Is it now a Hollywood tradition to make really shitty movies set in Oahu?

Don’t get me wrong, I did enjoy watching this movie but holy fuck is it bad. The premise is nonsensical, the jingoism is super over the top. Is this meant to be a satire?

  • Delphia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you went into a summer action blockbuster focused around the US Navy based on a board game and co-starring Rhianna expecting a cinematic tour de force and Oscar nominations well… thats on you.

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    1 year ago

    It was definitely not the world’s best movie, but given it was literally an adaptation of the board game Battleship, it was better than it has any right to be. I would say better game adaptation than Halo.

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        1 year ago

        The board game rule pamphlet is the main plot arc. Both sides doing the whole blindly firing at given coordinates because… aliens