8 Mile was pretty good. Will Smith is awesome, too. I don't think it's impossible for a musician to be good at acting, so I'll hold judgement 'til I see it. If I ever see it.

Despite all that, it does look kind of... eh. Lacking. Most of these kind of movies grab you with some incredible idea, groundbreaking (and I do mean groundbreaking, not just really good) imagery/animations/etc or else some kind of nostalgia. I don't know about you guys, but this doesn't really bring much amazing nostalgia. Battleships was an amusing game but nothing I'd make a movie over. I don't think it'll be anything like the game it's supposedly based on anyway, so I'll just dismiss attempts at nostaglia entirely. Incredible idea? No, not really. Groundbreaking imagery? This isn't Jurassic Park or Avatar, so I'm gonna go with 'no' for that end, too. It doesn't even have Will Smith, does it?

Maybe the acting will turn out to be incredible and the story equally fantastic, but I won't hold my breath on either count.