You Sank My "Battleship"!!

When they announced that Battleship was coming to the Big Screen, who didn't think...

Wha? Huh?

How could that be a passably entertaining movie watching 2 people sit back and attempt to sink one another's battleship.

Although, Pixar could probably pull it off.  : )

Naturally, the movie decided to take a few liberties from the board game, and attempt to tell a slightly different story.

Lieutenant Hopper (Taylor Kitsch) is a slacker in the Navy who is literally one moment away from being dismissed from service.  Meanwhile, attempts to contact intelligent life in the universe prove to be successful, and suddenly the two stories converge on the high seas.  Cut off from the rest of the fleet, commanded by Liam Neeson, Lieutenant Hopper has to save the world, and the girl that he loves, from aliens.  Will the slacker rise to the occasion, or are we all doomed?

Okay, there's no way this movie should exist, but it does.  Whether Hollywood is truly bankrupt or not is a conversation for another day.  Recycling television shows is one thing, but when you have to resort to a board game...

And yet...

Equal parts Independence Day, Top Gun and Under Siege, the effort is cycled through admirably by Peter Berg (Hancock, Friday Night Lights, and my favorite, The Rundown). 

It goes by fairly quickly for a 2+ hour movie.

It's not the greatest movie you'll ever see, but darn if it wasn't entertaining enough.

It's a popcorn movie, pure and simple.

So give it a try when you've got a few hours to kill, and want to see the U.S. Navy blow stuff up.