You sunk my Battleship!



Can you guess what year it was by the lovely carpet?


No aliens were harmed in the raising of my brother and I


















Random things I didn’t like:




Which one is Master Chief?



Random things I DID like:








Acquiring courage.



3 out of 5 Sci-fives!

three out of five sci-fives


    1. No kidding! That’s when my Dad was there! What department was your friend in? The chances of them knowing each other is crazy small but you never know!

  1. Good review. I was in the same boat as you about hating it right off the bat. However, I might give it a look see now. I do like that real Naval officers were used on the film, and part of me wants to see it because I spent a couple of weeks every summer when I was a kid on the USS Yorktown.

    1. A lot of the facebook followers have since seen it and also enjoyed it – I’m glad I’m not the only one LOL! I think it’s worth it to see it in the theatre 🙂

    1. Ha! I can’t remember but it would be so awesome if they did! I’ll have to keep an eye out for that on the DVD. Hahaha! Thank you, that comment totally made my day.

  2. Wow, you are really dressed for the occasion!

    I don’t think you can blame anyone for the slo-mo / Bay-ness of this movie, Mr Bay is the producer after all… but you are right, the aliens looked like they came out of Halo… or Crysis…

    1. LOL, I know, I dress like a 13 year old boy 😉 The US Navy hat is my go-to hat and I wear the tags whenever my brother is deployed so both of those are standard everyday apparel for me. Combining it with the shirt was just over the top though. I didn’t even think about it until after we took the picture and I noticed how military-centric it was. Ah well, c’est la vie when you’re a military brat 🙂

  3. Very good review. The first major faux-pas that I noticed was the lack of lag time for a message to get from Earth to ANYWHERE! Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, and the nearest star (non-habitable) is 4 years away, which would leave an 8 year round trip! To the nearest Goldilocks zone planet would be about 20 light years one way! Humph. Astro-nerd speaking here, but why do I go to the movies except for a release from reality, and strengthening my suspension of disbelief skills 😉 Thanks for the review, I agree on all other aspects!

    1. Yeah, it’s true. I movie-rationalized it by assuming that the aliens were already within 5 years of Earth and intercepted the message intended for the Goldilocks planet. Either way, there is a definitive suspension of disbelief requirement!

  4. hotnerdgirl, good review very thorough and entertaining. you should do more. Just for your info “Boomer” was below an Royal Australian Air Force Flag and a “Boomer” is a nickname for the largest of our kangaroos, the Red Kangaroo.

  5. I just saw this movie last Friday and loved every second of it, so much so that on Saturday night I watched it again! I would cheer out loud during so many scenes and high five my friends and just cause a general ruckus during all the big action scenes. I loved watching all the weapon shot exchanges and seeing those spinning alien blades of death just roll around all over the place. Best weapon ever IMO, Bill Gates should give the Beyblades corporation a billion dollars so they can make those.

    This type of movie obviously doesn’t need A list actors to deliver the goods, but having freaking LIAM NEESON being the admiral was just too good. Rihanna was fine as well, only snobs/elitists would think otherwise, like you said she was basically ‘passable’ and you forget it’s Rihanna.

    If the US Army/Navy was able to show this movie in high schools I guarantee their enlistment rate would instantly triple.

    I never saw the Transformers movies but considering how much I loved this move I think I’m going to have to check them out.

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