: Battleship
I had little hope for this movie to be any good — it’s based on a lame board game — and though it’s ultimately trite and nothing more than visual eye-candy, it’s actually surprisingly entertaining.
There’s little depth of character, but I liked that they started off slow with setting up the characters instead of diving right into the action. Once the action starts, it goes on non-stop until the very end. The action is mostly giant ships exploding, but it turns out that’s a lot of fun to watch. Each explosion is unique and interesting.
There is drama in exactly how the humans will stop the alien invasion. There’s a bit of humor, and our hero has to learn how to be a hero. The aliens aren’t anything special, but I did like the battleships and battles.
Overall, it’s simply a popcorn movie like you’d expect. It’s not quite as heroic as Independence Day, but then it doesn’t have that movie’s horrible logic flaws.
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