Review of Battleship (2012) by Sgt. C — 19 Feb 2015

(35%).

As far as the writing, acting, along with everything else that matters this is a pretty poor, hollow, forgettable, overly-long sit. But if it must be compared to Transformers 2, which it can quite easily, then this is a borderline masterpiece. First of all it has a sliver of a plot that can at least be followed without ever wanting to chew your own lips off to distract from the sheer awfulness. Then there's the overblown action that thankfully Michael Bay didn't direct so there is at least some enjoyment to be had from simply knowing what the hell is going on. There's also none of Bay's PG-13 pushing ogling of the female cast like a randy teenager, plus the fact that this may be over-long by about 50 minutes, but the running time is still under three weeks. With all that said though once this is put along-side a good film it's a poor watch, and I'm certain that I'll never watch it again as it's just yet another dull modern-day mutiplex filler with a goal of clawing cash and nothing really more.