You sunk my battleship...

   So the other day I went to the pre-screening of the new movie Battleship. I thought it would be interesting to see Rihanna acting and, to my pleasant surprise, she wasn't too bad. There was one pretty cheesy monologue from her when her and her team were looking at the first alien they'd caught, but apart from that I would give her a thumbs up. I must say, she makes a darn good badass. But I think we all knew that anyway, what with her 'tough girl' persona.

The movie itself was alright. If you've seen the trailer, I don't think it would be fair to say that it didn't meet your expectations. The movie was a typical Hollywood blockbuster. It had the occasional cheesy line, the big explosions and the romance. Though I noticed that they didn't include the line, "you sunk my battleship...". Probably a good choice.

I thought that Taylor Kitsch (I first saw him on the television series Friday Night Lights) was a good choice for the lead role of Alex Hopper. He combined being a slight douche with trying o save the world quite well. Or so I thought. Hopefully others thought the same too! His reviews for the recent Disney movie, John Carter, weren't too great. Of course Liam Neeson was great. I can just never get over how gigantic he is! And what of his low, gravelly voice? So intimidating.

And if you love Eric from the HBO series, True Blood, I'm sure you won't mind seeing him in Battleship in a nice marine uniform. He plays Alex Hopper's brother, Stone. What a totally hipster name.

Everyone loves a man in uniform, right? ;)