Text / Levin——The abridged version of the film review was published in Beijing Youth Daily
Although "Super Battleship" is titled "Transformers for Naval Battle", I believe that everyone is entering the theater. Later, you will find that this title is really a bit wronged by this film! Because although this film has some similarities with "Transformers" in terms of commercial elements such as handsome guys and beauties, grand scenes, shocking special effects, and thrilling excitement, it is obviously more brainy and rhythm than "Transformers" in terms of plot. Wonderful, creative and fresh! In particular, the "blind-play" mode of Hasbro's "Battleship Board Game" has been subtly transformed into the unique naval battle style of the film, and the domineering appearance of the famous ship USS Missouri at the end of World War II gives people a unique viewing pleasure! In terms of roles, the status and importance of Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu in the film is no less than that of the hero Taylor Kitsch, which is also surprising. The heroine Brooklyn Decker is by no means a vase, not only has an independent plot line but also has a role in it. Also very important! The only annoying thing is that the scene of the aliens attacking Hong Kong was almost deleted!
Although the beginning of "Super Battleship" is the usual mode of Hollywood blockbusters where handsome guys pick up beautiful women and rookies cause trouble, fortunately, it is not sloppy, and the plot soon turns to the spectacular and grand Pacific joint military exercise and the sea battlefield encountering aliens. The audio-visual stimulation and the coherent rhythm keep the audience firmly in their seats until the end of the film. Although everyone has seen a lot of sci-fi movies about Earthlings vs. Aliens, most of the combat modes are like land combat dramas like "Battle of Los Angeles", or air combat dramas like "Shenzhen Earth Strikes Back". A very pure naval battle like "Super Battleship" is probably the first time to feel it. The full freshness and different excitement will never make people feel commonplace and aesthetic fatigue! The behavioral logic of the aliens in the film is also not out of the norm. It will not be like the alien invaders in other sci-fi films, and they will not start killing indiscriminately as soon as they come up. Instead, they are very calm and rational, and any action is extremely They have a strong purpose. When they feel no threat, they will not take the initiative to attack the earth's warships. Once the earth's artillery warns, the aliens will immediately launch a deadly counterattack; once the earth's warships withdraw from the battlefield, they will not pursue the victory. And when the aliens regard contacting the home planet as their top priority, they immediately exert their powerful destructive force to achieve it regardless! The logic of these behaviors is in line with the fact that the alien fleet on Earth that has appeared this time is only the vanguard force sent by the aliens to test the reality, not the main force for a full-scale invasion and extinction of human beings. In addition, the image setting of the alien half-lizard and half-fish also lays the groundwork for the follow-up plot for the hydrophilic nature of the alien fleet that never leaves the ocean and the Achilles' heel of being afraid of sunlight.
The naval battle between the earth and the aliens is undoubtedly the first element that attracts the audience of this film. The design of "Super Battleship" in the naval battle scene can be described as both hot and shocking and full of wisdom. It bursts with creative sparks from time to time, and even has a strong sense of realistic warfare. , thus appearing quite brainy! The film first created a great dilemma for the Earth's navy. The main fleet was isolated from the battlefield by the alien shield, and the two US warships and a Japanese warship in the battlefield were not aliens at all in terms of firepower. The opponent was instantly hit by the devastating firepower of the aliens, leaving only one US destroyer to retreat with injuries! The enemy is strong and we are weak, and the enemy is many and we are few, how can we turn defeat into victory? The "unpacking" method given in the film is also quite clever, and at the same time, the combination with advertising placement has also reached a seamless state. Many people may not know that this film, like the "Transformers" series, is a super advertisement of the "Hasbro" toy company. Needless to say, the "Transformers" series sells all kinds of King Kong toys. The "Super Battleship" endorsement is a super old "Battleship" board game. The earliest game mode is so simple that you only need a piece of white paper and a pen to play. Draw grids like Go on the paper, and then both sides hide their fleets in these grids, and call the opponent's grid coordinates to attack during the battle. The attacked side must report "hit" or "no" , through this "blind strike" method to find out the law of the arrangement of the opponent's fleet, and sink all the winners. "Super Battleship" perfectly transforms the "blind-play" mode of the board game into the battle mode of the film. Inside the alien shield, the remote fire control system of the US destroyer all fails, and there is no chance of winning in a face-to-face attack. Therefore, the US destroyer intends to keep the distance from the alien fleet beyond the visual range, and uses the buoy to detect the tsunami to draw an ocean grid map, and use the seawater caused by the alien fleet leaping on the sea. The change in density can accurately calculate their forward route, so as to launch missiles to intercept the grid that they are about to reach. At the same time, this kind of grid attack mode with poor precision makes the audience feel extremely nervous because of multiple missed attacks and the aliens approaching step by step, and the excitement brought by the final attack will make the audience nervous. The sense of release is extraordinarily hearty. At the end of the film, the retired battleship Missouri from World War II is reloaded, and the "blind fight" mode is no longer applicable, and the bloody confrontation with the alien fleet has become a new naval battle mode. This gigantic battleship's super-strike resistance reduces aliens
"Super Battleship" also has many bright spots in shaping the characters and character relationships. Tyler Kitsch is not the perfect hero with courage, wisdom, and ability that is common in sci-fi films, but often appears to be reckless, impulsive, and full of rookie breath, but this also gives the character an inspirational aspect of growth. Provides room for play. The Japanese warship commander played by Asano Tadanobu has the exact opposite character to the hero. He is experienced, calm, and full of wisdom. want to make. The two people's writing and martial arts, static and movement form a strong complementarity, and they also bring out an excellent sense of interaction! Of course, the film will not let the Japanese actor's limelight change from the male lead. The final battle was achieved through the hero's incomparably brave and tough style and the street smarts that flashed in a flash. In addition, sci-fi blockbusters always like to find some blood-guzzling beauties as vases. Although Brooklyn Decker, the heroine of this film, is also a model, but a line specially designed for her to encounter aliens on land and prevent their conspiracy The successful independent plot line fully demonstrates the courage and wisdom of the characters, without the smell of a vase at all. On the contrary, the female navy soldier played by Rihanna, the little queen of the American music scene, does not have much room for role play except for being cool.
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