Title: Battleship
Author: Peter David
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: April 24, 2012
Publisher: Del Rey
ASIN: B007EED1Y2
YOU SANK THE WRONG BATTLESHIP
During a routine naval drill at Pearl Harbor, American forces detect a ship of unknown origins that’s crashed in the Pacific Ocean. Lieutenant Alex Hopper, an officer aboard the USS John Paul Jones, is ordered to investigate the ominous-looking vessel—which turns out to be part of an armada of ships that are stronger and faster than any on Earth. And that’s when the Navy’s radar goes down. Ambushed by a ravenous enemy they cannot see, a small U.S. fleet makes their last stand on the open ocean, armed with little more than their instincts, to defend their lives—and the world as we know it.
My rating:
When the Beacon Project sends a signal into deep space, the scientists have no idea they're sending an invitation for an invasion...
Turning a board-game into a movie doesn't sound like a very good idea. And the movie, though entertaining, proved it.
Contrary to the movie, its screenplay novelization reads like a blockbuster with fully fleshed-out characters, expanded motivations, humor, and relationships and edge-of-the-seat action. The story is expanded, focusing more on the characters than the alien invasion and action, making it much more relatable.
And the cliffhanger in the end is a sure signal they were hoping to make a sequel. If the movie was more like the novel, I'd welcome it. With the movie as is was (is)...No thanks.
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