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Actual release date

Changed date to April 11 as per IMDb Release date Tcla75 (talk) 22:30, 17 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Neutrality

The synopsis is far from neutral ("dynamic and intense battle") 77.11.37.96 (talk) 21:33, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

While I agree, the movie has not yet come out, and the synopsis is taken from the production company, and until the movie is released and independent sources come out, this should probably stay the same. 99.92.76.100 (talk) 22:59, 29 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Plot

Plot in terrible shape; missing huge chunks of info on the film, and existing writing is full of errors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NoshRunner (talk • contribs)

I've done a copyedit and slight expansion of the plot section. The problem is that large sections of the movie have little relevance to the overall plot, andor trying to explain them in the article would result in far too much detail for what is meant to be a summary overview. -- saberwyn 07:59, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't get how the box office/gross in the side panel work. It says 58 million which is a very old number, yet there is a newer number of 129 million to see if you pick edit, but that is under gross not box office. I cannot find that anywhere in the article though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.224.220.127 (talk) 21:22, 24 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The plot is overlong and violates WP:FILMPLOT. WikiProject Film plots are between 400 and 700 words long. This one is nearly 900 and needs trimmed severely. --Tenebrae (talk) 20:57, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article lacks the vital piece of information that Rihanna kicked ass in this - see IMDB Forums. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.254.151.33 (talk) 01:09, 19 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks are due

Thanks to the unregistered or un-logged in user who added in the missing details in the Box Office section. I had no idea how I was going to fix that. For those who missed it, that section had "[movie title] ( millions)" several times, complete with space between the open parenthesis and millions. The aforementioned unspecified user added in the missing numbers before I could even think of where to look for them.

As always, I must also think my wife, Luraj, for adding in the paragraph breaks that made it possible for me to even read the article (I get headaches when trying to read walls of text). So many thanks all around. --Kitsunegami (talk) 02:44, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

"Loosely based"

Even thought the makers of the movie have stated it is "loosly based" on the game, isn't it more accurate to say "inspired by?" Just because they say it is based on the game does not mean that what they said semantically correct. 139.225.234.78 (talk) 03:28, 8 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a review or other source that can be cited to confirm what if anything was taken from the game? Did the film's producers pay Milton Bradley Company for the rights to the game? 67.100.127.226 (talk) 05:36, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't even know how you can say this game was inspired by the board game Battleship. The board game is basically a game where one person guesses where on the grid another person's ship is located. This movie is about aliens attacking earth. Isn't this quite simply a marketing partnership between Hasbro and Universal wherein Universal uses a Hasbro trademark as the title of a movie? The movie has the same title and is produced, in part, by the board game company. Shouldn't we just say the film is named after the game? Dmcw127 (talk) 08:32, 19 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

No, it does have some stuff from the game. The alien bombs are like pegs that go into the navy ships. The navy ships are positioned like on the game board. One of the WWII vets yells "They won't sink this Battleship!" It is more than just "named after" it.

Pen and paper game?

The opening line "Battleship is a 2012 American science fiction naval war film inspired by the classic pen and paper game" is extremely debatable. I, for one, never knew there was a pen and paper version, but grew up playing the vertical board game, and assumed -- as I'm sure the vast majority of American moviegoers assumed, that the film was simply cashing in on an iconic commercial game. The assertion that the film has anything to do with the pen and paper game seems ludicrous on its face, and needs to be supported by a source, at least. 24.90.172.109 (talk) 04:36, 12 July 2012 (UTC) 93.74.237.242 (talk) 13:05, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See Battleship (game). It was released as pen & pencil game long before they made the vertical plastic board. -- DevSolar (talk) 14:36, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

93.74.237.242 (talk) 13:15, 12 August 2012 (UTC)where did you guys found the name of the Liam Neeson's character Admiral Shane?[reply]