I saw the Hasbro game based movie "Battleship". Taylor Kitsch and the tall, cool Alexander Skaarsgard as the heroes of any movie would cause me to purchase a ticket. Set in lovely Pearl Harbor, Hawaii the resurrected board game turned movie, involving veterans and aliens; is funny, colorful, loud and filled with "save the world action." Hong Kong takes a hit with the alien attack, wakes everybody up. The US Navy spies with its little eye an alien ship out to sea, goes all neighborly to say "how you doin? and gets attacked for the trouble (don't you hate it when that happens) and then its on like Donkey Kong in the Pan Pacific. Directed by Peter Berg of "Friday Night Lights" this action flick is all "boom" and not enough "heart and soul" which would have helped distinguish it from a Michael Mann film. I am easy enough to please when it comes to action movies, but I always want the directors to add more balance in an action film, its the difference between a good action film and a great action film in my opinion. Anyhoo...summer action movies with all the explosions, aliens, hot guys and villains, hmmm...... time to go see Men in Black 3. I love the summer movie season.
"Battleship" Grade: B
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