Sep 15 2009

Listen to Peter Berg Try to Justify His ‘Battleship’ Movie

Published by at 2:00 pm under Movies,News

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Out of all the upcoming board game-themed movies, I have to admit that Battleship has the most potential.  And by “potential” I mean the possibility of me giving it one star out of five instead of half a star. I mean it at least will have explosions, right? Think of the good middle hour of Pearl Harbor. That was pretty entertaining.

In any case, listen to the synopsis of the film so far, and listen to Peter Berg try to explain his love for the absurd project:

“The movie is described as “a contemporary story of an international five-ship fleet engaged in a very dynamic, violent and intense battle.” Why that premise needs to be based on a board game is a different matter.

In an attempt to justify the decision and seeming waste of his talent, Berg said “As a kid, I was dragged from Navy museum to museum, and spent so much time on ships, listening to my father talk about the great battles of WWII, I did my high school thesis on the Battle of Midway. When this came up, it didn’t take me long to find a take for a film that is filled with raucous action-packed naval battles.”

This excerpt from JoBlo touches briefly on my biggest problem with the film. If you want to make a big action movie about naval warfare fine, but why the **** are you associating it with the board game “Battleship”? Was it really worth all the money Hasbro paid you to have your project endure the undying scorn of journalists, bloggers and the general public? The answer is “no” and stop being a bunch of greedy moronic, assholes.




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4 Responses to “Listen to Peter Berg Try to Justify His ‘Battleship’ Movie”

  1. Geezon 15 Sep 2009 at 9:42 pm

    here is an idea
    WATCH THE MOVIE BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE IT
    Does this movie have the potential to be bad? YES
    Is this movie an opportunity for filmmakers to be creative? Hell yes
    Why write off a movie based on a board game as a bad thing. The one time someone did try make one resulted in the 1985 movie Clue and I dare you tell me that film was bad after watching it

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