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Summary: Good f/x, lousy actors
Review: The technical effects are great, those thousand (or more) of bugs coming downhill.... but the actors are somewhat 3rd class... there should have been more about the first bug war. (Ok, I like series like Babylon 5 or all the Star Wars movies..)
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Summary: Can I give less than 1 star???
Review: If you enjoy movies that repeat the same events over-and-over again, you'll LOVE this one! The first human assault takes place entirely with ground-troops, who consequently wind up being slaughtered (hadn't they heard of "air-support"?). It is this, first assault when the human forces also discover that the "bugs" can attack their ships in orbit. So what do they do for the second assault? Send more ships into orbit (where they're promptly picked-off left-and-right), and send in ground troops again! Any military force that operated in such an IGNORANT manner would DESERVE to be annihilated. (I won't even bother mentioning the rest of the movie's faults, as I'm limited to 1,000 words or less.)From reading the other reviews, I realize this was supposed to be satirical; unfortunately, I only found it to be stupid. (This is from a person who LOVES Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy!)
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Summary: This is the best DVD so far, until Wing Commander comes out!
Review: Starship Troopers blows away any other sci fi movie I have watched, true, it may not have much of a story, but it more than makes up for this with special affects, and cool fighting scenes, the acting wasnt too bad considering most of the actors were new, in my books, this movie is better than any other DVD I have bought so far, includeing Lost in space, fith element and merlin, I am just waiting to see wheather Wing Commander the movie is a Starship Troopers beater!.
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Summary: Give your brain a rest and enjoy the ride!
Review: If you're looking for some great effects, awesome monstruous and ferocious space bugs, good-to-terrific-looking (bad) actors, and a futuristic view with great doses of cynicism and humour, then "Troopers" is great fun. I'm 25 and I know I have to accept that all action movies are designed to satisfy the mind of a 15-year-old (even if the young dudes aren't allowed to watch the gore-fest in the theater), so I didn't ask no questions about the stupidity of the military tactics, the spaceship-destroyer bug spit, how the irrational (with the exception of the brainy big fat one) alien bugs sent an asteroid to earth and about so many other laughable things in the plot. I just accepted the absurd but highly enjoyable universe of "Troopers" the way it was and I had a great time! I can't give 5 stars because that is the rating of the great serious movies of sci-fi, like 2001 and Solaris. "Troopers" is a guilty pleasure! Don't take it seriously and let it rock!
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Summary: An underated gung ho exstravaganza!
Review: I'm wondering what is with all the bad reviews for this great movie. Most everything is right in this movie and it has everything. It's got violence, gore, nudity, drama that doesn't bog down the action, humour and above all, a unique attitude. Unlike most war movies, Starship Troopes does'nt wallow in the "inhumanities of war" but rather presents this and shows some young people fighting for their beleifs and having a hell of a time doing it!
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Summary: Doogie Mania!
Review: Oh that's just great! Real smooth! Thanks to some television mini-series we've seen Doogie the pyromaniac. We've seen Doogie the wicked French King. Now thanks to this flick We've seen Doogie the nazi. Hey, Verhoeven! Where's his buddy Vinny?
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Summary: I thought this was based on the book.....
Review: Look at the white Johnny Rico....When I heard that ST was being made into a movie I barely contained my excitement. Just think, powered armor, great effects, incredible sound, fascinating story. After ten minutes I thought I was in the wrong theatre. I had a hard time not killing the teenagers behind me who seemed awed by the "really deep story." Apparently they have never read the book...or any book for that matter. I don't think this movie could have been worse. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. I guess Hollywood thinks all of us are mindless morons who like flashy lights, things that go boom, and actors (hahaha) we should feel sad for because their hair got out of place. I guess being "snooty" is expecting Hollywood to make an intelligent film based on an intelligent book. Independence Day was the movie to not think and just have fun. ST was the movie to show the world that most of the best SF was written in the 40's - 60's.
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Summary: The Best Movie I ever seen
Review: A quote from Johny as they prepare for battle against the bugs. Most people think this movie is nothing but a bunch of people getting chopped into pieces. That isn't the case. This movie is very interesting when you consider the way the world is run (Like a giant military base) and also the characters actually make you feel something for them. Unlike most action movies you really don't care if one of the characters die. They take the time at the starting of the movie to show you what the characters were like before the war and how the war effected them. I'd give this movie 6 stars, one for every time I've seen it.
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Summary: Super Movie
Review: Einer der besten Filme die ich auf DVD gesehen habe. Super Effekte, manchmal ein bisschen Brutal aber trotzdem verdammt Gut !!!!!!!!! Und immer dran denken : "The only good Bug is a dead Bug"
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Summary: It takes courage to make a '50's sci-fi movie in the '90's
Review: I loved this movie on several levels from its cornball script to its dazzling CG bugs. What a surprising and wonderful gift to have a book I loved as a teenager brought to the screen as it could never have been done until now with all of the '50's sensibilities(?) intact. Hats off to those who made this possible.
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