up real good. And all the bad guys get killed and all the good guys win in the end and its a great time had by all as you should well expect. And by that i mean it has the wisdom to know what it is and what it isnt.
Sep 18, 20 what if the aliens were actually the good guys for once. This battleship sinks in its own stupidity orange county register. Sep 22, 2017 battleship 2012 first fight with aliens scene 720p guys check out this amazing video of mine need your support. In the movie, researchers send signals into space that are received by. Dec 01, 2009 first things first, yep, the bad guys are still aliens. Landry clarke murdering an alien, then trying to work through the consequences with tyra. Battleship is a 2012 american military science fiction action film that is loosely based on the. Originally, the aliens were going to turn out to be good guys who were searching for fuel, though that idea seems to have been cut at the.
Director peter berg has unveiled the battleship trailer 2 featuring a sneak peek look at the invading alien forces as well as a glimpse at the films massive scope and largescale destruction. Scenery, soundtrack, patriotism and action are what made me pick this movie up. Battleship premiered in tokyo on april 3, 2012, and received a wide release by universal pictures on may 18, 2012. If a part two of this movie was made, the reprisals from this race would be far more severe and deadly. Battleship and our american comfort with war games.
They did not attack the humans because despite the advantage of the forcefield and their superior weapons, they are just 4 lone exploration crafts who just lost their communication ships. All of a sudden now these guys are asking me to open. Whilst this movie also has its fair share of violence, it gave us more to talk about than most films weve seen recently. Big bad battleship movie updates straight from peter berg. And all the bad guys get killed and all the good guys win in the end and its a great time. Families taking children to summer blockbuster after intergalactic war thriller would do well to end the evening with a conversation about the sacrifices. All access with director peter berg join director peter berg as he takes you on a personal journey through the making of battleship. But the aliens in battleship could have been a lot more bizarre than just humanoid creatures in. So by the end of this movie, we humans on earth wipe out the aliens that had visited without ever establishing any type of communication with them whatsoever. The veterans of the uss missouri that alexander skarsgards character mentions are real life vets of the uss missouri. Its bad guys versus good guys, and the good guys win by being smarter, braver, and, in most cases, better looking. Battleship shares some similarities with our good lieutenant alex.
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