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Summary: This is a DVD you MUST OWN
Review: Anybody tells me NOT to see a movie as hard as I am being told not to see this one by some of the reviewers on this site, the first thing I gotta do is get the DVD and watch it over and over again. The same types tried to keep me away when the movie was in the theaters, but I saw it anyway and had a great time. Now, from what I hear, this DVD has a pretty kick ... commentary by the director -- you know, the guy who put his heart and soul into this film only to have it stepped on HARD by all the major reviewers? I bet he has a few things to say. This is going to be great. One thing I know for sure. This is one movie that is going to be talked about for years and is definitely one to own. I gave the movie 5 stars, in part to make up for the organized feeding frenzy that the professional sharks gave it when it was in theaters, but mostly because I loved the flick. B
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Summary: A classic packed with extras
Review: I like to see a director who is innovative and who is not afraid to take a different approach to his subject. Here, Roger Christian started out with a book that a great many people already knew and loved. This can be both a blessing and a curse. But the way he adapted the story to the time constraints of a movie were very inventive. And they worked! I would have ordered this DVD just for the movie, but the extras make it impossible to resist. Everybody should buy this movie. It is going to be talked about for years to come. Hey, do you want to be the one to tell your grandkids that you passed up a chance to own this gem? Come on!
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Summary: Big Production Values on a tight budget
Review: Considering the actual production budget for Battlefield Earth-- apparently far less than the bloated figure protrayed by the usual Hollywood hype-- the values on the screen are impressive. If commentaries by director Roger Christian and designer Patrick Tatopolous are an index, some astonishingly complex effects were achieved on an inordinately --by Babylon-on- the-Pacific standards-- tight budget. Travolta's performance was, for me, stylishly over-the-top-- a consciously extravagant show by a genuinely gifted actor.
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Summary: THIS IS NOT FOR YOU
Review: if you went to see "Saving Private Ryan" and cried if you liked "As Good As It Gets" if you enjoy Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, "hit" movies Battlefield Earth is a treat for those of us who crave something different, something offbeat. John Travolta doesn't have to settle for playing conventional roles like "Michael", or "Look Who's Talking" He can be anything he wants to be. Battlefield is an exciting fantasty movie. I really liked it. It is metaphorical, note the name of the hero "John Goodboy Tyler" How do we know that the premise of Battlefield couldn't one day occur? Aliens invade and reduce humankind to slaves. Somewhat like Battle of the apes. I liked the scenes of the ruined citys of the USA. The learning machine was goofy for sure but not in a bad way. The ending was strangely satisfying and I laughed aloud. Battlefield Earth isn't for all tastes but I have seen so much worse movies than this (Star Wars the phantom menace was much worse than Battlefield but recieved acolades?) If you like unusal films, try Battlefield on for size, you might surprise yourself.
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Summary: Was AWSOME! Some parts were not realistic....
Review: The movie itself was great.... I like the story to it. It was not like most sci-fi's whith aliens attacking earth in the presant day and humans win. Instead, the movie takes place after aliens attack earth and win the battle betwen themselves(aliens) and humans. I also liked seeing travolta playing in a sci-fi film. The only thing I did not like was how they learned to fly F-15 jets in a matter of days. That was just unrealistic. Other than that, great movie, awsome special effects.
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Summary: What Were They Thinking
Review: I don't know why the people of hollywood had to destroy the great book written by L. Ron Hubbard. While I was watching the movie, it saddened me to see that they covered the first 100 pages in the first 10 minutes of the movie. The movie takes place in the future where an alien race takes over the earth to mine certain minerals from the ground. Travolta plays a disgruntled alien security advisor that is looking for a way off the wretched planet Earth. Barry Pepper plays one of the few remaining humans on the planet. The movie is slow, jumps about from one thing to another. It really didn't do anything for me. The acting was really poor as well, and I wonder why Travolta even agreed do such a thing. The book was such a wonderful story. It had a great message about humanity and hope. This movies destroys all of that and replaces it with abnoxious jokes and a few loud explosions. I would avoid this film if it were at all possible.
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Summary: A future cult classic - still 1 star, though.
Review: Johnny T should have been fined his salary and have been forced to do a "Welcome Back Kotter" made for TV reunion film. The movie is so bad that in 20 years - it just might have a cult following. Hell, with a buying price so low (I wonder why?), buy it and have some laughs. If it goes out of print in a few years, then you have a hot film on your hands. It's happened.
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Summary: Don't Battle for Battlefield Earth
Review: Okay, there are some words that you just cant print on a family site like Amazon, but you can guess what they are! And Battlefield Earth should be among them! Don't waste your time. Give another sci-fi film of the summer the attention it really deserves and catch TITAN AE, the real secret of the past year! Absolutely 0 stars for B.E. - the 1 star is towards Titan AE (which would give it 6 stars)!
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Summary: Definitely different
Review: Although some of the technical details left something to be desired (learning to fly Harriers in a few days???) I thought that it was a nice change for John Travolta. Why can't he play a completely different character??? What is wrong with that?? Although the movie was not Oscar material, it proved that actors can play roles outside of their usual genre. Yeah! for Travolta trying something different!
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Summary: Keep away...
Review: Well, I thought that no sci-fi blockbuster could equal Independence Day in its stupidity and disrespect for the audience. Battlefield Earth proved me wrong. I'm glad it was a total failure at the box office - it gives me hope that there are people left who can tell the difference between good entertainment and pure drivel of the type "wow, again we saved the Earth from them aliens with hairy hands, in lead boots and impossible wigs". Such concept of aliens would have been good in 1950s, but now it looks ridiculous. I'd rather not dwell on overwhelming idiocy of Psychloses (with such sense of logics and strategy they couldn't have conquered a cabbage field, not mentioning a planet). Humans are no better portrayed: crowd of howling savages becoming jet-pilots in 5 days, handling nuclear bombs with bare hands, theatrical tears and pathetic speeches mingled with abyss-deep leaps of logics...One can 't stop wondering whether they meant it seriously. However I'd rather like lupine-looking B Piper in his part (but mostly in the first half of the movie, him being kicked around by Psycloses). As to J Travolta, he always suits to playing "bad guys" (Face Off, Broken Arrow), but probably he should refrain from such disgraceful roles in the future (although, I assume, he can allow it...). Keep away from this nonsense, but if you watch it, you'll have stuff to make fun of for the whole day...
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