a review on the movie the battleship submitted to:miss. ammarasubmitted By: ghulam mustafa shoaib roll# 0625-bh-econ-13semester: 3rd section: d-2SUBJECT: comunication skillssubmission Date: 10th december, 2014.

gc university lahoreMovie Title: The Battleship Directed By: Peter BergProduced By: Year of Release: 2012Production:Type: A science fiction movieStory writers: Erich and Jon HoeberLength:

Battleshipis a movie that is enjoyable beyond expectation, but doesnt offer much more than the fast-food-style fun of a summer movie spectacle.The story revolves around Alex Hopper, a smart, capable, and totally reckless young man who is chaperoned by his older brother and guardian, Navy Commander Stone Hopper. One faithful night, while celebrating his birthday in a local bar, Alex meets Sam, a drop-dead gorgeous girl who wants nothing more than a chicken burrito to fill her stomach. In typical Alex fashion, young Hopper goes to inspired lengths to obtain said burrito; the act of chivalry gets him the girl, but also leaves him facing severe legal consequences. Fed up with caring for an out of control man-child, Stone signs Alex up to join him in the Navy.inspired its name, the film does have some great Easter egg moments which make directreferenceto the boardgame. While these nods are implemented fairly well into the story, they are also obvious contrivances meant to justify Habros brand recognition cash-grab.

Peter Berg is one of the better action directors working in the business, and here he takes hisrepertoireto another level, offering great set pieces on the open water, within the tight confines of a ship, and on land. Berg arguably excels over Bay when it comes to creating engaging context for the moments of action, so that we, the audience, actually care about what is taking place on screen. For instance: when bitter double-amputee Lieutenant Colonel Mick Canales finally gets a chance to prove himself on the battlefield again, were actually rooting for him, hard, when the situation could otherwise come off as silly.Similarly, watching Alex go down the path of growing into a heroic leader couldve been a ho-hum affair but a combination of Kitschs charisma and some smart sequencing from Berg make the journey more enjoyable than it probably should be. As if those accomplishments werent enough, Berg also dives deep into the patriotism well, drawing up a bucket of good old fashioned military pride that is wholly infectious. By the time it is revealed just how the titular battleship comes into play, itll be impossible not to smile at a montage of multi-generational military valor and might. The film injects just enough international flavors to make the celebration a global affair, so that no one need feel left out.In the end,Battleshipis a movie that is enjoyable beyond expectation, but doesnt offer much more than the fast-food-style fun of a summer movie spectacle.Well except, perhaps, when you once again have to wonder what, exactly, a board game with the little plastic boats, red and white pegs, and a two-grid board has to do with all of this alien invasion madness.