Starship Troopers (Special Edition)

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Summary: Don't be fooled, this is a masterpiece!
Review: Ignore the fools who dismiss this film because it attempts to have fun, and it does. A brilliant over the top action film with ultra-violence that makes you scream out for more. You will never see anything more fun. An epic example of a film that knows what you want and delivers . Not for snobby fools.

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Summary: Dark comedy and Sci-Fi Action
Review: Much of the criticism on this site is valid. The acting is cheesy, there isn't a moral lesson, and it is macho. But it's supposed to be, it's a dark comedy, after all. People who are attacking the film from this angle are taking themselves a little too seriously. If you think you'd like Orwell, Star Trek, and Airplane! you're perfect for ST. It's hillarious, exciting, and even a little terrifying at times.

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Summary: This is NOT Starship Troopers!
Review: Poor Ginny! I'll bet she's kicking herself in the teeth right now for selling the movie rights to one of her late husband's best works ever. Even if all they wanted out of the script was the action they could have at least attempted to show the powered armor that attracted most of us to this book in the first place! As far as the 'anti-war' message of the film--bunk!!! The book was about social and moral responsibility not whether to be a war-monger or not.

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Summary: great fun! Verhoeven's best film
Review: sure the cast is mostly from the planet of "90210" and "Saved by the Bell" guest stars, but this is a perfect touch for a movie which doubles as the greatest pro-human, anti-insect propaganda piece ever made! The film actually does contain a lot of the philosophy of the RAH book, which is a nice surprise. They do make the idea of "citizenship" a central theme of them movie. The SFX, esp. the "abandon ship" sequence, are the best i've ever seen. really gorgeous women as starship captains and karate-expert machine-gun-toting mobile infantry! As for the critics, they should realize that RAH's novel was written for a teen audience and its totally appropriate for the film to be just as happily juvenile. And its so easy, and meaningless, to call someone a "fascist". sounds like a teenage attitude ("you fascist!") to me.

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Summary: Are people actually impressed by this?
Review: Amateurish acting, sophmoric moralizing (yeah, using the exaggerated stereotypes and gung ho kill 'em all attitudes is real revolutionary), and less than polished directing makes this an Oscar winner. Hogans Heroes had a more convincing antiwar/antifacist statement than this crap does.

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Summary: Sorry, I just don't see the relevance
Review: The first time I saw this I was sort of impressed. You know, the action, the FX, the over-the-top stereotypes put in to provide some kind of moral message. Then someone handed me the book. After that, I saw the movie again just to make sure. Yep, just garbage, and that's putting it lightly. Bad acting, cruddy adaptation of the novel, simple minded moralizing that probably wouldn't convince a hippy of the evils of war. But its relevant, right, since it trashes the military. Ok.

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Summary: Expected gold, got lead
Review: How truly, truly disappointing. I thought I would be watching an intelligent look at war in space and all I got was a smorgasbord of squished bugs and stupid people. Some folks actually seem impressed with the so-called antiwar message of the film, which is about as subtle and convincing as Marvel comics trying to teach philosophy with the Incredible Hulk. Putrid crap, from a director who ought to know better.

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Summary: TRASH, pure and simple
Review: Garbage heap of a movie made by folks who obviously didn't understand a single word in Heinlein's book. Just to clarify: Heinlein was NOT a warmonger or facist. Get real folks. Better sci-fi in Battlestar Galactica.

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Summary: Don't understand the fascination with this one
Review: I will preface this by saying when the previews came out for this one way back when, I was VERY excited to see it. It looked like a potential Independence Day to me from the trailer. How wrong I was. I saw this and Armageddon on video in the same week and in comparison, Armageddon is a 5 star film .. sadly. I realize this is an action film, and in all these films you have to take it with a grain of salt.. but cmon, hand to hand combat in the 22nd century? (or whenever this movie is supposed to take place) There was barely any character development (which is probably on purpose), no background on where the bugs came from, no explanation on how they shoot the asteroids at earth, and just silly battle scenes. The special effects of the bugs are good I do admit, and Denise Richards is beautiful yet a terrible actress in this one (see her in Wild Things..much better). Those are the only reasons it gets 1 star even. I was terribly dissapointed and even as an 18-35 male demographic viewer I wouldn't recommend it to my friends. Sorry, but when the acting of William Shatner surpasses anyone in THIS film... well that's just BAD!

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Summary: Fun . . . pure fun!
Review: This movie is exceptionally fun to watch. Don't expect high grade acting, or tightly woven plots, but expect nonsensical violence, giddy battles scenes, and everything that made a movie good when you were a child. If this film is viewed with the idea in mind that is should simply be enjoyed and not scrutinized, then any movie goer will find laughter, shock, and honest suspense in this, one of the best action films to come out in years. Service guarantees citizenship!