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Aug 3, 2024, 12:05:56 PM8/3/24

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At times, the film does border on militaristic propaganda. It is a Peter Berg film, after all, and respecting the troops is sort of his whole deal. But I find it genuinely moving to see the scenes shot on the WWII-era battleship U.S.S. Missouri, or to see veterans with significant speaking roles. At one point, there is even a fistfight between a Purple Heart recipient and an alien. The Purple Heart wins. Battleship is not for everyone, but I am a sucker for any movie in which the world unites against a common enemy, however fantastical or problematic.

Last spring and summer, the director filmed aboard the John Paul Jones in and around San Diego and on the big-deck amphibious ship Bonhomme Richard while it sat in dry dock. The writers also went out on the San Diego destroyer Preble for research.

The Navy officially says it is proud of the result, despite plenty of early grumbling in San Diego sailor circles about the premise. Here it is, no kidding: The Navy fights an advance team of aliens in an epic, take-no-prisoners shootout at sea that includes starting up the decommissioned battleship Missouri.