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Summary: What, you mean this isn't a comedy?
Review: I don't know where to start in on this one. So many elements had to mesh perfectly to make this wonderous piece of (use your imagination).
First off, the story is the least believable I've seen in a very, very long time. Everything is stacked in favor of the Psyclos (dumb name=warning sign) and against the poor, stupid "man-animals"
Second, campy acting (ala Rocky Horror Picture Show) can be good-when they intend to be campy. It is obvious in this movie that Travolta and his cronies were dead serious when they made this turkey. This only makes sitting through the movie that much worse.
Bad special effects. I have seen home made movies made for less than fifty bucks that were more believable. Had this movie been made ten years ago, you would have been able to see the wires holding up the model ships.
Finally, there was one thing that irked me the most. EVERY LAST SINGLE TIME they changed scenes, they used the same George Lucas knockoff screen wipe. I kept holding out hope that they would discover than Power Point has more settings than that. Alas, my hopes were dashed.
Worse movies than this have been made, but none have ever been so visible.
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Summary: Terrific
Review: This movie was SUPERB, Barry Pepper and John Trovolta were good and the special effects were awesome and the story was very original.Definetly the most underated movie in the history of cinema.
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Summary: Trashing a successful novel
Review: What's the worst thing one can say about a movie based on a successful novel? : They gave it the typical Hollywood treatment.
As a long-time sci-fi fan (age 69), I like my movies to add a reasonably faithful visual dimension to the story. It didn't happen here. Yes, special effects were spectacular; action was fast and frantic, if mostly irrelevant. The original theme and scope of the novel were, in large part, completely ignored. Translating the novel's alien characters to parodies of human actors may have been a practical and artistic necessity (after all, earth's atmosphere was instant poison to the aliens, requiring full breathing masks - not the hospital-like enrichment tubes of the movie - and they were much taller and more massive than humans).
For one who has enjoyed rereading the novel several times, the movie was an acute disappointment. Again, typically Hollywood.
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Summary: Maybe this one:The Best Camp Classic Ever Made.
Review: In the year 3000, man is no liken for the Psychlos, a command race of aliens on a Quest for Global Ascedancy. Taken by the Seductive and Forceful Terl (John Travolta in a weird amusing Performance), the Psychols have control all common resources for themselves and left mankind behind to decay. It is after compassionate has given up the attack against the Aliens Culture. Until a young man named Tyler (Barry Pepper) adjudicate to embark his forsaken abode eminent in the Rocky Mountains and accept a last dauntless halt. Well, this film was a Box Office Flop, and it also receive some of the most hateful reviews in the World. It wasn`t a bad movie, most of the Cast and Crew really camped this film up. Pepper and Forest Whitaker comes off best in the inept Camp Classic. Production Design is the real highlight of this one. Special Visual Effects are Quite Good. This film was filmed in the Montreal Area. Most of the Blame wasn`t from Director:Roger Christian, blame it on Corey Mandell and J.D. Shapiro inexperience but mostly Amateur Screenplay, based on the novel by L. Ron Hubbard and the Camera Angles are mostly a turn-off. Travolta might have been the Best Mis-Cast in Movie History, but he`s quite Funny in this One. DVD`s has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an deep Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound. DVD Extras are Packed as in:Audio Commentary by the filmmakers, behind the scenes featurette, tralier, hidden features and more. This was John Travolta most ambitious film Project? but at least, everyone who started in this Production ended up making this a Real Camp Classic. Some scenes have been removed and added new footage in this DVD. Arriscope. Grade:B+.
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Summary: SciFiGuy
Review: .... This is the greatest most awesome sci fi epic I have ever seen! And the special effects are incredible. Even better than the Matrix. After you see this movie, you'll want to buy it for your collection and another to give away. What makes the movie so intelligent is that it actually has a good plot which many sci fi movies are lacking. Ron Hubbard had a great concept which was well produced and directed into a movie and Travolta is well cast as the villanous psychlo. I enjoyed this movie immensely and watched it half a dozen times already. Go and rent it now! Better yet buy it!
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Summary: Laugh out loud bad
Review: Strangely, the first half of the movie is quite good (some nice special effects, scene setting and a promising story line). But it all falls apart into an absolute farse in the second half. My favorite scene in the second half of this movie sums up why it received such a bashing overall. The Slaves of Earth, desperate to destroy the alien invaders and enslavers, find an old Air Force base filled with pristine fighter jets and (thank goodness) instruction manuals and simulators. A few hours after 'reading' through these manuals we see the slaves, who in earlier scenes were virtually dragging their knuckles along the floor, flying these jets in formation and precision bombing alien targets. I mean, PLEASE! This scene made me and most of the rest of the cinema audience laugh out loud. John Travolta's star power and influence got this film funded and made - and so he has to take responsibility for what a disaster it is (I am sure he learnt valuable lessons though). When you think of what could have been achieved with $80m there is little excuse for an insulting script, poor performances, weird cinematography and mediocre special effects (apart from a few at the beginning of the movie). I think a special award should go to the producers of the cinema trailer ... make it look like the film was going to be awesome. Boy they must have been talented!
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Summary: Worst movie ever made.
Review: I saw this movie in Feb of 2001 and it is bad.My older brother told me that the movie was bad, and it was a bomb at the movies.
The cast does terrible jobs at playing their roles, and the plot redefines the word bad.
I hate the special effects and the make up.I hear that they're going to make a sequel in 2003.Making a sequel to this movie ,is
a bad idea in the history of bad ideas.I wish this movie was more like the trailer, full of action.
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Summary: I heard the worst . . ..
Review: I heard the worst of this film so I didn't expect much. I was still a bit surprised by the overacting by John Travolta and Forest Whittaker. However, overall, the film wasn't that bad. Maybe it's my low expectations that allow me to say that. Or it could be that I bear this film no resentment as I rented it for only fifty cents from the library. Be that as it may, I found the movie entertaining. It's based on an interesting idea and I liked the ending.
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Summary: Beyond Bad
Review: This movie was so bad that it hurt my brain. I usually like John T., but he looked extremely stupid playing this role. I am a big Science Fiction fan, but even that was not enough to make this movie bearable. I am sorry that they did not use the money and talent to make a better movie.
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Summary: Very Bad, a must Avoid!
Review: Back in 2000, i couldn't believe i spent my mom's 7 bucks on this disgusting piece of Junk and wanted to leave the theater.
It made me cringe and fidged throughout because of the Bad editing, horrible terrible really bad Acting and i couldn't understand what the characters were all saying because they sound like they were mumbling. This movie took elements from such great sci-fi movies like Independence Day, Stargate, The Matrix, Fifth Element, Starship Troopers, Total Recall, Men in Black, Star Wars, Star Trek Series and so forth. It's worse than Batman and Robin, a must avoid.
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