It was fun indeed.
Great Navy promo.
(...and the Arleigh Burke props hitting rock bottom makes me think the reduction gearing just jumped out of its mounts and flew out through the hull.)
*LOL*
Am I the only one who thought that the aliens in this movie looked like “Uncle Sam”? (You can’t see it in this clip, but the one they captured and took the suit off of sure did!)
Otherwise (suspension of laws of gravity aside) it was an entertaining movie.
The force field of course is right out of “Independence Day”.
Being a huge fan of WW2 battleships, I actually came up with a very similar idea for a movie a couple of years earlier, right down to the force field around Hawaii. (Since I kept the idea to myself, I can’t claim they stole my idea unless it was through telepathy).
There was one variation in my movie - instead of the Missouri, the battleship that defeats the aliens in a duel is the Yamato - which in my alternate historical timeline idea was captured and displayed as a trophy at Pearl Harbor. (In my movie, 60 years later the ship has just been made operational to be returned as a gift to Japan, hence her ability to sail. - I know, I know - but at least I came up with a plausible explanation as to why a relic would be operational. The Missouri is NOT operational and would require billions of dollars and years to be made operational again. Anyhow, the shells are found stored offsite and brought back to the ship before the final battle - about as likely as the scenario in this movie.)
And I can guarantee you that had my idea been made into a movie, it would have done MUCH better than this movie did ... IN JAPAN. :>)
If you’ve made it this far I give you a link to my non-profit historical website on the real Battleship Yamato:
http://www.battleshipyamato.com
I’m out.
Very fun movie. I was in the front row of a moviecon event and enjoyed the panel discussion of the actors and director. I will not tell you the effect Brooklyn Decker had on the males in the audience.