Movie Review - Battleship

I was hoping to try and make a positive movie review for films released in 2012, however it doesn't seem that there are very many good movies released this year, or for that matter, I haven't seen a really good flick in what seems like several years. So instead i'm going the other route and making a negative movie review on a movie that i thought was quite a disappointment. The all so gloriously over hyped movie Battleship takes the cake for my biggest movie let down of 2012. Of course I was a skeptic as to how they were going to take what is a mildly entertaining Hasbro game and turn it into an action movie with alien enemies. I still went into the movie with high hopes. However once you begin to watch the film you begin to realize that the cheesy Hollywood performances begin to outweigh any redeeming quality's that the special effects might have on the film. I felt that the lead characters were lacking substance through out the movie. Rihanna's film debut lacked performance as a cliche tomboy militant woman. I also felt that the sinking ships were a reminder of Liam Neeson's career which is going in the same direction if he continues making movies like this. Finally to top it all of the movie was just filled with over the top in your face American patriotism, enough to make a man sick. So to sum it all up after watching the movie I would have to say that Battleship was Battleshit (excuse the language). It hasn't been a great year for movies in my opinion, however i'm still waiting on Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained to be my saving grace.