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Crappy film

An absolute waste of money

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Jake Huard (James Franco) is an amateur boxer living with his gruff father. He's a shipbuilder at the naval shipyard. He gets late admission to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. His late mother supported him but his father does not. On the night before the Academy, his friends prank him pretending Ali (Jordana Brewster) to be a prostitute. It turns out she's one of his trainer. Matthew Cole (Tyrese Gibson) is his hard-nosed commander.This is a far inferior "An Officer and a Gentleman". Franco is too stiff. Tyrese Gibson doesn't have it. The story is oddly clichéd. It throws these clichés right at the audience's face. There is no real harm in these familiar tropes but it does get tiresome. This is utterly forgettable.

I don't care what any of the reviews say I liked this movie. I mean its "An Officer and a Gentleman" vs. "Rocky" how could you not have a good time with it. Plus we a get a very hunky looking James Franco giving his all and several Rocky-esque training montages, which saves this mediocre movie, to a degree.Annapolis a military sports drama and very reminiscent of An Officer And A Gentleman; following a blue collar ship builders son who promises his dying mother he'll make it to Annapolis Naval Academy, and does. Barely. The movie follows his struggles with his un-supportive father and his adversary training commander, Lt. Cole (Tyrese Gibson), who pushes him to the limit (in a very Lou Gossett way) to see if he's got what it takes.'Jake' finds solace in a boxing competition where he'll go against the best fighters in the Navy along with support from his roommate, a congressman who believes in him (Donnie Wahlberg) and his girlfriend.The romance angle here was just silly but I did enjoy the storyline with his roommate (although again very reminiscent of 'Officer') Ultimately this is clichéd and mediocre but I still had a good time watching it. 11/20/12

Well, you probably have already seen thousand of movies like that out there. The same old story: a dream's pursuit with moral lessons.Although having good cast, Annapolis is very badly written. For instance, how is Huard able to be admired from all his mates when he's an arrogant dude with a teenager mind? How doesn't Cole kick his ass when he behaves like he does? Cole is a man that could have all the authority he wanted, and he doesn't use it; and his rank and file instead of liking him for that, they show no respect. And what about the boxing scene? It's obvious that Tyrese would spank James Franco to death.You know, using Tyrese for Cole's character was a smart choice, but it feels like it was wasted. He could (and should) had been much more villainous than he was.Personal comment: it's impossible to not remember Scary Movie 4 in the boxing scene. Lmao.

as someone who grew up in Annapolis and spent many years roaming around the academy (except the restricted areas of course) i was disappointed to see that nothing was actually filmed at the usna. the obstacle course shown in the movie was in a wooded area surrounded by trees...actually the real obstacle course was next to the Severn river and was totally in the open, i know because i have run it hundreds of times as a teenager. there are no shipyards within miles of the academy (at least not for battleships - just for small watercraft and personal boats) i did not see one shot of Tecumseh or john paul jones tomb or Halsey fieldhouse...huge landmarks of the grounds. the movie itself (aside from the accuracy of the "set" was terrible...poor acting, boxing action soooo inaccurate (no headgear? bye bye careers of the guys in charge - spend $200,000 on an education and lose the investment when someone gets turned into a vegetable boxing without gear? HAHA) no one goes anywhere in dress units without a hat on their head unless they wanna run for a month. try going to the academy next time and getting some help, although im sure filming wasn't allowed for reasons of national security.