“Battleship” -– based
on the board game -– bombed in theaters, and a viewing reinforces its death as deserved. The is an ugly CGI-drunk mess, taking 40 minutes to start as
director Peter Berg (“Kingdom”) and his screenwriters break their backs
and our patience introducing a screw-up U.S. Navy hero (Taylor Kitsch) destined
for greatness when evil aliens invade Earth. Plot? Aliens attack. Navy fights back. That’s it. Unless you count the burrito subplot as vital. I do not. This could have
used a rewrite and a butcher’s knife in the editing room because even Liam
Neeson, onscreen for 15 minutes, looks bored as the Navy commander/father of Kitsch’s girlfriend. Here’s the real riddle: Despite the
dull rip off of “Transformers” and “Halo” that defines 95 percent of the flick,
Berg coolly employs real veterans young (Gregory Gadson, amazing)
and old (WW2 and Korean vets) as saviors of our Hollywood-cast cardboard heroes and this move openly calls bullshit on every rah-rah action hero ever made. Corny? Yes. But it works. Alas, inept studio mentality sinks smarts. Bombs away! C
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