Battleship, supposedly based on the board game according to the credits, is a mix of Transformers style hardware, Independence Day save the world movie plot, and US Navy recruitment commercial.
The “hero” is a life long half-wit screw-up, that is forced into the navy by his older brother, because he is such a loser and can’t be left alone. And this goof-ball ends up saving the world, but only due to everyone around him being insubordinate and constantly reminding him not to do stupid things.
This movie is shot with the same intent that a propaganda film is made during a war. It could be used as a US Navy recruitment commercial with few changes. In fact it is done so much so that it ruins the film, and keeps it from being enjoyable science fiction. This movie could have been so much better if they would have worried less about being so strangely patriotic, and more concerned about making a good Sci-Fi movie.
Why is it that that every alien race in Hollywood science fiction that comes to Earth lands in the US, and can be so easily defeated? Apparently if you have the ability and technology to travel endless light years to Earth, you also have endless flaws in your character and technology that allows Americans to kick your ass in a few days and wipe them out. This movie takes the win over superior alien race technology to a whole new level. To say more would be a spoiler.
6/10
