They could have done this very economically and cinematically with that scene where he misses a goal while playing soccer. The essential information that needs to be conveyed here is that Taylor Kitsch’s character is a well-meaning doofus who messes things up. So I don’t find anything wrong with the idea of loading up a $200 million blockbuster with a random assortment of celebrities and making them fight aliens in a film that also doubles as an advertisement for the US Navy. There is nothing wrong with loud, dumb, entertaining movies - take Midway for instance. And the thing is, if they had just shown the slightest bit of restraint this film might have actually been quite good.
#Battleship the movie movie#
So they charged ahead with this movie that fused together Top Gun, Independence Day and a music video into a pretty delirious cinematic misfire. It’s also clear that Universal was looking at all these improbable movie hits based on toys and amusement park rides and they were like, why can’t we do that for this beloved Milton Bradley naval strategy game? Of course, not every movie based on an amusement park ride has been a hit, but in the end the cut worm forgives the plow. I don’t particularly think that is his fault, I think he probably got bad career advice. When the studios tried to shove Taylor Kitsch down audiences’ throats because of his Friday Night Lights fame, audiences threw him back up. The days where studio bosses could be kingmakers because they controlled every aspect of the production and distribution process are long gone. Then why didn’t he take Hollywood by storm? Well, it’s probably a case of producers and agents trying to force the action. It’s just a weird mishmash of a great many things thrown together in a celebration of American excess, and ultimately it is not nearly as bad as you may remember it being.įor one, Taylor Kitsch is not terrible as a leading man. The actor that the film was trying to make into a star, Taylor Kitsch, was a flop as a leading man (see: John Carter).
It has a bunch of future stars in throwaway roles, like Rami Malek. Inexplicably, it features a Donald Trump reference.
Watching Battleship with the perspective of hindsight is fascinating. But it’s probably better than you remember. The 2012 Battleship movie directed by Peter Berg and starring an eclectic orgy of celebrities such as Liam Neeson and Rihanna is not a great film.
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