I found it very interesting that all the reviews make references to the original series and/or anime. I for one have never heard of 'Yamato'. I watched this movie because it is Sci-Fi and because I always try to find and watch off-Hollywood movies.
Unfortunately Battleship Yamato was not a very good choice.
People praise the CGI; and they would have been great. In 1990. Perhaps even 2000. Not in 2010, come on fellow reviewers! The battle scenes are OK but... quite unbelievable. A squadron of fighters destroy opponents stronger than them in... orders of magnitude! They defy the laws of physics not just in the ever present "space sounds" (lasers, explosions etc.) but also in the little matter of inertia. The space fighters love to stop and make 179 degrees turns in ways that would make any human passenger a blob of... you know what. And this is the favourite tactic of our Black Tiger squadron, the one that always succeeds. Of course the enemy can accomplish no such feat and is therefore laser fodder.
Talking about the enemy... This must be one of the worst caricatures of aliens in SciFi movies. They are close to giant mutant spiders and flesh eating clouds. Their tactical choices ridiculous. Their range in skill spectacular. One of them can kill several elite troopers inside their own spaceship while avoid the bullets from dozens of their colleagues, while a little later gazillions of them die storming a vehicle and a silly-voiced robot. Oh and in case you are wondering, this is an individual yet collective mind race. Both, yes!
All of the above were the best parts of the movie. The worst parts include cheesy dialogue, undeveloped (not underdeveloped) characters for whom you have no sympathy or attachment, bad to hideous acting, boring camera work, a photography that has too few well placed frames and A LOT of awful ones, all the clichés in SciFi and War/Action filmography and (I left the worst for last) a love story that makes you yearn for an Adam Sandler movie. Preferably with Paris Hilton as the object of his undying love!
So why the three points? After reading the other reviews and doing some homework all three points are given out of respect for the original Yamato story and for the original productions. 0/10 for this one.
Unfortunately Battleship Yamato was not a very good choice.
People praise the CGI; and they would have been great. In 1990. Perhaps even 2000. Not in 2010, come on fellow reviewers! The battle scenes are OK but... quite unbelievable. A squadron of fighters destroy opponents stronger than them in... orders of magnitude! They defy the laws of physics not just in the ever present "space sounds" (lasers, explosions etc.) but also in the little matter of inertia. The space fighters love to stop and make 179 degrees turns in ways that would make any human passenger a blob of... you know what. And this is the favourite tactic of our Black Tiger squadron, the one that always succeeds. Of course the enemy can accomplish no such feat and is therefore laser fodder.
Talking about the enemy... This must be one of the worst caricatures of aliens in SciFi movies. They are close to giant mutant spiders and flesh eating clouds. Their tactical choices ridiculous. Their range in skill spectacular. One of them can kill several elite troopers inside their own spaceship while avoid the bullets from dozens of their colleagues, while a little later gazillions of them die storming a vehicle and a silly-voiced robot. Oh and in case you are wondering, this is an individual yet collective mind race. Both, yes!
All of the above were the best parts of the movie. The worst parts include cheesy dialogue, undeveloped (not underdeveloped) characters for whom you have no sympathy or attachment, bad to hideous acting, boring camera work, a photography that has too few well placed frames and A LOT of awful ones, all the clichés in SciFi and War/Action filmography and (I left the worst for last) a love story that makes you yearn for an Adam Sandler movie. Preferably with Paris Hilton as the object of his undying love!
So why the three points? After reading the other reviews and doing some homework all three points are given out of respect for the original Yamato story and for the original productions. 0/10 for this one.