Battleship

 

Battleship is an action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Based on Hasbro's classic naval combat game, Battleship stars Taylor Kitsch as Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam, a physical therapist and Hopper's fiance; Alexander Skarsgard as Hopper's older brother, Commanding Officer Stone of the USS Samson; Rihanna as Lt. Raikes, Hopper's crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone's superior (and Sam's father), Admiral Shane.

I don't know if I just had super low expectations for this or what but I ended up enjoying it. I was actually flat out loving the movie until the aliens became mobile. The excitement that was there until that point kind of faded a little bit. And I really like Taylor Kitsch. He was always my favorite kid on Friday Night Lights and he could have a bright future. Hopefully this movie will make him a bigger name and people can forget that whole John Carter thing. This was a throwback to Jerry Bruckenheimer summer popcorn movies. Lots of action. Lots of young actors. Funny one liners. You know the drill. The effects were very Transformers like and to be honest - this movie was waaaaaaaaaay better than either of the Transformers sequels . . . . . . not that an accomplishment like that would be hard to pull off.

I would definitely recommend people checking this out. It's an entertaining summer movie for all to see.