Battleship (2012)

A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.

Director:

Peter Berg

Writers:

Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber

Stars:

Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson

4 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Taylor Kitsch	...	Lieutenant Alex Hopper
Alexander Skarsgård	...	Commander Stone Hopper
Rihanna	...	Petty Officer Cora 'Weps' Raikes
Brooklyn Decker	...	Sam
Tadanobu Asano	...	Captain Yugi Nagata
Hamish Linklater	...	Cal Zapata
Liam Neeson	...	Admiral Shane
Peter MacNicol	...	Secretary of Defense
John Tui	...	Chief Petty Officer Walter 'The Beast' Lynch
Jesse Plemons	...	Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy 'Ordy' Ord
Gregory D. Gadson	...	Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales
Jerry Ferrara	...	Sampson JOOD Strodell
Adam Godley	...	Dr. Nogrady
Rico McClinton	...	Captain Browley
Joji Yoshida	...	Chief Engineer Hiroki

Storyline

An international fleet of naval warships encounters an alien armada while on a Naval war games exercise and faces the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. An intense battle is fought on sea, land and air. If they lose, the world could face a major extinction event and an alien invasion. Will humans win this alien war, what are the aliens doing here, and what do they want?

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Plot Keywords:

alien | battleship | alien invasion | wargames | based on board game | 

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Taglines:

The Battle for Earth Begins at Sea

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction, and for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Rihanna's acting debut.

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Goofs

Many of the 'Old Salt' crew members are wearing Navy ball caps with the ships' name and hull number, USS Missouri BB-63. When aboard the Missouri, after Boatswains Mate Seaman Jimmy 'Ordy' Ord steps into the helm compartment, the 'Old Salt' helmsman is wearing a Navy ball cap that reads: USS North Carolina BB-55, which is the lead ship in its' own class of two with the USS Washington BB-56. The Missouri is the third ship of the Iowa class battleships (USS - Iowa BB-61, New Jersey BB-62, Wisconsin BB-64).

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Quotes

[first lines]
Title Card: In 2005, scientists discovered a distant planet believed to have a climate nearly identical to Earth.
Title Card: In 2006, NASA built a transmission device five times more powerful than any before it, and a program to contact the planet began.
Title Card: It was known as The Beacon Project.

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Crazy Credits

There is an additional final scene after the end credits.

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Connections

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Soundtracks

The Funeral
Written by Ben Bridwell (as Benjamin Bridwell), Christopher Early, Timothy Meinig
Performed by Band of Horses
Courtesy of Sub Pop Records

User Reviews

So Promising - So disappointing

There are 3 hugely anticipated block-busters this year and Battleship was the first one to be released. I had expectations of watching this at that cinema a few times and getting it on blue ray - this is my type of movie!; or at least that was the expectation. With such great promotional footage and Liam Neeson heading the cast, it had to be great. In reality, Neeson has almost a bit part (in fact you see most of it in the promotional adverts), clearly there to increase sales of the movie; with the bulk of the 'acting' coming from Taylor Kitsch.

A ludicrous start with Kitsch playing a 27 year loser who, on the recommendation of his brother (Alexander Scarsgard) joins the Navy, suddenly to become at Lt Cdr - The script is clearly written by someone with no military knowledge or experience and that the actions, demeanour and interaction with all that are supposed to be military personnel, is a non sense. It makes Top Gun look believable! However, it gets worse;with aliens that have made there way to earth with great looking craft,that impressively rise from the ocean (great CGG) - you see it on the commercials for the movie, the only weapon they possess are melee type Armour - pretty ridiculous

really and by this point the movie has lost any form of credibility. The outcome is obvious from the first few minutes and I certainly wouldn't go back for a repeat viewing. It's still probably worth a watch if you can't resist, but don't buy any pop corn; there's enough corn in this movie!

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

18 May 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Battleship

Filming Locations:

Figueroa Hotel - 939 S. Figueroa Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$209,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$25,534,825, 20 May 2012

Gross USA:

$65,422,625

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$303,025,485

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Hasbro, Bluegrass Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

131 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital DTS (DTS: X)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1