Rihanna’s film debut is a memorable one. The Barbadian singer is wet for much of Battleship, her Navy uniform is uncommonly flattering, and the majority of her dialogue is composed of exclamations. It’s a veritable master class in one-line utterances. Most of her lines fall into one of several categories: sassy (“Get up, princess!â€), confused (“What the hell is that?â€), or surprisingly competent (“Contact two miles outâ€). But enough of this. Let Rihanna speak for herself.
- “What’s wrong with you, drama queen?
- “Get up, princess! Come on!â€
- “Typicalâ€
- “Shut up. Shut up.â€
- “Oh, this gon’ be sweet. He hates the man.â€
- “You go mess with him and see what happens!â€
- “Chicken!â€
- “Kentucky Fried Chicken!â€
- “You look like Colonel Sanders, actually.â€
- “Yo, Saunders, ever been in a department run by some kind of Donald Trump/Mike Tyson mutant combo?â€
- “Nothing, sir.â€
- “If you did, it was only in reference to the fact the you both project great physical intensity, sir.â€
- “I got something, sir, on my camera.â€
- “I don’t know.â€
- “Is this some kind of exercise?â€
- “You ever seen anything like this?â€
- “Weird, man.â€
- “Real bad idea, Lieutenant.â€
- “Lieutenant, get up.â€
- “Lieutenant.â€
- “Come on, you with me?â€
- “Come on, squared away?â€
- “What the hell is that?â€
- “Ahhhhhhh!â€
- “Ahhhhhhh!â€
- “What happened?â€
- “What?â€
- “Who’s in charge?â€
- “Fire control’s offline. I need three minutes.â€
- “(Heavy sigh)â€
- “My dad said they’d come. Said it my whole life. He said one day we’d find them, or they’d find us. Know what else he said? He said, I hope I ain’t around when that day comes.â€
- “No, sir!â€
- “Nothing, sir, nothing.â€
- “Yo, hey!â€
- “Come on, come on, come on.â€
- “Mahalo, motherfu—â€
- “What the hell is that?â€
- “Sir.â€
- “Roger, Echo 1-1.â€
- “Box 24. Ready to fire.â€
- “India 3-7, locked.â€
- “Sir, we’re hot over here. We’re good to go, let’s light ‘em up.â€
- “Tango 1-9, loaded.â€
- “Whiskey 2-5.â€
- “Negative, sir, it’s moving all over the place. I can’t get a line on it.â€
- “Sucker’s really jumping around.â€
- “40 minutes sir.â€
- “Contact is seven minutes out and closing fast.â€
- “Contact two miles out.â€
- “Contact ETA 21 seconds.â€
- “Boom.â€
- “Yeah!â€
- “Get up!â€
- “Let’s go!â€
- “Go, go, go!â€
- “Yes, sir.â€
- “Oh yes sir.â€
- “Awesome.â€
- “Sir, we’ll be in weapons range in five minutes.â€
- “Aimed at target.â€
- “Sir, that’s the wrong direction!â€
- “Sir.â€
- “Coordinates.â€
- “Elevation.â€
- “Come on, take the picture, Beast.â€
- “Navy!â€
- “Come on, Hopper!â€
- “Look dapper!â€