[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;36034612]Alien robots, slow mo, great CGI, no plot, hot chicks, and explosions? It's basically a transformers movie.[/QUOTE]
You missed out two important ingredients: racist caricatures and the inability to tell characters apart.
[QUOTE=OvB;36034605]They should've made a movie called Battleship that was about a naval war between the US and Chinese/Iranian navy. That would be less of a slap to the face to the original Battleship game and go quite good with the original theme.[/QUOTE]
The asylum has you covered
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJwgRY0r67k[/media]
It's real problem is it just looked like another one of those overboard CGI explosion fests with one dimensional characters.
Wow when the Asylum is creating the better film Hollywood really needs to get their shit together.
They'll probably make it all back in the international release. Big effects movies with relatively shitty plots tend to do better overseas than domestic.
[url]http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/[/url]
Look at the % earned overseas, most movies make the majority of their money outside the US.
[QUOTE=Used Car Salesman;36034920]Big effects movies with relatively shitty plots tend to do better overseas than domestic.
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Look at the % earned overseas, most movies make the majority of their money outside the US.[/QUOTE]
It's because America is only a part of the world, and "overseas" counts as [I]everything else[/I].
[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;36034582]The only thing I'm interested in concerning this movie is if they ever say, "You sunk my battleship!"[/QUOTE]
No, but they do come up with a contrived way of working the game into the movie
[QUOTE=Raidyr;36034650]I'd pay to see Crossfire: The Motion Picture.
[video=youtube;rCwn1NTK-50]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCwn1NTK-50[/video]
CROSSFIYAH[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;Dkc2vYUEA9w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkc2vYUEA9w[/video]
[QUOTE=Lankist;36034697]I'll tell them what went wrong.
They made a Michael Bay film based on the Battleship board game, that's what went wrong.[/QUOTE]
It was just named battleship, I really didn't notice anything similar to the game other than the grid system at one part of sensors.
[QUOTE=wraithcat;36034882]The asylum has you covered
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJwgRY0r67k[/media][/QUOTE]
I just watched that movie on SyFy channel last night, it was amazing.
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Im not going to see it because it looks stupid and rihana is in it.
[QUOTE=mark6789;36035016]Im not going to see it because it looks stupid and rihana is in it.[/QUOTE]
But Liam Neeson balances it out
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF_cropped.jpg/220px-Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF_cropped.jpg[/img]
... right? :c
Chicken Burrito.
[QUOTE=DeathDoom;36035217]But Liam Neeson balances it out
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF_cropped.jpg/220px-Liam_Neeson_at_2008_TIFF_cropped.jpg[/img]
... right? :c[/QUOTE]
To answer that question, you must answer this:
Did Liam Neeson balance out this?:
[IMG]http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/7148/232980-jar_jar_binks_large.jpeg[/IMG]
I knew the movie would suck, but this is the complete opposite of what I was expecting.
[QUOTE=OvB;36034605]They should've made a movie called Battleship that was about a naval war between the US and Chinese/Iranian navy. That would be less of a slap to the face to the original Battleship game and go quite good with the original theme.[/QUOTE]
So they would make a movie about a battleship fighting five guys in a row boat?
I actually knew what the OP was talking about when I saw the thread title. I expected it to be bad.
I was immediately put off in the trailer when the alien ship fired [I]battleship pegs[/I] at them.
And we needed a report to know that Battleship wouldn't be a successful movie?
[QUOTE=Sharker;36034627]They should have just not made a movie based on a board game in the first place.[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;vGn3nydV6sU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGn3nydV6sU[/video]
?
[QUOTE=Sharker;36034627]They should have just not made a movie based on a board game in the first place.[/QUOTE]
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clue_(film)]The movie Clue was actually pretty damn good for being based on a board game.[/url]
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;36035341]I was immediately put off in the trailer when the alien ship fired [I]battleship pegs[/I] at them.[/QUOTE]
What. I don't...What?
[QUOTE=richard9311;36034845]I actually saw the movie. Personally, I thought it was pretty great.
If you're going to see it to have a sensical plot and realistic actions; you're going with the wrong mindset.
But if you're going to see a fun action movie, and one that actually features naval warfare in not just passing reference; then it's awesome. Also, seeing American and Japanese destroyers work together; in support with Australian F-18s, is really cool.
Rihanna was still terrible, though.[/QUOTE]
I don't understand how canyou go to the movies to see a movie that has no story, nothing really memorable about it, that it basically just explosions and boobs. I'd rather watch videos online for that.. It's like going to the movies to see this:
[video=google;-4491313230254736145]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4491313230254736145[/video]
Who the fuck thought making a movie over a fucking board game would be a fucking good idea
[QUOTE=GunFox;36034619]They shouldn't have made a movie called battleship, period.
They have been useless for decades upon decades.[/QUOTE]
If anything they should have made a movie based on battles from the Pacific theater in WWII. I would love a movie like that.
[QUOTE=OvB;36034605]They should've made a movie called Battleship that was about a naval war between the US and Chinese/Iranian navy. That would be less of a slap to the face to the original Battleship game and go quite good with the original theme.[/QUOTE]
That probably would have been even less plausible.
[QUOTE=ThePinkPanzer;36035802]That probably would have been even less plausible.[/QUOTE]
A naval war between Iran and America is less plausible than a war between America and aliens over Hawaii?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;36035874]A naval war between Iran and America is less plausible than a war between America and aliens over Hawaii?[/QUOTE]
At least you could say aliens have a chance of beating the US.
Liam Neeson please stop. Your career is hitting a brick wall.
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