Battleship: The Blockbuster Attempt That Sunk Itself

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  • @peteranderson037
    @peteranderson037 2 роки тому +13240

    "Hopper has gone from a literal dead weight to a weapons officer on a naval destroyer." Honestly, that's not an unrealistic career path.

    • @kekoa_ok
      @kekoa_ok 2 роки тому +877

      Navy promotion be like

    • @metetural9140
      @metetural9140 2 роки тому +1250

      @@kekoa_ok if you can fix a bike, you can fix a 40mm AA cannon

    • @zombieranger3410
      @zombieranger3410 2 роки тому +448

      @@metetural9140 Fort Polk? Small arms repairman? Did I get the reference?

    • @AugustJayGames
      @AugustJayGames 2 роки тому +178

      @@zombieranger3410 hey that's where I just left from a week ago

    • @m3ntallyd3fficient11
      @m3ntallyd3fficient11 2 роки тому +56

      @@AugustJayGames oof. Is as bad as they say?

  • @Nostripe361
    @Nostripe361 2 роки тому +4330

    I love the idea that the aliens might have come to Earth just beat up a random nerd that annoyed them with his signal.

  • @fireteamblue
    @fireteamblue Рік тому +2758

    As a navy veteran I can say blindly shooting my shot and hoping to hit was indeed our standard strategy.

    • @Laneous14
      @Laneous14 Рік тому +202

      In my experience, that's how you guys date, too.

    • @QuixoticCowboy
      @QuixoticCowboy Рік тому +73

      Sounds more like Marine mantra than Navy. Not shitting on Marines at all, there definitely is a point to the doctrine of 'the enemy can't hurt us if he does not exist'

    • @ssjjshawn
      @ssjjshawn Рік тому +53

      ​@@QuixoticCowboyso fun fact, guess who the Marines not only work with the most, but what exact institution they were apart of before being differentiated?

    • @BubblesTheBard
      @BubblesTheBard Рік тому +5

      Chesty Puller didnt seem to have any issues when he jacked that ship the one time\

    • @Dadum-bass
      @Dadum-bass 9 місяців тому +4

      Accuracy by volume.

  • @williamlydon2554
    @williamlydon2554 2 роки тому +5311

    I’d like to see more board game films
    One man’s greed caused disaster. He rushed a delicate job for money alone. A wealthy architect caring more for speed then safety. Now it will all comes crashing down.
    *Jenga, coming summer 2022*

    • @50Steaks68
      @50Steaks68 2 роки тому +432

      One young but genius chess player attempts to become a grandmaster in a lifelong struggle for acceptance and recognition
      Queen’s Gambit, coming 202- oh wait

    • @petertrudelljr
      @petertrudelljr 2 роки тому +414

      They say that when you build a better mousetrap, the world beats a path to your door...
      What do you do when the world builds better mice?
      MOUSETRAP: The Movie

    • @williamlydon2554
      @williamlydon2554 2 роки тому +157

      @@petertrudelljr See, I was thinking “Saw” but with Rube Goldberg style traps “you mean to tell me, this is just some kind of Mouse trap”? But that sounds WAY better.

    • @squabbbb
      @squabbbb 2 роки тому +308

      A biting critique of the Bourgeois real estate moguls that control London, vying for total power.
      *Monopoly - Summer 2023*

    • @guyandalaptop434
      @guyandalaptop434 2 роки тому +62

      Dude that sounds kinda like the skycraper movie with the rock

  • @KennethLaureano
    @KennethLaureano Рік тому +2675

    Man, that interview with the director is easily one of the most uncomfortable things I've watched in recent memory.

    • @Satellite_Of_Love
      @Satellite_Of_Love Рік тому +586

      It's like he went to it for the sole purpose of ranting about his political views, but occasionally remembered "oh, I'm supposed to be promoting my film" and just throws in a comment about Rhianna being a great actress.

    • @tarnetskygge
      @tarnetskygge Рік тому +541

      it's like a Borat sketch but without any irony

    • @xtron1234
      @xtron1234 9 місяців тому +160

      I felt like I got smashed in the face with a brick. Absolutely hilarious that he’d be like that.

    • @LilDickDan
      @LilDickDan 8 місяців тому +54

      "What're you a draft dodger?"

    • @umjammerlammy9993
      @umjammerlammy9993 8 місяців тому +121

      Boy this uh… this aged like wine.

  • @simbriant
    @simbriant 2 роки тому +4658

    Don't forget how the alien ships shot explosives shaped like the pegs you use in the actual board game.

  • @falsedavidbowie368
    @falsedavidbowie368 2 роки тому +4285

    Got to love how Peter Berg easily transitions from talking about Israeli-Iranian tensions to promoting Battleship.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 2 роки тому +431

      It's weird how political he got, when he was there promoting a movie that went to great lengths to avoid being political.

    • @noahvannote363
      @noahvannote363 2 роки тому +114

      @@troodon1096 Yeah because movies about militaries are never inherently political or anything. It's not well known to be used as recruitment propaganda or anything.

    • @forickgrimaldus8301
      @forickgrimaldus8301 2 роки тому +194

      @@noahvannote363 still Military movies while some are used for Military Recruitment, its usually more subtle than talking about literal politics in the Near East in an interview promoting the movie, you don't usually watch an interview of the Directors of say Top Gun Mavrick suddenly talking about the South China Sea, China, Japan and Korea and then Iran.
      P.S its the military version of some Activist Director like Spike Lee ranting for minutes about some recent political event

    • @aoki6332
      @aoki6332 2 роки тому +78

      @@noahvannote363 most military try not to be political they try to make it look awesome whitout the burdensome of real life even more in the us if you take one of the two stance you just splinted your recruitment pull into two

    • @hllyenaylleth9576
      @hllyenaylleth9576 Рік тому +14

      @@aoki6332 Military is inherently political.

  • @pawemackowski451
    @pawemackowski451 Рік тому +520

    I remember that I was only one that showed up in the theatre. They played this movie for me alone, they even cut/skipped the commercials, when I shouted that I'm alone and it's pointless. Fun experience.

    • @KiMON_52
      @KiMON_52 10 місяців тому +35

      that's insane

    • @VikingTeddy
      @VikingTeddy 6 місяців тому +39

      I read that as you were only one years old in the theater. Didn't even question it, I need caffeine.

    • @papaversomniferum2365
      @papaversomniferum2365 3 місяці тому +9

      @@VikingTeddy hahaha, same here. Especially this sentence " I shouted that I'm alone and it's pointless" made me belive he was 1 year old at the moment :D

  • @johnbacon4997
    @johnbacon4997 2 роки тому +1218

    I'll never forget watching this movie in the theater with friends, At the time I wanted to be a Fighter pilot. So when the fighter jet (I think F/A18s) enter the movie someone nudged me and said "you wanna do that right" I nodded. The next 5 seconds the fighter jet flies into the forcefield and is blown up.

  • @budthechud8913
    @budthechud8913 2 роки тому +6157

    they could have made this instantly at least a cult classic by setting it in WW2 and have the Yamato and Iowa team up to defeat aliens

    • @michael940405
      @michael940405 2 роки тому +704

      Kancolle but with actual battleships

    • @JimJamTheAdmin
      @JimJamTheAdmin 2 роки тому +504

      I never saw it, but that reminds me of the premise of Cowboys VS Aliens. I've done a low-magic DnD campaign like that and it was a ton of fun for the players. They loved it.

    • @bandit5747
      @bandit5747 2 роки тому +126

      No, not in the era of Battle of LA and transformers.

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 2 роки тому +20

      Omfg

    • @MegaCrocosaurus92
      @MegaCrocosaurus92 2 роки тому +100

      That would've been so cool! I'd go for that haha.

  • @grfrjiglstan
    @grfrjiglstan Рік тому +982

    I love the idea that even though the aliens are literally invading, they never attack unless attacked first.

    • @XwX1001
      @XwX1001 Рік тому +242

      *"We only want the nerd. Just let us beat him up, and we'll lea- For god's sake, stOP SHOOTING AT US!"*
      - The Aliens

    • @muhammaduqbahahmadtermizi1252
      @muhammaduqbahahmadtermizi1252 Рік тому +89

      The nerd offended them by saying a mama joke

    • @chadthundercock4806
      @chadthundercock4806 Рік тому

      Strict engagement rules exist today, wouldn't be out of the question for moralistic aliens to have the same

    • @sebastianrubin7476
      @sebastianrubin7476 Рік тому

      Turns out, they're a peacekeeping force sent by Space-UN. Who finally gave up on waiting for us to get the whole "war among ourselves" out of our system and decided to intervene _before_ we go interplanetary...

    • @aAPCwhitwificonnection
      @aAPCwhitwificonnection 11 місяців тому +32

      "CAPTAIN!... THE ALIENS ARE SHOOTING!... Oh... They like hit a completely empty random space...."
      "oh well, soldier, fire back, not to the coordinates we can clearly see then at, BUT AT D-6!... Because.. Uhm... Why not

  • @samuelrodriguez9801
    @samuelrodriguez9801 2 роки тому +2668

    The funny thing was that for the longest time I didn't even know it was supposed to be an adaptation of the Boardgame, Battleship. I just thought it was an attempt at a witty title.

    • @jako1234567890jako
      @jako1234567890jako Рік тому +150

      Same here, it wasn't until this video did I realise the whole thing with the buoys was replicating the game. I just thought it was plot device number 5

    • @Stillhovering
      @Stillhovering Рік тому +6

      Smh

    • @Echiewel
      @Echiewel Рік тому +43

      There is an Asylum knockoff of this film that's actually just plain about a battleship, because The Asylum knows that a battleship is a cooler thing to make a movie about than the board game Battleship. Their main character is also not a whiny little b'tch that still somehow has everything handed to him.
      It still has naval aliens, even worse effect and a couple of other major issues, but I don't know, it might actually be the better movie of the two.

    • @Wildgamer2205
      @Wildgamer2205 8 місяців тому +3

      @@Echiewel if that movie you're talking about is called American warships, then yeah it sucked my main grip is how an entire SEAL team was on the Iowa for no logical reason only for them to get wiped out by the Aliens in like 5 seconds

    • @adfdasdfadfadsfareae
      @adfdasdfadfadsfareae 7 місяців тому +1

      You missed the massive text that read "BASED ON THE HASBRO GAME"?

  • @OwnageMancer
    @OwnageMancer 2 роки тому +2094

    I never saw this movie, but I was stationed in Hawaii when they filmed it. I remember a friend got excited when Rihanna showed up to a club, but they kicked everyone else out of the club so she could dance by herself.
    Lol that's all I knew about this movie. Rihanna kicked everyone else out of a club so she could dance by herself. That sentence never gets old to me.

    • @pugsondrugs5480
      @pugsondrugs5480 Рік тому +338

      That seems contrary to the point of clubs lol. Like you go there to dance WITH people. If you want to dance by yourself, you have a house for that.

    • @Thobeian
      @Thobeian Рік тому +151

      @@pugsondrugs5480 I think if you’re that famous (in 2013), you have a legal obligation to party with only 8s and above.

    • @three_frogs_in_a_trench_coat
      @three_frogs_in_a_trench_coat Рік тому +71

      That sounds like it probably sucked lol

    • @IndianaBones0080
      @IndianaBones0080 Рік тому +31

      LMAO I NEVER KNEW THAT

    • @danielgiovanniello7217
      @danielgiovanniello7217 Рік тому

      God, I fucking hate celebrities.

  • @specialedclass2982
    @specialedclass2982 8 місяців тому +40

    My grandpa was in the navy during ww2. He loved this movie. I still love this movie. When the old guys help at the end, brings a tear to my eye

    • @mir6920
      @mir6920 4 місяці тому +1

      me too! the veterans remind me of my grandpa...I'm getting all emotional just thinking about it. I love this movie so much for including them and their ship! that whole battle was epic.

    • @Mox_Normandy
      @Mox_Normandy 2 дні тому

      Me too. Watched it with my grandpa and when the geezers show up and save the day with the Missouri, he got a real kick out of it. Terrible film, love it to death.

  • @zackquiroz9849
    @zackquiroz9849 2 роки тому +4293

    I’ve been in the US navy for six years and I’ve met two or three people who actually joined the navy because of this movie. We’ll never know exactly how many people signed their life away because of battleship, but know they’re out there lol

    • @strikeforce1500
      @strikeforce1500 2 роки тому +310

      Oh, so, just like Battle of LA?. But just a complete different branch?. Is there an equivalent for Air Force?, CIA/FBI?, spec ops?

    • @kjj26k
      @kjj26k 2 роки тому +389

      @@strikeforce1500
      Air Force got _Top Gun_ absolutely. And maybe _Captain Marvel._
      Pretty much any political thriller or spy film will get recuits for national police and intelligence agencies.
      EDIT: typo

    • @Orinslayer
      @Orinslayer 2 роки тому +12

      Oh nooooooo! 😢

    • @shaider1982
      @shaider1982 2 роки тому +18

      Well, there is an active ship in the US Navy that is named New Jersey , just not a BB.

    • @shaider1982
      @shaider1982 2 роки тому +118

      @@kjj26k Top gun is still a US Navy Navy film.

  • @wetwillyis_1881
    @wetwillyis_1881 2 роки тому +7940

    Let's be fare, the only reason this movie failed was because, not once, did anyone say, "You sunk my battleship!"

    • @SEAZNDragon
      @SEAZNDragon 2 роки тому +365

      Could have work without the aliens. Just a 21st century crew relearning WWII tech to fight an earthbound terror group would had work.

    • @KYDONSHADOW
      @KYDONSHADOW 2 роки тому +258

      they did say "You're not gonna sink this battleship"

    • @accent1666
      @accent1666 2 роки тому +54

      and the only reason why i enjoy it is because of the action, they're cool but thats it

    • @wetwillyis_1881
      @wetwillyis_1881 2 роки тому +10

      @@accent1666 I agree.

    • @brickhouse2265
      @brickhouse2265 2 роки тому +30

      Fair*

  • @AnythingMachine
    @AnythingMachine 2 роки тому +17243

    I love the idea that the director made a Hollywood blockbuster, went on a press tour about it to Israel and tried to convince them to start a war with Iran
    [EDIT: 😐]

    • @vantablack6288
      @vantablack6288 2 роки тому +1892

      pretty based

    • @AnythingMachine
      @AnythingMachine 2 роки тому +2785

      @@vantablack6288 Unfathomably based and nuclear winter-pilled

    • @JZStudiosonline
      @JZStudiosonline 2 роки тому +487

      Berg is now legend status in my eyes.

    • @wejw14
      @wejw14 2 роки тому +877

      He should have called the battleship the USS liberty

    • @Hel1mutt
      @Hel1mutt 2 роки тому +1243

      hope all the warmongers in the comments get put on the frontline

  • @blondesummer7980
    @blondesummer7980 8 місяців тому +97

    That interview... good lord.

  • @colbyboucher6391
    @colbyboucher6391 2 роки тому +833

    I can't get over how the shells the aliens used were literally Battleship pieces. They're literally the things you stick in the ships.

    • @fatfreddyscoat7564
      @fatfreddyscoat7564 2 роки тому +53

      Holy shit, I just realised that!

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 2 роки тому +15

      That’s the point lol I noticed that right way

    • @shuttheheckupkarl6153
      @shuttheheckupkarl6153 2 роки тому +5

      Why the f**k did I not notice that before this comment

    • @D4rkn3ss2000
      @D4rkn3ss2000 Рік тому +4

      OMFG. how come I've watched this movie soo many times and never realized that!!!
      Ffs I can't believe it.

    • @patrickk6331
      @patrickk6331 Рік тому +1

      Holy shit, you just blew my mind lmao

  • @shadow200343
    @shadow200343 Рік тому +1370

    By far the biggest sin of this movie, is that not one person said the cheesiest line of, "They sunk my/our battleship"

    • @kylele23
      @kylele23 Рік тому +43

      They actually did right before they get the missouri up.

    • @Tjspycorp
      @Tjspycorp Рік тому +62

      One veteran says “they ain’t gonna sink this battleship”

    • @MrBlipman
      @MrBlipman 11 місяців тому +11

      Well that’s also because they never sink a battleship lol. They lose destroyers, tiny ships

    • @YukonWilleh
      @YukonWilleh 10 місяців тому +7

      It's Battleshippin time

    • @cameronspence4977
      @cameronspence4977 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@MrBlipman Well, destroyers aren't actually tiny ships now, they're some of the most powerful warships. But back during World War 2 yes they were tiny ships comparatively because there was still stuff like battle ships in a lot of navies

  • @destroyer1187
    @destroyer1187 Рік тому +131

    There's nothing sexier than an Iowa class battleship firing a full broadside. Based on the existence of that scene it seems the creators knew that on some level. If they had just had the foresight to make the whole movie that, this might be regarded as one of the greatest movies of all time

    • @RaptorNX01
      @RaptorNX01 5 місяців тому +4

      They Club Hauled with a WWII battleship to fire on alien ships, thats enough for me.

    • @zodarian6705
      @zodarian6705 5 місяців тому +3

      They screwed up though when Harper dropped the anchor and that ship slid around to the side just before they yell fire they should have started playing Aerosmith back in the saddle!
      Guitar buildup, FIRE, IM BAAACK!!!! Back in the saddle again! Come on now that would have been way better!

  • @jerseydevil5712
    @jerseydevil5712 2 роки тому +1640

    It’s amazing how every video on this channel is about some totally forgotten thing I was obsessed with as a kid

    • @andreivaldez2929
      @andreivaldez2929 2 роки тому +48

      Same. Love it. Especially the autistic screeching during the Deadliest Warrior episode since it reminded me of when I watched it with my brothers and we got really into it.
      Feels good, man.

    • @accent1666
      @accent1666 2 роки тому +9

      and the only reason why i enjoy it is because of the action, they're cool but thats it

    • @uss_04
      @uss_04 2 роки тому +4

      I enjoyed Battleship but never got around to watching Battle LA till now. Last video was right, it was really a product of its time.

    • @tristanlewis2861
      @tristanlewis2861 2 роки тому +4

      This was one of my favorite guilty pleasure movies and then I forgot about it

    • @jamesgeorge7579
      @jamesgeorge7579 2 роки тому

      Deadliest Warrior, Battle L.A., yep.

  • @hibikiazuma
    @hibikiazuma 2 роки тому +4286

    Believe it or not... This movie has an absurd following in Japan. Like it did too well here.
    And somehow made burritos popular. I shit you not, on group viewings, or when it's going to be shown on TV (Yes they still have those for this movie), it's tradition to have a chicken burrito. I'm seriously not making any of this up.
    I was thinking about doing a video on this bizarre subculture of this movie, because it's one of those rabbit holes. The director has even acknowledged the fanbase here. It's very confusing to me.

    • @KRDecade2009
      @KRDecade2009 2 роки тому +610

      This doesn’t surprise me to be honest… except for the burrito part that just confuses me

    • @rueisblue
      @rueisblue 2 роки тому +186

      You should make that video

    • @livethefuture2492
      @livethefuture2492 2 роки тому +128

      The movie is just product placement and marketability, literally nothing else.

    • @borisaustria4301
      @borisaustria4301 2 роки тому +398

      So, this loony ass movie did burritos huge sale numbers, like what Avengers did for shawarmas.

    • @ok9_5788
      @ok9_5788 2 роки тому +119

      @@borisaustria4301 shawarma are delicious, when i was little i would eat a lot of it, only learned the name after the movie lol

  • @TheGrandOracle
    @TheGrandOracle 2 місяці тому +14

    10:49 oh hey I used to buy weed under that bridge

  • @zachbyrd5968
    @zachbyrd5968 2 роки тому +1553

    The shells the aliens lob are even shaped like the little game pegs. That's neat. Gotta admire their dedication.

    • @toweypat
      @toweypat Рік тому +28

      Yeah, that's a nice touch.

    • @lego1999100
      @lego1999100 Рік тому +7

      No, ya really dont

    • @shmeckle666
      @shmeckle666 Рік тому +3

      @@lego1999100lmao

    • @reginald1th
      @reginald1th Місяць тому

      @@lego1999100the fuck are you to speak for him?

  • @dylanbuchanan6511
    @dylanbuchanan6511 2 роки тому +700

    “And they face the full force of a trillion dollar military budget.”
    Dang that line is good

  • @Megalon-qc8pf
    @Megalon-qc8pf Місяць тому +6

    6:31 I’m so happy Craig got an acting gig. Good for him!

  • @br1an432
    @br1an432 2 роки тому +776

    battleship was one of those movies that would be on tv like once a month, and for some reason my dad decided to watch it almost every time, hes probably seen it more than 25 times

    • @Eamonshort1
      @Eamonshort1 2 роки тому +64

      Yeah like several films from that director it's the kinda film that would be on TNT at like 2 in the afternoon and the next time you see your granddad who fought in WWII would say "I saw this really good movie last month..." And who would then proceed to forget the film's name, who was in it and what actually happened in it.

    • @wongijen9167
      @wongijen9167 2 роки тому +7

      Mine too lol

    • @absboodoo
      @absboodoo 2 роки тому +39

      ACDC Thunderstruck and USS Missouri, what more can a guy ask for? What more does a guy need?

    • @Overlord99762
      @Overlord99762 2 роки тому +2

      Holy shit yes

    • @matthewmspace
      @matthewmspace 2 роки тому +15

      Not surprised. This movie appeals to boomers like my dad since it’s something he can have on in the background while doing something else at home. This movie is like the perfect one for FX/TNT. No egregious violence you have to edit out, the runtime is more or less 4-5 hours with ads, and it’s got no plot you really have to pay that much attention to. It’s basically HGTV for boomer men, lmao.

  • @hazydoom69
    @hazydoom69 2 роки тому +513

    0:46 imagine having a friend so done with life that he uses a game of battleship as a good enough excuse to drown himself.

  • @angoose7771
    @angoose7771 Рік тому +43

    I remember not knowing Battleship the board game when first watching this movie. The Battleship part of Battleship got me amazed how smart and innovative their idea was.

  • @maureenobrien4968
    @maureenobrien4968 2 роки тому +695

    I think we’re forgetting the fact that at the time the movie came out, the Missouri had been a museum ship for 14 years, and the main characters completely restore her to working condition in less than a day.

    • @CruelestChris
      @CruelestChris 2 роки тому +214

      And after finding the old crew seemingly just living on the ship like some kind of lost tribe.

    • @grimalkin6676
      @grimalkin6676 2 роки тому +49

      @@CruelestChris To be fair if done like 12 years before the actual release of this movie, that would be valid as alot of those who worked aboard the ship for its museum purposes or on the surrounding museum attractions were ex-crew members as she was their home for years at sea. And Missouri no but if done in like 2007 with Iowa or Wisconsin it would be alittle more believable since due to 109-364, the National Defense Authorization Act 2007. Though even people working to keep them in that state said it would still take abit to get them fully up and running. However I do not believe the 109-364 NDA act is still maintained to this day sadly. And even if it was, it was only for iowa and wisconsin.

    • @Lv-sl3rm
      @Lv-sl3rm 2 роки тому +19

      @@grimalkin6676 Iirc that was ended in 2014 and those ships are fully removed from the US reserve fleet. And also as awesome as battleships can be, they'd just be dead weight in a modern naval engagement so better for them to be retired.

    • @grimalkin6676
      @grimalkin6676 2 роки тому +6

      @@Lv-sl3rm Thats why I said if the movie was done years ago. Also tell that to the marines who still think modern destroyers guns are too small and missiles too ineffective to support a proper beach landing with suppressing fire.

    • @Lv-sl3rm
      @Lv-sl3rm 2 роки тому +9

      @@grimalkin6676 I would tell them to open a book up and give it a good long ponder as to why battleships were displaced in the first place. Doesn't matter how big your gun is in the age of guided munitions and supersonic missiles.

  • @liamheath3326
    @liamheath3326 2 роки тому +539

    They were playing Battleship in the cafeteria at MEPS. The staff made sure to inform us that no, we would not be fighting aliens if we joined the Navy.

    • @Del_S
      @Del_S 2 роки тому +29

      Yeah, that's the Air Force. Well, Space Force now.

    • @cernunnos8917
      @cernunnos8917 2 роки тому +21

      Then what's the point?

    • @madensmith7014
      @madensmith7014 2 роки тому +38

      @@cernunnos8917 fighting godzilla and giant squids

    • @jmjedi923
      @jmjedi923 2 роки тому +8

      What of aliens invade then? Who would fight them?

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 2 роки тому +3

      @@cernunnos8917 Make sure Captain Nemo doesn't get his revenge

  • @fudalefu1
    @fudalefu1 Рік тому +81

    This is a huge guilty pleasure for me. It’s corny, bombastic, has cool action, silly side characters and dialogue, and heroic.

    • @Betoni
      @Betoni Рік тому +10

      and the cgi is better than in some of the movies that have come out recently.

    • @goldman77700
      @goldman77700 Рік тому +4

      Former sailor. Me and few guys in the shop loved how utterly retarded this film is. It gets so much wrong it's hilarious. There's at least a dozen things wrong at any time it's great. Best unintentional comedy film.

    • @correctionguy7632
      @correctionguy7632 Рік тому

      @@goldman77700 could you mention some?

    • @goldman77700
      @goldman77700 Рік тому +4

      @@correctionguy7632 Way too many to list. Pretty much anything any scene with the anchor was just sooo wrong. When they're drifting using the anchor...sooo bad. Anchors are super boring, loud but boring. Rhianna basically had a different job in every scene. In the navy everyone gets a rate which is a specialization like cook or engineer. She did every job in the navy almost haha. Like being a dentist in one scene than a plumber in the next. Those are just my favorites.

  • @Mobysimo
    @Mobysimo 2 роки тому +746

    Honestly if they did go for the *these aliens aren't invaders, their a diplomatic group who was attacked by misunderstanding* then this movie would actually have a clever idea

    • @louisduarte8763
      @louisduarte8763 2 роки тому +26

      So, steal the twist ending from Ender's Game?

    • @Mobysimo
      @Mobysimo 2 роки тому +143

      @@louisduarte8763 Better to steal from something that's actually well writen than whatever these bland wannabes are

    • @rookie3105
      @rookie3105 2 роки тому +8

      I mean the book does say they were just a bunch of scientist

    • @dx-ek4vr
      @dx-ek4vr 2 роки тому +29

      If they were some diplomatic group or lost miners/refugees trying to avoid killing civilians, they really should've showed that better. Like Cody says, the aliens are rather inconsistent when they resort to pacifism, like when they were just fine with killing side characters or collapsing a bridge full of civilians on it.
      Some interpret it as destroying the bridge to prevent reinforcements or something, but in that case, they could've shown the aliens trying to scare people off the bridge or something before demolishing it. I'll have to agree with Cody that the aliens just weren't written well.

    • @erika002
      @erika002 2 роки тому +54

      Someone actually made a plausible theory about these aliens in which in this video didn't quite theorized:
      They're scouts or more likely, miners, and just sent out to Earth as they were the nearest ones...well.. to Earth. They have a relatively slow FTL because the timeline moved too fast in which the movie just did not put a "5 years later or something". It's because Hopper became a Weapons Officer from being a bloke very fast in the movie. The timeline jumped a few years.
      The weaponry, the "hooking" thingamajig bomb, is perfect for mining or at least meant for mining. As why they were so desperate destroying highways (to prevent getting anyone to the transmitter) while prioritizing destroying hostile humans and local US assets (getting to them), is because they don't have that much resources while working with the transmission dishes on Hawaii, which was eventually destroyed by that battleship. So much for being advanced not detecting a satellite and do course corrections, now they're struggling to get comms back as their comms ship/module flattened a part of Hong Kong.
      In short, yes, they are weak, but for a reason, and the movie did not clarify it.

  • @mikestion4629
    @mikestion4629 2 роки тому +758

    I loved the scene where the Missouri drifted _in water_ and full-auto'd an alien ship. Pretty badass. Wish I could do that in World of Warships.

    • @aristosachaion_
      @aristosachaion_ Рік тому +44

      With the way the game is going, you'll be able to do that eventually

    • @coolrotaryphone
      @coolrotaryphone Рік тому +15

      That was a missed sponsor opportunity...

    • @BlaadyAtYoutube
      @BlaadyAtYoutube Рік тому +17

      With enough practice you can actually do that in Sea of Thieves

    • @ade5182
      @ade5182 11 місяців тому +4

      @@BlaadyAtUA-cambut you got to dodge the cliffs, or their ship, or the meg, or the skeleton ship, or the island, or do it right (it wont)

  • @ACrazedGaming
    @ACrazedGaming Рік тому +30

    There was a theory going around that these aliens were actually just mining ships or scout ships and that's why their weaponry was so unique lol

    • @BigBass63
      @BigBass63 2 місяці тому +3

      Yeah, all their weapons scream blasting and boring equipment.

  • @BOS_C.O.
    @BOS_C.O. 2 роки тому +787

    The aliens looking like Brutes and the USS Missouri are probably the only memorable parts from this movie. Though I do vaguely remember being annoyed how Liam Neeson was just a side character.
    Also lmao wtf was that director interview.

    • @raptorcell6633
      @raptorcell6633 2 роки тому +45

      Id damn well hope that the Battleship, in a movie called Battleship, was the most memorable part.

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 роки тому +3

      Their look is why I got the 3DS game
      XD

    • @ZVDhunter861
      @ZVDhunter861 2 роки тому +1

      @@Ramsey276one that 3DS game was hype tho ngl

    • @ConfederateGroyper
      @ConfederateGroyper 2 роки тому +17

      Didn’t you hear him he’s a Jew

    • @MellowGrunt10
      @MellowGrunt10 2 роки тому

      @@ZVDhunter861 man, I played so much of that game. It was so much fun.

  • @danielgrigg4809
    @danielgrigg4809 2 роки тому +642

    7:49
    Ex-squid and armchair historian here. Silly as it looks at first glance, this shot has an extremely loose basis in reality. Shockwaves propagate very easily down the long and narrow passageways of a ship, and have been known to ricochet around as they do so. The shot makes it seem like this could create some kind of...weird...reversing...suction effect? Which is obviously nonsense, but shockwaves can behave in extremely unpredictable ways, and can change direction unexpectedly. Survivors accounts from HMS Hood, USS Arizona, IJN Taiho, and similar wartime disasters consistently describe that those who lived through those enormous explosions did so because of luck, including wayward shockwaves blowing them overboard when the person next to them was thrown a completely different direction. See the firsthand account of Midshipman William John Dundas for details; he was one of only three survivors from HMS Hood, a ship which embarked more than 1400 souls.
    Of course, the shot in the movie would never happen in the real world because in reality the ship would be set to material condition Zebra, which would mean every available hatch would be closed and dogged, preventing shockwaves from shooting down passageways and causing massive damage, injury, and death. It's like the real navy thought about these things or something...

    • @Eamonshort1
      @Eamonshort1 2 роки тому +34

      Huh, I had no idea about that cool, and as a fellow lover of history, (although I'm more of a bed historian, armchair historians have to do too much work) I appreciate you going to multiple primary sources from both sides of a conflict for a UA-cam comment.

    • @MortisObscura
      @MortisObscura 2 роки тому +9

      One day my armchair historian info will be as useful as this... but until that day I will just sit on this knowledge of colors and pigments... Best i've ever had was correcting someone about Cream being a color. it's like peach but lower chroma and lame.

    • @SirMatthew
      @SirMatthew 2 роки тому +8

      Self proclaimed idiot here. You can also look up slow mo videos of explosions in tubes that show the "back and forth" effect very clearly. Specifically "holding an explosion" from smarter everyday

    • @cadjebushey6524
      @cadjebushey6524 2 роки тому +6

      I thought the brief reversing shot was just a cinematic effect? Like "replay that shot".

    • @happyjohn354
      @happyjohn354 2 роки тому +6

      I figured the that weird scene was the effect of a weird 2 stage explosion. First stage explodes throwing the people using all air in the area like a thermobaric then the people were sucked back in for a second then the secondary charge went off throwing them away again.

  • @BrokenFemurMtn
    @BrokenFemurMtn 10 місяців тому +14

    This guy's channel makes me want more Transformer movies... Just so he can make a video on them.

  • @matthewlee8667
    @matthewlee8667 2 роки тому +1795

    The one thing I admire most about this film is that the veteran who lost his legs I'd actually played by a veteran who lost his legs.
    I also thought the involvement of the WW2 vets was kinda cool, even if the very concept makes me laugh out loud. Also why were they keeping live ammunition on a decommissioned battleship?
    The only thing that I thought was really interesting was that the aliens were not portrayed as necessarily malevolent. Cody attributes this to poor writing which I can understand. But at the same time I thought there were hints that the aliens at least didn't go out of their way to cause unnecessary casualties. It would have been easy to write generic, Independence Day, kill all humans aliens but they didn't write them that way for some reason. Even in moments when they could kill off human servicemen they back off. It may be done inconsistently but I at least thought it was interesting since so many other stories involving aliens don't usually ad any nuance to their goals or philosophy

    • @Goodroosters
      @Goodroosters 2 роки тому +68

      The issue is they don't have a philosophy to add nuance to.

    • @sakuradabp6400
      @sakuradabp6400 2 роки тому +85

      You're ignoring how they just destroyed a whole bridge for no reason

    • @natoartiljerija1441
      @natoartiljerija1441 2 роки тому +151

      @@sakuradabp6400 Always thought that bridge was a highway leading to marine military base that just got attacked. So they destroyed it to prevent air units from being repaired and use in a counter attack.
      Guess it was just my mind filling in the blanks in the movie

    • @sakuradabp6400
      @sakuradabp6400 2 роки тому +22

      @@natoartiljerija1441 Yeah lol, all those normal cars with innocent people just falling makes it clear

    • @jacksonmacpherson6101
      @jacksonmacpherson6101 2 роки тому +8

      I thought there were hints that the aliens at least didn't go out of their way to cause unnecessary casualties. 10:47

  • @restitutororbis1216
    @restitutororbis1216 2 роки тому +786

    Let's be honest, the USS Missouri stole the show.

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 2 роки тому +50

      It was fun power fantasy really

    • @wongijen9167
      @wongijen9167 2 роки тому +16

      Still like the Guided Missile scene. That was badass

    • @ethan2670
      @ethan2670 2 роки тому +45

      They could have spent the $200 million budget on just the Missouri scene and it would have been just as worth it

    • @garibaldibritann1240
      @garibaldibritann1240 2 роки тому +1

      It really feels like the one scene against Outer Haven command ship from MGS4 which involves Missouri (as all naval arsenal in US military are all digital-focused which all of them being controlled by Patriot's AI)

    • @lordbrain8867
      @lordbrain8867 2 роки тому +18

      Who would've thought that the highlight of a movie named 'Battleship' would be the only actual battleship in the film.

  • @VideoInformation
    @VideoInformation Рік тому +28

    Battleship has a special place in my heart. It passes the vibe check.

  • @joshuaadams8240
    @joshuaadams8240 2 роки тому +549

    Those scenes with the interview where the most insane parts of this movie.

    • @shawklan27
      @shawklan27 2 роки тому +12

      Yes

    • @a.p.6580
      @a.p.6580 2 роки тому

      So Iranians are actually just undercover aliens?

    • @klonoa450
      @klonoa450 2 роки тому +2

      Absolutely

  • @andreivaldez2929
    @andreivaldez2929 2 роки тому +976

    I had an idea for this movie to be the story of two Admirals with history pitted against each other during a mostly naval conflict, and each tries to outsmart the other with knowledge of their pasts, as well as maybe throwing some personal shade during the revenge moves - or *plays* - they come up with. Thought it could've been interesting, like an intense match of Command and Conquer, or Starcraft.
    Instead we got Transformers with boats.

    • @AP-su9oc
      @AP-su9oc 2 роки тому +101

      That's a good concept. Red October meet ford vs ferrari

    • @Wilkidw
      @Wilkidw 2 роки тому +69

      You are obviously too smart for Hollywood

    • @TrickiVicBB71
      @TrickiVicBB71 2 роки тому +11

      That could be so much better

    • @The-Plaguefellow
      @The-Plaguefellow 2 роки тому +15

      You wrote a better treatment than any Hollywood hack could've done.
      Yet, somehow, folks like you *aren't* the ones being paid well for their ideas... Ah, Hollywood

    • @Harrison_801
      @Harrison_801 2 роки тому +13

      The navy has literal smoke curtains and yet here we are

  • @TigerDan04
    @TigerDan04 Рік тому +98

    Dude, the vet with his prosthetic leg boxing the alien was pretty awesome! I liked when they were out of ships and turned to the old vets to help, too. That was amazing! While there are plenty of things to not like about this movie, I ultimately found myself liking it. I still like it, hahahaha

    • @soham6649
      @soham6649 8 місяців тому +6

      There are so many good things about this movie simply due to the rule of cool
      Old school vets rejoining the crew to help the young guns
      Harpoons and tomahawks beating the shit out of aliens
      Goalkeeper ciws stopping a couple of alien rounds.
      Missouri tanking a couple of alien rounds
      Mainly I feel like the movie just gives hope that maybe an alien invasion is survivable just using the equipment we already have.

    • @Kokong
      @Kokong 5 місяців тому +2

      @@soham6649In other words, it might be simultaneously one of the worst movies and one of the greatest popcorn flicks of all time.

  • @BRICK8492
    @BRICK8492 2 роки тому +1160

    As a massive naval history nerd, I absolutely love this movie. It's such a beautiful disaster to poke at, and I watch it at least once per year.

    • @jalejablonsky2396
      @jalejablonsky2396 Рік тому +53

      Doesn’t help that a lot of navy people I know just watched it and wanted to chew glass just watching it

    • @sirlionheart4614
      @sirlionheart4614 Рік тому

      ​​​@@jalejablonsky2396it's because military brain washed grunts don't know how to suspend disbelief and just enjoy themselves. They take it extreamly personal if you talk bad about whatever branch their in. Like you just spat in their mothers face or something.

    • @aircraftcarrierwo-class
      @aircraftcarrierwo-class Рік тому +1

      As a Navy guy and a Navy history nerd, I wanted to throttle Hopper for his empty-headed comments about battleships early on. No salt worth their salt would say that.

    • @johngaltline9933
      @johngaltline9933 Рік тому +2

      It's fun watching the mighty Mo kicking ass, but it just makes my head hurt seeing a museum ship with no fuel or ammo on board, somehow in service in what? maybe a couple hours? It would take a day just to build up steam... if you had fuel, didn't care about damaging everything using sea water, and all the sea chests weren't plated over.

    • @donniB179
      @donniB179 Рік тому

      ​@johngaltline9933 dont forget those senior citizens transiting the ship with 2,000 pound shells on their shoulders over actual knee knockers.

  • @j.a.pelaez6435
    @j.a.pelaez6435 2 роки тому +378

    I always thought the aliens were some class of industrial personnel rather than military, they probably crashlanded and made sure to disable any threat nearby while awaiting rescue

    • @CheemsofRegret
      @CheemsofRegret 2 роки тому +100

      The way their artillery guns work also lines up with that idea perfectly. The peg bombs make more sense as mining charges than actual anti-ship weapons.

    • @tapset
      @tapset 2 роки тому +18

      Stop trying to explain this movie

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 роки тому +7

      1:Forking HAY, guys...
      2:How did this happen?!
      3: IF we get rescued, we are doomed to FARM DUTY FOR LIFE... what’s coming this way?
      1: I got a crazy idea
      2: I’m down for whatever!
      XD

    • @BERKAYWOOD
      @BERKAYWOOD 2 роки тому +5

      @@tapset They the movie is badly written. It is just a game to think about why something happens which good authors already thought of and prepared.

    • @JessesanMan
      @JessesanMan 2 роки тому +6

      @@BERKAYWOOD
      Some people just like to use their imagination 😉

  • @o0bookwyrmknight0o
    @o0bookwyrmknight0o 7 місяців тому +12

    So Peter Berg asking that one Israeli interviewer if he’s a “draft dodger”/that he should join the military, and wanting certain two countries to start a war (both of which he is not a resident of either of them) is just…..icky to me.
    He will honor veterans and give praise to them, but I feel like he focuses on the flashy “aesthetics” of war and not all of the horrors that come with it.
    He’s not the only director that does this, but I will side eye anybody who tries to shame somebody for not joining military when they, themselves, did not join either.

  • @mrnoodlr0284
    @mrnoodlr0284 2 роки тому +484

    The alien bomb thingies look like the game pegs. Astounding

    • @jernan0510
      @jernan0510 2 роки тому +98

      The ships also require 3 pegs to kill, the same as in the game. The directors brain must have been working at 110% capacity.

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 роки тому +1

      Unholy CARP
      XD

    • @stevemc01
      @stevemc01 2 роки тому +21

      Honestly, for all the s*** the movie has in plot it makes up for in design and action scenes (usually).
      In my opinion, Battleship is actually one of my top favorite movies only because the action scenes carried the day (and also my obsession for heavy artillery).

  • @xxdarthxmurderwolfxx4621
    @xxdarthxmurderwolfxx4621 2 роки тому +495

    I always thought that the aliens were like a lost mining detachment or something. It would explain why all of their equipment seems like it’d be used for some kind of excavating work. Plus if you rewatch the movie with that thought in your head it makes it so much more interesting

    • @enterprisethesylveon5787
      @enterprisethesylveon5787 2 роки тому +15

      If this is to be believed, the aliens are there to harvest resources, that's their primary objective and follows the "Fire only of Fired upon" rules of engagement, destroying humans is the last thing they want to do unless a clear and present danger is shown. and the weapons also start to make some sense, for example the peg shells are probably mining explosives that happens to have enough power to destroy Missouri's turret 3 and kill the Sampson and Myoko, they were not dedicated Weapons, which is why the CWIS on the JPJ and Sampson killed a chunk of them. And those Shredder ball things were more precision mining equipment like our drills.

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 роки тому +31

      1:Forking HAY, guys...
      2:How did this happen?!
      3: IF we get rescued, we are doomed to FARM DUTY FOR LIFE... what’s coming this way?
      1: I got a crazy idea
      2: I’m down for whatever!
      XD

    • @barnz3000
      @barnz3000 2 роки тому +53

      They only shoot when shot at. Target only military targets. And use kinetic weapons when firing on land targets, to minimize collateral damage.
      It was their communications ship that got destroyed.
      The classic "we come in peace" but communication fail.
      It seemed like a movie that "was trying" to be smarter, but somehow got lost along the way, in a trashy action flick.

    • @nutzhazel
      @nutzhazel 2 роки тому +25

      The aliens were just trying to repair their lost com satellite that dropped in Hong Kong, and that caused the Americans to panic as all they can think is War, hence the reference to the movie director promoting Israel to have war against Iran over something that they have no clue about like the nuclear power, which was a reference for non existent WMD of Iraq that put them being invaded by US for decades.

    • @singularityraptor4022
      @singularityraptor4022 2 роки тому

      @@nutzhazel Americans project their warmongering mentality into everything

  • @appamanplan8933
    @appamanplan8933 Місяць тому +2

    Wow it took me way longer than it should have to relaize this was the Alternate History man himself! Been a fan of your work for a while Cody. Love the "new" channel!

  • @tetraxis3011
    @tetraxis3011 2 роки тому +921

    So this movie is essentially: Aliens try to replicate Pearl Harbor. They are somehow even less succesful than the Japanese in 1942.

    • @richardarriaga6271
      @richardarriaga6271 2 роки тому +48

      *1941

    • @muthpeterpatrik
      @muthpeterpatrik 2 роки тому +40

      No, really not. They were a diplomatic mission to warn humans of some third party that wants to attack them.
      But at after their diplomatic/communication ship crashed, they tried to communicate with their home planet for further instructions while following their strict rule of engagement.

    • @Gloomdrake
      @Gloomdrake 2 роки тому +4

      @@muthpeterpatrik how do you know?

    • @jorgenajar9407
      @jorgenajar9407 2 роки тому +9

      @@Gloomdrake lore

    • @Gloomdrake
      @Gloomdrake 2 роки тому +6

      @@jorgenajar9407 but it wasn't in the movie, so where was it?

  • @frogsshadow4189
    @frogsshadow4189 2 роки тому +344

    The best part is definitely when they decided to move a shell by hand across the ship completely ignoring the track designed to do that exact job...

    • @Scotch7574
      @Scotch7574 Рік тому +13

      Pretty sure they said in the movie that said track was destroyed. I don't know, I didn't watch this movie for a long time.

  • @AndrewChumKaser
    @AndrewChumKaser 8 місяців тому +6

    The "Why are the aliens attacking or not attacking us?" Idea really needed a better movie to explore. Imagine that they have advanced technology and military hardware and all that stuff, but not only showed restraint and all that but also had motivations that were layered and the fighting started because of miscommunication and all that. That's legit sci-fi right there, but no. They decided we need a battleship board game so we gonna sink dem battleships.
    *Sigh*

  • @thegunslinger1363
    @thegunslinger1363 2 роки тому +90

    This film was just one big recruitment ad for the US Navy.

  • @loficampingguy9664
    @loficampingguy9664 2 роки тому +408

    Ah yes, Battleship. The reason that the other three Iowa sisters now exist in Missouri's shadow.
    I swear this movie exists because someone got permission to film on board the Missouri but then remembered they had to actually make a movie.

    • @neroidius6915
      @neroidius6915 Рік тому +36

      I sometimes like to believe the screenwriter planned to make an epic historic WW II movie about the big three Iowa sisters but then someone accidentally lost 2/3s of the budget and he could only afford the Missouri, and so then he went, “… Welp, guess I might as well make an alien movie.”

    • @xgcsurreal2608
      @xgcsurreal2608 8 місяців тому +4

      Well it probably doesn't help the fact that Japan signed the terms of surrender on the Missouri

    • @caronstout354
      @caronstout354 6 місяців тому +3

      And paid big bucks to use AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" for the Mighty Mo's coming out scene...

  • @DDlambchop43
    @DDlambchop43 Рік тому +9

    I've seen it, and it...was a movie. I do admire them using ACDC in the soundtrack and allowing a real disabled veteran to be the hero.

  • @jawa3680
    @jawa3680 2 роки тому +231

    I love this movie because of how irredeemable it is. They really did take every popular trope, directing style, and one liner of the time and mash it all together with a healthy dose of the US Navy behind and in front of the camera. It's the most 2010s action movie to ever lens flare. I think there's charm to that, in the same way there's charm to a baby even though it constantly shits and vomits itself. And also the broadside was cool.

  • @wrayday7149
    @wrayday7149 2 роки тому +171

    This movie achieves greatness like a massive multi-car pileup. You remember it specifically because it was so bad. You see ideas come from every direction, never slowing down and just slamming headlong into other bad ideas. It never stops until the credits roll.... and I appreciate that.

    • @kingleech16
      @kingleech16 Рік тому +3

      There is a certain blind, stupid courage it exhibits. "Sir, we're heading right for a cliff!" "GO FASTER!!!"

  • @DaveMaguire
    @DaveMaguire 5 місяців тому +1

    I walked by my brother watching this movie. I glaced for literally 5 seconds then immediately jerked back. I thought to myself, "Why is Rihanna a sailor?" I was in awe and sat besides my brother as we endured the strangest motion picture we've seen in years. Afterwards I experienced an array of flashbacks of me scrolling through this channel and instantly remembered that thumbnail, 'BATTLESHIP.' So yeah that's my story. Great vid definitely earned a sub.

  • @AlexYorim
    @AlexYorim 2 роки тому +90

    Man, the early 2010s blockbusters were a weird trip. If these guys weren't fighting zombies, they would have fought aliens.

  • @carsonm7292
    @carsonm7292 2 роки тому +138

    Battleship doesn't take place in any semblance of a normal reality. Battleship takes place in a reality where the best course of action is the one that looks the coolest; where Rule of Cool overpowers any sort of pragmatism or our idea of traditional wisdom. The cooler something is in the Battleshipverse, the more likely it is to succeed. If you go into the film with this understanding, it becomes far more watchable.

    • @KiMON_52
      @KiMON_52 10 місяців тому +4

      Isn't that every hollywood action movie from the early 2000s

    • @zodarian6705
      @zodarian6705 5 місяців тому +1

      You are exactly right! I don't watch a movie cuz I want it to be realistic if I want reality I can just look out the fucking window. I watch movies to escape reality

  • @Abhimanyu-Singh1
    @Abhimanyu-Singh1 Рік тому +6

    Is it just me who thinks the way PH says "Okay. What are you talking about?" is super funny in a hysterical way? 😂

  • @blookester6583
    @blookester6583 Рік тому +338

    8:10 They actually made a mobile game based on the movie which plays like the original board game, even with the aliens and stuff, and it was cool because you'd get little cutscenes that would play when it was your turn or when you sunk a battleship. Played the shit out of it when I was a kid.
    And then for some reason Hasbro took it off the Play Store (or the apple store I can't remember).

    • @shadow_legend9839
      @shadow_legend9839 Рік тому +2

      Game name?

    • @blookester6583
      @blookester6583 Рік тому +8

      @@shadow_legend9839 just "Battleship" from Hasbro
      I don't think you'll be able to find the game anymore though

    • @krodmandoon3479
      @krodmandoon3479 Рік тому +2

      ​@@shadow_legend9839For real?

    • @willhornsby206
      @willhornsby206 Рік тому +24

      there was a boots on ground console game where you command a fleet though a tablet because you have access to a com relay and can give the ships targets. I remember playing it on my Xbox 360. Also called battleship.

    • @yourname8714
      @yourname8714 Рік тому +5

      @@willhornsby206 the game was meh at best, but for the destruction loving teenager just having seen the movie it was fuckin awesome. i'm very doubtful i'd buy a game based off a movie these days haha

  • @liliththesolarexalted2206
    @liliththesolarexalted2206 2 роки тому +133

    Honestly Naval focused combat against Aliens sounds like an interesting premise. Just a shame it was wasted on this movie.

    • @princesscrystal6410
      @princesscrystal6410 2 роки тому +3

      Should had been Iowa and Yamato vs Aliens

    • @plantain.1739
      @plantain.1739 2 роки тому

      Q

    • @nbewarwe
      @nbewarwe 2 роки тому

      @@princesscrystal6410 There's actually a mockbuster from Asylum called "American Warships" that features the Iowa battleship fighting aliens. If you wanna know what it's like, it's directed by Thunder Levin, the same guy behind the Sharknado movies.

  • @MachtPlays
    @MachtPlays 10 місяців тому +4

    The scene with the old vets on Missouri is pretty cool. That’s all I remember about this.

  • @thecommunistdoggo1008
    @thecommunistdoggo1008 2 роки тому +365

    The reason the aliens took at that highway is almost definitely to hinder infrastructure in the region to disrupt reinforcement attemptd ny any organized resistance. It's pretty standard for invasions, it was done at D-Day

    • @thecommunistdoggo1008
      @thecommunistdoggo1008 2 роки тому +30

      @ProteusXF Comrade Stalin orders spelling mistake, we can't be viewed as grammar invaders

    • @SHVRWK
      @SHVRWK 2 роки тому +1

      That's not convincing lol there are helicopters, missiles, fighter jets etc.

    • @thecommunistdoggo1008
      @thecommunistdoggo1008 2 роки тому +13

      @@SHVRWK They already destroyed those and they blocked off entrance of all new reinforcements. The only infrastructure remaining is the highway

    • @Theo-vn9hm
      @Theo-vn9hm 2 роки тому +6

      @@SHVRWK Helicopters are cool and capable, but a road supply connection remains king

    • @MrIamabazaba
      @MrIamabazaba 2 роки тому +1

      I worked preproduction for this project, and you are spot on

  • @renatofarias4763
    @renatofarias4763 2 роки тому +67

    Fun fact: the painting showed in the minute 11:16 is the representation of the foundation of Chile's capitol: Santiago. The leading guy was Pedro de Valdivia, the first man to direct an successful expedition to Chile and also his first governor.
    Another fun fact: he died by getting his heart ripped off his body by Lautaro, who was once one of his servants and most trusted person Lautaro, who later became the main guy behind the indigenous rebellion against the Spanish Empire. Some versions of the story say that Lautaro eat it in a tribal ritual.
    I know all of this because I'm chilean myself and I find curious that Cody decided to use this image in particular.

    • @ptolemeeselenion1542
      @ptolemeeselenion1542 2 роки тому +1

      Maybe that was a subtle way to tell to Ir*n to "eat their heart out" .

  • @kidstothestreets9104
    @kidstothestreets9104 5 місяців тому +2

    okay, one thing i can say about battleship is that scene with the Dead Weight and the japanese captain fighting in the bathroom is pretty accurate to how it would go down. like, if you had a problem with someone and you didn't want to get punished for arguing or fighting in front of your commanders or whatever, you would pull the person to the side and tell them to follow you or come talk to you for a second. then, you'd find one of these bathrooms or quiet places and whoop their ass quietly or would curse them out as quiet as possible.
    another fun thing is that the ship used in battleship is permanently docked in mobile, alabama. i see it everytime i visit my grandparents there!
    source: my mom and dad are both retired navy and worked on ships.

  • @adams.2407
    @adams.2407 2 роки тому +101

    I had the Battleship movie version of the board game and legit never even knew this movie adaptation existed until 5 years later.

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one 2 роки тому +3

      Got the 3DS game on Clearance
      XD

    • @poweroffriendship2.0
      @poweroffriendship2.0 2 роки тому +2

      An adaptation boardgame based on the movie based on the battleship board game.

  • @Nomadic_Radec
    @Nomadic_Radec 2 роки тому +475

    For that scene where the little death ball thing shreds the interstate/overpass, it was probably to hinder the deployment of military forces/limit the movement of humans in general.
    As an aside, I did find the potential of relatively speaking "merciful" invaders as an interesting idea that would have been fun to flesh out. Aliens are almost always either the cuddly friendly ET type or mercilessly savage and cruel xenomorph, war of the worlds type that just wants to kill us to the last. Seeing some that clearly aren't sunshine and rainbows but actively avoid unnecessary casualties would have been pretty cool. But the movie sucked, so... eh.

    • @anonpatriot5649
      @anonpatriot5649 Рік тому +90

      I believe it was supposed to be conveyed that the aliens were a "military force," not just foreign entities, and therefore have rules of engagement to follow. That and their plans on how to deal with the humans could likely change multiple times throughout the movie. Action-reaction. But most people don't understand that war follows rules and believe anything goes, so sutle subplots get overlooked.

    • @ar0568
      @ar0568 Рік тому +57

      @@anonpatriot5649 good point now that you mention it yeah they do resemble irl militaries with rules and conventions to prevent cruelty. No reason for us to be the only species to develop something like that

    • @victoriazero8869
      @victoriazero8869 Рік тому +37

      @@anonpatriot5649 The novel was much more interesting in terms of background, the aliens were a rogue detachment from an insterstellar empire who want to conquer earth despite the warning from high council. Thus they came unprepared and outnumbered. And yes, they have RoE.

    • @BTAL1ama
      @BTAL1ama Рік тому +10

      The first Expeditionary Force is a lot like that, can't remember exactly but a scout ship crash lands on earth somehow and when their people come to extract them the opposing aliens use that as an excuse to roll up and start a battle over the previously off limits planet. They make a deal with the earth military and everything snowballs from there. The "war politics in space" are a great part of the series in general.

    • @frankwoods1531
      @frankwoods1531 Рік тому +2

      So you want predators? They're not exactly friendly, but from what I remember they preferred fighting armed combatants mainly.

  • @parsaattle550
    @parsaattle550 Рік тому +2

    You are Officially the first channel whose videos I have all watched. Congratulations!!!

  • @bamboozlednoodle6513
    @bamboozlednoodle6513 Рік тому +630

    I just wanna know how Hopper got waived to OCS and made it to O-3 with a breaking and entering charge on his criminal record 💀

    • @VinnySlouth
      @VinnySlouth Рік тому +68

      That is kinda like buffing a scratch out of a car that is on fire.

    • @JawsFan27
      @JawsFan27 Рік тому +15

      Becoming an O-3 in the Navy isn't *that* hard tbh

    • @Christian-mt9fn
      @Christian-mt9fn Рік тому +69

      @@JawsFan27 with a record??? Are you crazy?

    • @toweypat
      @toweypat Рік тому +87

      Because he has potential, dammit!!!

    • @KABLAMMATS
      @KABLAMMATS Рік тому

      Because he fug the general daughter

  • @brycevo
    @brycevo 2 роки тому +304

    I'm glad it's set in Hawaii. But really, Battleship should have been a WWII movie

    • @johnmorales6281
      @johnmorales6281 2 роки тому +10

      Should've been

    • @louisduarte8763
      @louisduarte8763 2 роки тому +33

      MIDWAY is a better BATTLESHIP movie than this one.

    • @haysnairte4
      @haysnairte4 2 роки тому +9

      Would be cool to see Yamato fare against Mighty Mo

    • @johnmorales6281
      @johnmorales6281 2 роки тому +6

      @@haysnairte4 yupp no air support no cruiser escorts....broadside for broadside

    • @GreenTomas2372
      @GreenTomas2372 2 роки тому +1

      They even stole the dome from the Simpsons movie

  • @IsaacClodfelter
    @IsaacClodfelter 2 місяці тому +3

    That press interview made me wanna crawl outta my skin

  • @Post_Stall_Maneuver
    @Post_Stall_Maneuver 2 роки тому +93

    I love how apparently in a matter of MILISECONDS, one of the alien Beyblades decided to wreck a portion of Interstate H1 (yes that is the interstate) because of the Interstate system's military purpose. All from a civilization that might not even have the concept of major arterial roadways. All within a *milisecond.*

    • @sovietcanuckistanian
      @sovietcanuckistanian Рік тому +14

      I know that this is tangential but it's really funny that they still call the highway there an interstate. It's the least interstate highway in the country, it's not even inter-island.

    • @RandomHandle120
      @RandomHandle120 Рік тому

      There's also H2 and H3.

    • @PliskinYT
      @PliskinYT Рік тому

      I was just about to mention this, Interstates were originally designed for military Logistics, which is why they destroyed the H1

  • @CocoHutzpah
    @CocoHutzpah 2 роки тому +176

    This movie stands out for me, not because of the movie but how I watched it. My dad wanted to go see it, so we went and the only other people in the theater happened to be two of my buddies from school. Then somewhere near the climax of the movie, a character said something like "We're gonna cancel doomsday" or something like that. Immediately after that line, the power went out.

    • @ReddwarfIV
      @ReddwarfIV 2 роки тому +53

      ...i think you were watching _Pacific Rim._
      "We are cancelling the apocalypse!" was a line from that movie, not _Battleship_

    • @ArcturusOTE
      @ArcturusOTE 2 роки тому +62

      @@ReddwarfIV When the movie is so unremarkable, they remembered something else entirely, a better movie too

    • @Ramzi1944
      @Ramzi1944 2 роки тому +5

      :0
      And then what happened?

  • @DrDonaldGillbert
    @DrDonaldGillbert 2 роки тому +103

    The only time I've ever heard my Dad complain intensely about a movie was to Battleship.
    He'd rant for whole minutes about how unrealistic it is they got a WW2 battleship fully operational within q few hours.

    • @koimeme
      @koimeme 2 роки тому +1

      would do the same thing tbh

    • @julianschumann9843
      @julianschumann9843 2 роки тому

      Or where they got the amo from. Or how they fired two salvos in seconds.

    • @CruelestChris
      @CruelestChris 2 роки тому +1

      Well she's not a WW2 battleship, she was modernised in the 80s. That said, you'd have serious issues starting her up since her engines haven't been run in over a decade.

  • @notmariolevi2863
    @notmariolevi2863 2 роки тому +383

    Let's all be honest: Battleship is an ironic masterpiece.

    • @Loppoz56
      @Loppoz56 2 роки тому +27

      True its a really badass movie

    • @SHVRWK
      @SHVRWK 2 роки тому +13

      Nah, it's pretty forgettable mediocre dumpster fire. You'll grow out of it eventually.

    • @Loppoz56
      @Loppoz56 2 роки тому +64

      @@SHVRWK still a pretty cool movie imo

    • @joez.2794
      @joez.2794 2 роки тому +7

      The people who hate this movie will probably also tell you all about how awful _True Lies_ was. Both movies require the viewer to just "go with it," which *I'm* normally the one who can't.

    • @icannon6611
      @icannon6611 2 роки тому +14

      @@SHVRWKit's a dumb movie. Turn your brain off and it's a bit of fun for a couple hours.

  • @ChessieSystem2101
    @ChessieSystem2101 2 місяці тому +2

    Fun fact about the Iowa Class (the ship is the USS Missouri, third member of the class), their engines are preserved in special oils by contract with the navy, so if they ever needed to, they could all be brought back to service. However, it would take around 6 or so months to get the ships combat ready again.

  • @johnswick1351
    @johnswick1351 2 роки тому +124

    10:49 the aliens obviously had high speed rail on their home planet.

  • @kfcroc18
    @kfcroc18 2 роки тому +44

    I kind of like the idea that the aliens motives is left up in the air and not made stupid like in Battle: LA where the aliens are here for water. The most common chemicals in the universe.

    • @frankpurvis9189
      @frankpurvis9189 2 роки тому +17

      There is surprisingly a LOT of lore on the aliens from battle LA if I remember correctly they are called land sharks and just lost a war(it is unclear if they fought themselves or another race), they were kicked off their planet and are desperate for a place to call home enough so that they sent everything they have, either they get earth or they all die. They aren't just taking the water it's the start of the terraforming process(I will say that I read about this a year and a half ago and my memory might be off).

    • @ItsButterBean1020
      @ItsButterBean1020 2 роки тому +12

      @@frankpurvis9189 plus they’re cyberneticslly enhanced in sheer desperation; irrevocably shifting their culture and biology

  • @PirateKingBoros
    @PirateKingBoros Місяць тому +1

    I was NOT expecting to hear Arcane music in this. 10/10.

  • @GhostofGomezDawkins
    @GhostofGomezDawkins 2 роки тому +212

    To be honest, I actually love this movie for the exact reasons. This was an attempt at a modern day blockbuster that went down swinging with a Big Miss. That alone doesn't make it great, but the opening scene of getting a burrito let's the audience know this is a joke, then the aliens, Rihanna getting Chris Brown'ed by an alien, the U.S.S Missouri literally drifting with an anchor. Come'on.. This movie is a modern day classic of giving money away and I love it. It may stink, but I'm lovin'it with a side of America and McDonald's.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Рік тому +1

      When did Rihanna get Brown'd?

    • @GhostofGomezDawkins
      @GhostofGomezDawkins Рік тому

      Google, then watch the movie.

    • @sparkyandredd4061
      @sparkyandredd4061 Рік тому +12

      Honestly, this could have worked if it was advertised as an intentional comedy/parody of action movies, with all of the stereotypes and jokes and great action.

    • @PreparationH67
      @PreparationH67 Рік тому +6

      IMO even the island subplot is goofy bad enough to be entertaining. Also the geriatric af old men showing up to pretend their bones wouldnt turn to dust working that ship again and hitting on Rihanna. You're totally right, the movie totally knows its in its own goofy af lane and if you're down with it you'll have fun.

  • @Harmonmj13
    @Harmonmj13 2 роки тому +74

    This movie literally convinced/influenced my dad to take my family to visit Pearl Harbor for Christmas the exact year this movie came out.

  • @lowercase3635
    @lowercase3635 Рік тому +14

    My brother was on the USS Chaffee (DDG 90) while this movie was being filmed. He actually got to be an extra background sailor in the beginning of the movie.

  • @exospaceman8209
    @exospaceman8209 2 роки тому +75

    I remember watching the movie back then though it was cool
    The only thing that was good from it was that they added real WW2 veterans and used an actual battleship

  • @jernan0510
    @jernan0510 2 роки тому +36

    The funniest part of this movie is that the battleship just had ammo and was fueled and they didn’t address it at all

    • @grimalkin6676
      @grimalkin6676 2 роки тому +7

      If done in 2007 and with either the iowa or the wisconsin then technically that would work as they were kept specifically combat ready incase of national emergencies.

    • @BlackIce45wasbezet
      @BlackIce45wasbezet Рік тому +2

      except they did

    • @JustJohn505
      @JustJohn505 Рік тому +1

      Don't forget that it needs a crew of over 2000 to 5000 but only 10 officers and 80 veterans made it work😎💪

  • @stinkyman1535
    @stinkyman1535 Рік тому +2

    They don’t even say you “sunk my battleship”

  • @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat
    @UCannotDefeatMyShmeat 2 роки тому +114

    9:26 I always hated that line, because that assumes a completely alien species will be guaranteed to have the exact same flaws that we do, just bigger.
    Which i guess isn’t impossible or anything, it just strikes me as....disingenuously human focused
    I think it would be hilarious if they recontextualized that scene to play in how dumb it can sound

    • @athomicritics
      @athomicritics 2 роки тому

      not only that but with how aliens always immediatly fire you cannot compare , like Columbus didnt just jumped out of his ship and start shooting at the first indians he saw , no he first meet them , did a little trading then claimed their land for spain

    • @carlosandleon
      @carlosandleon Рік тому +2

      fundamental geopolitics don't really change

    • @fakename287
      @fakename287 Рік тому +8

      @@carlosandleon fundamental *human* geopolitics might not change amongst humans
      Who's to say aliens aren't above all of that crap?

    • @carlosandleon
      @carlosandleon Рік тому +1

      @@fakename287 laws of physics

    • @carlosandleon
      @carlosandleon Рік тому +3

      @fakename287 Alien or not, if you have enough calories available to sustain 5 individuals and there are 10 of you. The resulting shenanigans would play out roughly the same until the calories to individuals ratio matches.

  • @lovehold1
    @lovehold1 2 роки тому +61

    I GENUINELY love this movie. I grew up watching it with my late grandfather. I watch it every year with my family in memory of him and love it.

  • @Sean-l4t6z
    @Sean-l4t6z 6 місяців тому +1

    God I know this video is 2 years old but I watched all of your videos at least 2-3 times. Please keep going?

  • @wampastompa28
    @wampastompa28 2 роки тому +39

    The fact that this video didn't make fun of the alien ordinance actually being an oversized, explosive version of the pegs used in the board game made me sad. I laughed when I saw that moment.

  • @Xpwnxage
    @Xpwnxage 2 роки тому +73

    Just want to say, this channel is a great idea. These types of "entertainment dissection" are some of my favorite UA-cam videos.

  • @driceproductions5304
    @driceproductions5304 4 місяці тому +2

    The only redeeming this is that they had actual veterans of the Missouri in the cast

  • @jonathonrodriguezthomas6457
    @jonathonrodriguezthomas6457 Рік тому +85

    The Army and Airforce (to some extent) got the Transformers series.
    The Marine Corps got Battlefield Los Angeles.
    And finally, the Navy got Battleship.
    Up next is the Coast Guard.

    • @Cyber_Samurai20
      @Cyber_Samurai20 Рік тому +15

      Raiding Alien Submarines to capture illegal Space Drugs.

    • @JayBelafonte
      @JayBelafonte 5 місяців тому +4

      Top Gun series did the Navy, and Independence Day also had the Marines

    • @theitfactorjameswheezer2852
      @theitfactorjameswheezer2852 5 місяців тому +1

      @jonathonrodriguezthomas6457 There’s a Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner movie about the coast guard

    • @jonathonrodriguezthomas6457
      @jonathonrodriguezthomas6457 5 місяців тому

      @@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 Does it involve aliens?

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 5 місяців тому +1

      It’s 3 hours of them begging the public to take them seriously. It has a budget of 500 million and has 128 explosions in total.

  • @Admtz417
    @Admtz417 2 роки тому +667

    I genuinely loved this movie as a kid it has no flaws for me

    • @firestargaming9521
      @firestargaming9521 2 роки тому +63

      same, and the Michael bay transformer movies. They were epic

    • @pradeeppj1666
      @pradeeppj1666 2 роки тому +18

      @@firestargaming9521 My kinda people :')

    • @RavenTheVelociraptor
      @RavenTheVelociraptor Рік тому +45

      WOOOO!!
      Explosions! Aliens! MERICA!!

    • @neroidius6915
      @neroidius6915 Рік тому +23

      @@RavenTheVelociraptor GIANT FRIGGIN ROBOTS!!!!!!!

    • @VinnySlouth
      @VinnySlouth Рік тому

      I weep for you all. Please educate yourselves on what a flawless movie is... and NONE of them are from this century
      The Cocoanuts (1929)
      Animal Crackers (1930)
      Monkey Business (1931)
      Horse Feathers (1932)
      Duck Soup (1933)
      A Night at the Opera (1935)
      A Day at the Races (1937)
      A Clockwork Orange
      Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
      Full Metal Jacket
      Watership Down
      A Fistful of Dollars
      For a Few Dollars More
      The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
      The Unforgiven
      Gran Torino
      The Godfather 1 and 2
      Dog Day Afternoon
      The Deer Hunter
      The Black Cauldron
      The Secret of NIMH
      The Warriors
      48 Hours
      Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
      Blue Thunder
      Bringing Up Baby (1938)
      Bullitt
      Crossroads
      Das Boat
      Dazed & Confused
      Dragon Slayer (1981)
      DISTURBED (1990)
      El Diablo (1990)
      Enemy Mine
      Hell in the Pacific (1968)
      Fail Safe
      Farewell to the King (1989)
      The Guns of Navarone
      Harvey (1950)
      Heathers (1988)
      Heavy Metal (1981)
      It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
      Jawbreaker (1999)
      The Thing from Another World (1951)
      John Carpenters The Thing (1982)
      Kelly's Hero's (1970)
      K-PAX (2001) ok one from this century
      Live at the Hollywood Bowl
      Léon The Professional (1994)
      Maximum Overdrive (1986)
      Midnight Run
      Midway (1974)
      Mighty Joe Young (1949) & (1998)
      Morons from Outer Space 1985
      Mr. Lucky (1943)
      One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
      Psycho
      Quadrophenia (1979) & Tommy (1975)
      Race the Sun 1996
      Red Dawn (1984)
      Run Lola Run (1998)
      Saving Grace (1986)
      See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
      Silent Running (1972)
      Sling Blade (1996)
      SPACE BALLS
      SPINAL TAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      Stand and Deliver 1988
      Sweet Liberty (1986)
      The Bedford Incident 1965
      The Big Lebowski (1998)
      The Big Red One 1980
      The Boondock Saints (1999)
      The Breakfast Club (1985)
      The Cannonball Run 1981
      The Crimson Pirate (1952)
      The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
      The Ladykillers (1955)
      The Long Riders (1980)
      The Longest Yard (1974)
      The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
      The Private Eyes (1980)
      The Shawshank Redemption 1994
      The Wild Bunch (1969)
      The Taking of Pelham 123 (1974)
      The Cowboys (1972)
      Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
      Tough Guys (1986)
      Trading Places (1983)
      Young Frankenstein (1974)
      Anything by The Marx Brothers, Mel Brooks, Monty Python, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood or Stanley Kubrick.
      Edit: Kick in the first two Alien movies too.

  • @TheSleepSteward
    @TheSleepSteward 15 днів тому +2

    Dude that interview is just so awkward... Like it physically hurts.

  • @rainmanslim4611
    @rainmanslim4611 2 роки тому +53

    This movie is the quintessential "meh, it was ok" generic action movie.
    Seriously, it's the ultimate generic nothing movie with explosions.

  • @Anonymous-73
    @Anonymous-73 2 роки тому +37

    Battleship is mostly well known for being that one movie that plays in every hotel room tv