This is one of those train-wreck movie ideas that really demands my interest because it's just so hilariously misguided. Yes, this is indeed based on the board-game of our youth. Yes, it does star both Liam Neeson and pop singer Rihanna. And no, I can't wait for it either.
When the announcement was made a year or two back that this was in production it raised not much more than the typical chuckling and eye-rolling from online community that you'd expect. Many a joke was made about a possible Snakes & Ladders movie starring Samuel L. Jackson (that may just be me making that one up, but c'mon, you'd watch it too) and we all dismissed it as a bad idea that might never happen anyway.
Well it did, and it's here. And I can't wait to see the trailer, can you? Let's watch.
- Wait.. What?
You know when they boast that a film is "from the producers of that big film you like" or "from the makers of that similar kind of film"?![I laughed until I threw up](http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/I-laughed-until-I-threw-up.png)
Have you ever seen them boast that it's from the makers of those TOYS you like? No, me neither. Welcome to a whole new world, folks. It's only going to get uglier from here...
- So uh, aliens
Anyone see this coming?![WTF](http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/WTF.png)
I look forward to the alternative game version where one side is lime green and the battleship is shaped like a saucer.
- It's a metaphor or something
Want to see this movie summed up in a facial expression?![DERP](http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/DERP.png)
Yeah, we don't know why you're in this movie either Alexander Skarsgard. You're much better than this.
- Wanna blow some stuff up?
I'm not gonna lie, some of the action in this looks cool and there seems to be a hell of a lot of it.![ba-da-boom](http://www.thewebsiteofdoom.com/new/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ba-da-boom.png)
But far too much of the design (and sound effects) mimic the Transformers franchise. Like, REALLY mimic it. To the point where a lot of this looks like a spin-off movie rather than one of it's own making. That might be a good thing for some more than others.
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Overall: This will either be awesome or terrible. There is no middle ground here. So far, it's wacky enough to have my attention. It could be a fun action flick. I just hope that the writing won't be as bad as the movies this is trying so hard to look like.
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