[CaptainCanada]

Captain Craig wrote:

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or it was Peter Jackson's first big movie post LOTR?

You're thinking of The Lovely Bones (which was his second movie; the first was King Kong). Winter's Bone was by Debra Granik.

Battleship: If this movie were called Naval Combat and had no expectations to feeling tied to a Board Game it would have maybe been received better?

I doubt it.