Battleship Review

“You Sunk My Battleship!”

As a movie fan I look forward to the summer movie season.  Many of my favorite movies are big summer blockbusters.  I love the spectacle of these movies, the larger than life stories, the special effects, the humorous dialogue, and most importantly the fun.  While Battleship is nowhere near this summer’s best movie (that award is currently held firmly by The Avengers with plenty more on the way that look pretty good), it is a fun film that I think audiences will really enjoy if they give it a chance.

Yes this is a movie based on the classic board game where you guess locations on your opponent’s board attempting to locate their ships and sink them before they sink yours.  Yes the film makers decided to have the Navy facing off against alien vessels rather than against another nation.  And while this movie has many reasons why it should not work, and why it should suck, it somehow managed to keep me entertained throughout its entire two hour run time.  Continue reading →