It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

This movie deserves much more...my rate just try to compensate that bad impressions.i have seen this movie about 4 or 5 times. i have 53 yrs old and i have seen thousands of movies.this one,surely,doesn't deserve this ratings.thx.

OK, this isn't the best science fiction / fight the invaders movie of all time. Probably not even close. But I found that it IS fun to watch and one of those you tend to watch again every now and then. Cannot give you a solid reason for this, and your mileage may vary.

Let's be honest, this is one from the rah, rah, rah America saves the world category - and just as well it did, having put the planet at risk in the first place because some scientists and politicians think we ought to just because we can (my own nightmare is the idiots decide to create a black hole they think they can keep under control). There is some character development, because the lead constantly infuriates people who love him by not coming anywhere close to realising the potential everyone can see. He does have a lovable side, as he gets himself in a lot of trouble just to satisfy the whim of a girl he's smitten by, but it's entirely physical attraction - he doesn't know anything about her at that point! In contrast, Rihanna spends the entire film in work overalls or an unflattering uniform - revealing a delightful lack of ego - and I think she did a terrific job of developing one of the film's most appealing characters. There was a sureness of touch that belied the fact that she was making her first movie! There are other good performances, but the strength of the film is the action, as humans face the challenge of far more advanced visitors who do not seem to have good intentions, at least not towards us. I've just watched it for the second time and while I wouldn't say it's a great film, I definitely found it good fun.

I was expecting crap, but---while this wasn't anything super special---it had a watchable quality to it.There were many past movies where aliens invaded earth and the military responds (from the fifties and sixties). Battleship was reminiscent of those movies and was a nice updated version of that era.Acting wasn't too bad. Liam Neeson and a young ensemble give life to this cliche'd story.The retired battleship USS Missouri---which was denied use in 1992's "Under Siege" due to security concerns (as she was still active when that film was shot)---is featured here as herself. (In 2001's "Pearl Harbor" she played other ships.) She was a nice touch.The film was pretty silly, but not to the point of retching. A lot of fun to it despite the serious tone of alien invaders. The name of the movie is pretty much to cash in on the name of the popular Milton Bradley game.Again, the movie wasn't too bad; with a running time that breaks the two hour mark, it should have been much better. But it's very watchable