Battleship (2012)

Someone, somewhere, thought it would be a good idea to attempt a movie based on the boardgame "Battleship."  Someone, somewhere, needed to tell them it was a bad idea.  The boardgame gives you no plot elements; it is simply pure strategy and luck.

So naturally it became a movie about aliens.  Aliens who are so incompetent that they can travel across the galaxy only to cripple themselves by hitting a satellite while landing.  Aliens that shoot pegs resembling the board game pegs at the navy.  Aliens that have a giant glowing weak spot that is ignored by the navy guys until the very end of the film.

Suffice to say, this movie is not much to write about.  Acting?  Lousy (even Liam Neeson, who evidently loves money enough to sign onto this wreck, but doesn't care enough even to try to sell his role).  Direction? gross misconduct.  Visual effects?  Forgettable.  Writing?  ...Are you kidding me?  These are the guys who thought it was a good idea!

Here's a better idea: stay away.

Entertainment: 4/10
Artistic Value: 2/10
Technical Merit: 4/10

Overall: 3/10