I love this movie so much

How sad is this?

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Set against the backdrop of boxing at the Naval Academy, the movie centers on Jake Huard (James Franco) a young man whose dream of attending Annapolis becomes a reality, only for him to struggle under the tough regime of commanding officer, Midshipman Lieutenant 1st Class Cole (Tyrese Gibson) while trying to romance one of his instructors Ali Halloway (Jordana Brewster, who is gorgeous) I'll start of by saying I like movies like this, I'm a fan of "An Officer And A Gentleman" and the Kevin Coaster and Ashton Kutcher effort "The Guardian" and this is no exception. Franco and Gibson both put in good performances. I'm starting to become a bit of a Franco fan, as he can always be relied upon for a reliable performance. Here he is excellent. All the supportin cast put in solid performances especially Donnie Whalberg as LCDR Burton, and Vicellous Reon Shannon as Nance. Chi McBride, Wilmer Calderan (in his small role as Estrada) and Roger Fan are all good and Charles Napier pops up in a small role, but he doesn't have any scenes of note.All the scenes are well filmed and have the right amount of tension. The dramatic scenes work well, and the boxing scenes pack a punch. One complaint is the boxing competition went from first round straight to the semi finals The film was considered a box office bomb, as it failed to break even with production costs and it received mostly negative reviews from critics with most considering it a poor imitation of "An Officer And A Gentleman" with a bit of "Rocky" thrown in. I think sold it differently, it might have done differently. Given the talent involved, I'm really surprised this failed to find an audience. It's not perfect, but it is more than watchable.

Annapolis is a movie to watch for. After seeing this movie i felt to be in the defense field....This movie requires patience to watch the first half....i have not seen the trailer before watching this movie but i love this movie very much....Defense field is so disciplined and it nourishes the person attitude to become a soldier...James Franco ( Jake Huard ) has done a good job to his role and Jordana Brewster ( Ali ) is looking amazing. I guess girls looks amazing in the uniforms :)I wish too be in the defense...may be not in this life .... At last ...i will recommend everyone to watch this movie...Regards, Saurabh Goyal

This movie is really nice and entertaining. I wouldn't say it a real classic or something. But it is still worth your time.The trailers and promotions gave a completely wrong message to audience with a ship exploding etc. These promotions brought a very different kind of audience into the hall. That should be the reason for this low rating for this movie.Seeing the trailer I also thought it is a very action oriented navy movie. So I stayed away from this movie for some time. But when I got a chance to see this later, I was really surprised. It is not an action movie at all. But it has some real content in it. I would call it a very good entertainer supported by very good acting.Don't miss it.....

I saw this movie when I had just got out of boot camp (2 years ago) thinking it was going to be a good movie, boy was I wrong, the movie does not portray us Sailors properly. There is no fraternization in the Navy, but it is here?!?!?! WTF!?!?! If this how the current Hollywood thinks the movie is, go back and watch Men of Honor, thats how the "REAL NAVY" is, and always will be! So whomever thought this movie was good, take advice from a sailor, and that is... "If you wish to see the REAL US NAVY, then go to your local recruiting office, and tell them SIGN ME UP!" I was embarrassed to even pay for this movie, let alone see the blasted thing, this movie in the end said, "Come join the navy and you can screw around with whomever you want." The only things real about the Navy in this movie, was the Review Board towards the end of the movie, evil RDCs (Recruit Division Commanders), PLEB Year suck, and the Sports thing at the end, other than that, is was the make believe Navy from Hollywood.