{"id":5313,"date":"2012-05-21T23:22:34","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T22:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2012-05-21T23:22:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T22:22:34","slug":"battleship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/battleship\/","title":{"rendered":"Battleship"},"content":{"rendered":"

I arrived at the WGA screening expecting to see an arty, cerebral, independent film, Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom,<\/strong> and realized something was odd when Hasbro got a big credit in the first few moments of the opening. \u00a0I had the times wrong and Battleship<\/strong> was playing on the screen.<\/p>\n

My expectations were low, my aisle seat afforded me a quick painless getaway, and yet I stayed. \u00a0I actually enjoyed the movie.<\/p>\n

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Power of Idealism<\/a> characters are\u00a0misfits, mavericks and rebels. They believe that life and love should involve a grand passion, big romantic gestures, and an individual heroic destiny (even if it others see their actions as doomed, crazy, or just being a jack-ass).<\/p>\n

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Power of Conscience<\/a> characters know instinctively if something is wrong, unjust, unfair, improper, corrupt or out of line. Their judgment and response is swift and immutable.\u00a0These characters believe they are their brother\u2019s keeper. They feel responsible for the greater good and for doing good.<\/p>\n

As he rises through the Navy, Alex continues to be a grandstander and a rebel lone wolf hero. He tries to kick a goal by himself after he is injured by a competing Japanese officer. \u00a0Alex misses and the Navy loses the game to Japan. \u00a0Alex and the offending Japanese officer develop an intense animosity off the field that explodes into a brutal fist fight.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the egg heads at NASA try to contact other life forms in deep space after they discover an earth-like planet light years away. \u00a0Naturally, a hostile alien invasion ensues. The alien’s superior technology and advanced weapons systems terribly out-match what earth has to offer.<\/p>\n

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Power of Love <\/a>characters are the helpful best friend, the loyal sidekick, or adoring love interest who devotes him or her self to helping the hero succeed. They will always tell the hero the hard truth when that’s what he or she needs to hear.<\/p>\n

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Power of Will<\/a> characters fear showing any sign of weakness or vulnerability.\u00a0Mick Canales feels he is now half a man because he is unfit to be a soldier. \u00a0Mick turns weakness into strength and is a key player in battling the aliens on the ground near their communications center.<\/p>\n

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I found the film goofily charming and agree with the review in Time Magazine<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

The creative team behind this ocean-bound thriller decided to fill the narrative black hole with a few ingredients all but absent from today\u2019s summer tent poles \u2014 namely mystery, nostalgia and a healthy dose of humility. Just as blockbusters have made the hard turn towards fantasy heroes who solemnly go about their business in high-def-but-low-impact 3D cage matches, Battleship<\/strong> is an unapologetically goofy, surprisingly enigmatic, refreshingly self-deprecating deviation from the norm. I hesitate to confess that I had more fun here than I did at The Avengers, because low expectations surely had a lot to do with it, but it\u2019s the truth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In order to best the aliens Alex must learn team work and, at times, defer to the Japanese officer who was once his adversary. \u00a0The two men develop mutual respect and Alex learns to pick his shots. Cleverness, timing, making the most of what you have, good instincts and most of all teamwork between young and old and Japan and America is what ultimately saves the day.<\/p>\n

Unlike most action heroes, who simply possess expert skills, Alex is learning as he goes, and we learn through his eyes. As his crew develops a new attack plan for the final climactic brawl, there\u2019s something slightly more fulfilling about a strategy that\u2019s evolved throughout the film.<\/div>\n
There\u2019s something decidedly retro about the grid sequence, where winning the war at sea has less to do with technology than with instincts, trigger fingers and the equipment at hand. In fact, there\u2019s something delightfully old-school about all the action in Battleship. As classic rock blasts in the background, the movie increasingly shifts its attention away from the spinning, glowing alien ships to the inner workings of mankind\u2019s floating fortresses, paying tribute to veterans and the ingenuity of those in the armed forces. Sure, it\u2019s slightly jingoistic, but when the aliens are calling for backup, we want to cheer for our side.<\/div>\n

Unlike most action heroes, who simply possess expert skills, Alex is learning as he goes, and we learn through his eyes. As his crew develops a new attack plan for the final climactic brawl, there\u2019s something slightly more fulfilling about a strategy that\u2019s evolved throughout the film…<\/p>\n

…There\u2019s something decidedly retro about the grid sequence, where winning the war at sea has less to do with technology than with instincts, trigger fingers and the equipment at hand. In fact, there\u2019s something delightfully old-school about all the action in Battleship.<\/strong> As classic rock blasts in the background, the movie increasingly shifts its attention away from the spinning, glowing alien ships to the inner workings of mankind\u2019s floating fortresses, paying tribute to veterans and the ingenuity of those in the armed forces. Sure, it\u2019s slightly jingoistic, but when the aliens are calling for backup, we want to cheer for our side.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you want to read the full Time Magazine<\/strong> review go to\u00a0http:\/\/entertainment.time.com\/2012\/05\/17\/battleship-more-f<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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