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[TacticalFox88]

Do they ever say anything about sinking a battleship?

"They aren't going to sink this battleship"

Closest they get

 

[white dynamite]

I'd pay an exorbitant amount of money to see all of the board game to movie ideas in this thread.

 

[Metalmurphy]

I dunno about you guys, but OP totally sold me on the movie. Think it was the totally unnecessary image that did it for me.

Will watch tomorrow

 

[JdFoX187]

man i genuinely enjoyed it, i really think people who haven't seen it should go with an open mind without bad reviews affecting their judgement/expectations.

The movie is shit. I went in with low standards and I came away disappointed. It's like a big budget Asylum picture. I imagine Asylum's attempt at copying is probably more entertaining.

i was afraid of the 'america, fuck yeah' thing too but was pleasantly surprised when

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Japan won the soccer game tournament and also it was the japanese captain who took over and led that battleship attack strategy

Oh c'mon, the whole thing with the Missouri was dripping with "America Fuck Yeah!" Anyone that has any concept of reality should have walked out at that segment. So fucking terrible.

 

[Platy]

You know the movie with the oxygen-prone aliens is right around the corner.

And I'd argue that this was still worse ;p

We have this movie, Signs

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for water, wich is the worst of then all

and we can add War of the Worlds for the

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oxygen part ... at least that's were they catch the virus that we are immune

... now we need an alien who dies from being in love and we have some kind of bizarre Captain Planet.

Also, most vampire movies (cough cough not twilight) for the sun

-the enemy/opposing force designs were well done.
-i liked how the enemy,

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since they were supposed to be from an earth like planet, they look humanoid with realistic hands. like i could see how if our evolution was different we might have those hands and it would be practical. also liked how it was implied (imo) they were water creatures that could go on land whereas we are earth creatures that can go on water. its the reasoning behind why they are more sensitive to sunlight, and have water based vehicles. also, since our planet is 70% water its a good reason for them to come and take over.

Realistic hands ???? REALISTIC HANDS ?????????????

Best post ever this year

 

[RBH]

How long have you worked for Universal?

hahaha

 

[Riposte]

Wait so the same thing which happens in MGS4 happens here too?

 

[davepoobond]

excellent.



also, has anyone seen American Battleship?

 

[industrian]

Excuse my ignorance because I haven't seen the film but I ask this with every alien invasion film. Why don't they just nuke us from orbit?

I'm pretty sure that a five minute movie wouldn't get past the test audiences.

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Blah blah blah movie logic blah blah blah they want to take over the planet for resources blah blah blah

 

[relaxor]

dang I hella wanna see this

 

[Diggeh]

I know this is extremely lazy, but I'll just copy/paste my comments from the other thread:

Me too.

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But the new Movie Version of the board game is incredibly fun. Cool case, new ship molds, and a new card-based system.

The after credits scene was abysmal.

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A random alien in a meteor (not in a ship) found by stereotypical Scottish kids who...hit the meteor with a stick? Not to mention the entire scene is completely out of place and makes no sense.

 

[VanillaCakeIsBurning]

This movie is good if you like watching explosions.

It makes less sense the more you think about it so I recommend turning your brain off during this movie otherwise you will confuse yourself.

 

[CorvoSol]

Do they ever say anything about sinking a battleship?

By both the Old Gods and New, I swear, if the line "You Sank My Battleship!" Is not stated, VERBATIM, I will NEVER watch this movie.

 

[Platy]

Excuse my ignorance because I haven't seen the film but I ask this with every alien invasion film. Why don't they just nuke us from orbit?

"Often this section is preeceded by the words "in a world ..." ....but sometimes not"

 

[Lijik]

Do they ever say anything about sinking a battleship?

At one point an actual WW2 veteran says "They ain't sinkin this battleship!"

 

[DarkLegion]

I saw this earlier and thought of the OP through the whole thing. I really enjoyed it, but it was enjoyment of watching the movie and not the movie itself(if that makes sense). I had more fun laughing at the movie, especially a certain scene with the veterans.

The crowd really improved the experience. They were pretty pumped and clapped about 4-6 times which surprised me... nobody clapped in MIB3 which I watched just before this. BUT what really made the movie for me was the guy sitting behind me. He pulled off his sneakers and socks and mounted his pasty left foot against the wall. He was incredibly into the movie with some extremely loud howling and commentary. He really loved the movie haha.

If it wasn't for the crowd it would have been an okay movie to rent when you have nothing to watch.

 

[Necromanti]

YOUTUBE LINK SPOILERS BEWARE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNuB5LmjMgo

Give this woman an award.

Woah, two actors from Friday Night Lights. Sad.

 

[daviyoung]

Wow, people went to see this?

All of you deserve to be ridiculed, not just the ones that thought it was good.

 

[SolidusDave]

I didn't understand the after credit scene at all. What's going on!?!?

(The Grey)

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You see the body of the alpha wolf lying there, barely breathing and probably dying (looked similar to the one wolf he shot in the beginning).
You still don't know if Liam survived though (what about the other wolves?), but it's an indication.
I get the theme of how he overcame being suicidal after the death of his wife (him starting to fight for his life to the end etc., don't be afraid to live etc.), but I still don't have a problem with him dying in the end.

 

[TUROK]

Wow, people went to see this?

All of you deserve to be ridiculed, not just the ones that thought it was good.

Please be more of a blow-hard.

Battleship is a bad movie with some pretty cool action sequences.

 

[Lijik]

Wow, people went to see this?

All of you deserve to be ridiculed, not just the ones that thought it was good.

A friend offered to pay, and seeing bad movies with friends is super fun.
Sorry you cant have fun with friends up on your high horse.

 

[daviyoung]

Hey, don't feel bad just because you have atrocious taste and no idea what to spend your (and other people's) money on. Be loud, be proud!

 

[ivysaur12]

I liked Clue.

 

[Lijik]

Hey, don't feel bad just because you have atrocious taste and no idea what to spend your (and other people's) money on. Be loud, be proud!

wow dude you sure told me
i wish i could be super internet cool guy good taste like you

 

[daviyoung]

wow dude you sure told me
i wish i could be super internet cool guy good taste like you

yeh, it'll never happen, no-one is super cool as me

have fun being spoon-fed swill from the bottom of the barrel while I enjoy the finest cream of cream from the top of the gateau on which I'm perched

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Now we have to strip you off that username. This movie is a big budget disaster, is this the only movie you have seen in the last ten years?

I haven't seen it myself, but my mate is the most easy to please man in the world, movie wise. As long as it has guns and explosions, he's usually happy.

He said it was a filthy filthy turd.

 

[wsoxfan1214]

Hey, don't feel bad just because you have atrocious taste and no idea what to spend your (and other people's) money on. Be loud, be proud!

Are you trying to sound like a condescending asshole, or does it just come naturally for you?

 

[daviyoung]

Are you trying to sound like a condescending asshole, or does it just come naturally for you?

I'm here to help.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

I'm here to help...

....people realise you're a bit of a douche?

 

[daviyoung]

....people realise you're a bit of a douche?

I bring the truth, people can't handle it. Labels are for grocery products.

 

[NinjaBoiX]

Labels are for grocery products.

 

[Choppasmith]

Man, just saw the RT rating. Yeah... not surprised.

Just the other day I asked a coworker if he saw Avengers yet, and he said "Oh man I want to, but my wife really wants to see Battleship and what she says goes, so that's what we're watching."

I could understand if it was something in a different genre like an animated film or a romantic comedy or even a horror film, but WHY would someone choose Battleship over Avengers? WHY? Feel sorry for the guy.

 

[ShipTheCheese]

Ice cold.

 

[SilentProtagonist]

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After the credits an alien lands.

Are these the same aliens that were

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defeated by a handicapped man and a scientist in unarmed combat?

 

[PuppetSlave]

Me and my friends really liked it when we watched it at the cinema. Yeah, it's corny and stupid as fuck but it was enjoyable to watch. This and Iron Sky have been my favorite films so far this year.

 

[BassForever]

I liked Clue.

So did I and a lot of other people, Clue is well acted, well written, funny, and entertaining. Basically it's everything Battleship isn't

 

[BluWacky]

So did I and a lot of other people, Clue is well acted, well written, funny, and entertaining. Basically it's everything Battleship isn't

Plus it has this, which never fails to make me laugh.

 

[TheOddOne]

I liked John Carter. Come at me bros.

 

[JB1981]

when riri said “My dad said they’d come. Said it my whole life. He said one day we’d find them, or they’d find us. Know what else he said? He said, I hope I aint around when that day comes.” i nearly burst into tears at the sheer intensity of the delivery

Amazing

 

[Complex Shadow]

 

[twobear]

-it actually has discernible influences from the board/real life game itself. things such as

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how they used water displacement buoys to make a grid and find the opponent ships, and also how the opponent/alien ships' missiles actually look like the pins you use in the board game. that was a nice touch.

Wait this is...a positive?

 

[Norml]

It was ok,needed more alien screen time though.

the special effects were very impressive!

 

[XiaNaphryz]

For those who care, FXGuide has their Battleship related content up.

Closer look at the VFX, particularly the water simulations:

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/battleship-tactical-water-and-fluid-sims/

Water when disturbed produces white water, the transparent liquid gets aerated and becomes virtually opaque. The water also gets atomized into mist which “would generate hundred of millions of particles – we had shots that were ranged from half a billion to a billion particles,” explains Cofer.

Interestingly, moving away from the water sims, Cofer and a team got to actually go on board a range of ships with the help of the US Navy. The filmmakers had huge support from the real US Navy. Digital versions were made of almost every Navy ship in the film. At the start of the film there is a sequence with three naval destroyers, (2 American, 1 Japanese) and the editing cuts back and forth between digital and real, but also in a single shot often one or two of the destroyers is digital and the other real. There was also a digital version of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, and the battleship the ‘Mighty Mo’ itself. In real life, as in the film, the USS Missouri is decommissioned, and there are no battleships in the US Navy. Which may have meant that all the shots of the USS Missouri were going to be digital but it was not as simple as that.

“I remember being at the pre-production meeting when they asked me how I felt about taking the real USS Missouri out to sea and ‘would that be useful?’,” recalls Cofer, “and I was YES YES we have to do it, what an amazing opportunity – and I promised Pete not only would we get the best reference in the world but we’d also get backplates that we could put right in the movie.” The ship was pulled out by tugs as the engines are decommissioned but still Cofer and the team photographed it extensively. The ship was being dry docked as part of a maintenance program and so the ILM team also got to extensively LIDAR the ship to aid with digital modeling. “We got this massive point cloud right down to little tends from Kamikaze hits from the second world war,” adds Cofer. In fact, ILM got naval co-operation and under strict naval supervision was able to scan and photograph a lot of ship assets. Cofer spent ten days at sea filming and photographing from inside a 5″ gun to a naval helicopter photography of the naval exercises and live fires of Tomahawk missiles.

Podcast interview with ILM supervisor Grady Cofer:

http://www.fxguide.com/fxpodcasts/fxpodcast-battleship/

Me too.



The after credits scene was abysmal.

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A random alien in a meteor (not in a ship) found by stereotypical Scottish kids who...hit the meteor with a stick? Not to mention the entire scene is completely out of place and makes no sense.

IIRC, there was a throwaway line earlier in the film stating a fragment had landed in that country.

 

[Graphics Horse]

The after credits scene was abysmal.

Spoiler

A random alien in a meteor (not in a ship) found by stereotypical Scottish kids who...hit the meteor with a stick? Not to mention the entire scene is completely out of place and makes no sense.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

I'd pay an exorbitant amount of money to see all of the board game to movie ideas in this thread.

Man finds himself alone and disoriented on a what seems to be a derelict, maze-like space station, where he finds himself increasingly haunted by what he believes to be the ghosts of the dead. Having to keep up his sanity by taking medication, he start OD-ing himself in desperation from his failures to leave the station (pops back in at the other end), until his jaws start snapping open and shut uncontrollably. Having lost his sanity, when the ghosts reappear, he throws his remaining pills down his throat and makes a dash for the ghost, jumping at him, jaws snapping.

TWIST: they're not ghosts.


PAC-MAN, 2014

And yes, I played it as a board game and not as a video game.

 

[Gvaz]

This movie is okay. Meh but better than prometheus

 

[JdFoX187]

There's no way it can be better than Prometheus. Even with the plot holes I've heard about, there are ones much bigger in Battleship.