I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
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+celine flato, for reals or are you messing with me?
As written, it is the pretty typical story of a talented young screwup who is pulled into a situation where he has to become responsible in order to succeed. It is ultimately the same same story as Top Gun or even the JJ Abbrams Star Trek, but it works well. The link to the game isn't too heavy handed.
Rotten Tomatoes shows that critics collectively gave it a 34% rating, but that the reporting audience gave it a 57% rating (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/battleship/). Still not great, but much better than one would have thought from the official reviews.
There was one part when trying to target the enemy craft that was a throwback to the game, but otherwise a decent enough summer movie. It got a little hokey when theu commandeered a true battleship, but otherwise, i'd give it a positive review.