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Finally watched it..the first half...


of the movie was good and I was asking myself why this movie got such bad rep. Yes it was cheesy with all the cliches but it was tolerable enough that I could enjoy the visuals.

But when they started fighting, it went down hill pretty quick. Like some kid wrote the script. The stunning visuals weren't enough to make up for the idiocy of the action and the childish script.

It's like someone gave unlimited budget and resources to a child to make a movie instead of letting him play with Army Men.



~Luca Brasi sleeps with the fishes~

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it became stupid when they resurrected the USS Missouri

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it became stupid when they resurrected the USS Missouri


That was stupid, yes.
But trust me on this... it was stupid well before that point.

I joined the Navy to see the world, only to discover the world is 2/3 water!

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Why stupid? Because it's stupic to get a WW2 museum ship mooring 10 years on the shore ready in 3 hours and finding working big grenades and powder bags "somewhere"? Because it's stupid to stop a WW2-battlecruiser running on full speed with anchors in a few seconds?
In the movie-universe aliens are visiting earth, using advanced ships, energy shields and weapons. Because of this, the museum ship can be made ready for combat in a few hours with only a dozen veterans. And of course the Missouri uses the new secret advanced lightweight 1000 lbs 16-inch rounds instead of 2300 lbs. It works.

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