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Summary: Shameful
Review: The plot was thin and tired. The special effects, while very expensive, were stolen from so many better Sci-fi genre films, they would be too numerous to list here. The acting was deplorable to such an extent that I found the CGI actors performances questionable. I predict a swift descent of John Travolta's career, the likes of which has not been seen since "Urban Cowboy". This movie if for people who thought "Independance Day" was too high brow. I saw this movie for free and I paid too much. Really, really awful.
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Summary: I didn't think it was that bad....
Review: Some of the writers here are more critical of Scientology and are making up facts; the truth is that the book Battlefield Earth is quite entertaining. The movie was not the greatest mainly due to its not sticking with the novel. Read the Mission Earth series instead. Wouldn't a cartoon series of Battlefield Earth communicate better?
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Summary: ARRRGH!
Review: Oh My god!! What a hell is that?!
My Dog could make a better movie!
I don't know what this movie is about, I stopped watching it with 15 minutes! Two hours of my life are too important to spend whith this garbage!
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Summary: Absolutely Great.....just ignore the bad reviews
Review: Everyone who gave this movie a less than stellar review hasn't a CLUE what they're talking about. This movie is great fun. If you're a sci-fi/fantasy fan, you can't go wrong with Battlefield Earth. Great soundtrack, awesome special effects, amusing characters, and a more than decent storyline all amount to Roger Ebert being a moron. :)A must-see.
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Summary: How could they do that?
Review: How can they make movie from a book without, obviously, ever reading it? Even recieved as a gift, you paid too much for this video. Other then a few people and place names, the movie was all wrong. Even if you over look the problems of bringing a realistic 12' tall alien to life without CGI this was a turkey.
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Summary: Moronic, but surprisingly entertaining
Review: "Battlefield Earth," the science fiction film directed by Roger Christian, was savaged by critics when it first hit theaters. Were they being fair? I found the film to be wildly uneven and downright moronic at times, but entertaining in general. Based on L. Ron Hubbard's very long novel of the same title, the film takes place in a future where earth has been conquered by an extraterrestrial race known as the Psychlos. Some of the surviving humans--an "endangered species"--live like primitive tribesmen, and others are enslaved by the Psychlos, who are raping Earth of all its mineral resources. At the heart of the film is the conflict between Jonnie, a human rebel, and Terl, the Psychlo security chief of planet Earth. This intrigue-filled rivalry leads to explosive results. The film is an uneven mixture of serious apocalyptic drama and absurdist comedy. The filmmakers don't seem to know if they are making a bombastic sci-fi epic or a spoof of that genre. This cinematic split personality is reflected in the performances. Barry Pepper (Jonnie) performs his role with painful earnestness, as if he were in a sequel to "Saving Private Ryan." His performance is oddly discordant with the campy performances of John Travolta as Terl and Forest Whitaker as Terl's assistant, Ker. The script starts out fine, but soon drifts into stupidity. The greedy Psychlos are so idiotic and sleazy that you wonder how this pathetic race managed to develop technology, let alone conquer other planets. And the film's final scenes involve a plot twist so ridiculous and unbelievable that it's embarrassing: this is bad screenwriting, full of holes. Still, there is a lot of enjoyable stuff in the film. Travolta and Whitaker have a great comic chemistry, and both actors are clearly having fun with their outrageous roles. There are some genuinely interesting visual flourishes. I found the Psychlo makeup and costumes consistently interesting to look at. And the musical score is not bad at all. Give "Battlefield Earth" a try; I'm glad I did.
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Summary: i liked it
Review: battlefield Earth is similar to the old Planet of the Apes films. The entire film has a green tint to it. The plot is predictable, but John Travolta gives a great performance, and I have to wonder, if one nuculear bomb could destroy the Psychlos home planet, why did no one else figure that out before? Anyway, I want to point out that this film has great depth to it, it is based on a book of philosophy by L Ron Hubbard
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Summary: "Battlefield Earth" drinking games!
Review:
Finally, a "Plan 9 from outer space" for our own generation. One simply cannot derive greater campy fun from this film, which has spawned a thousand drinking games! Here are some of my favorites:
***** LEVERAGED DOUBLE-WORD DRINKY-DRINK *****
Take a swig whenever someone says one of those silly hyphenated nouns (e.g. man-animal, crap-lousy), Double-swig whenever you hear the word "Leverage"
***** LOGIC-LAPSE QUAFF-FEST *****
Take a drink whenever confronted with a point in the plot that makes no sense whatsoever - e.g.
- that this group of savage men can learn to fly fighter jets in a day or two; well, OK, I can suspend disbelief for that, but...
- that the aforementioned jets can operate after 1000+ years of sitting idle
- the part where Johnny Goodboy (LOL) is running around without air for, say, 15 minutes
- that the Psychlos call themselves "Psychlos" but call these humans from Earth "man-animals"
- when the "man-animals" are sent to go mine gold, none of these super-smart Psychlos notice that they've apparently mined perfectly smelted gold bars
- when Johnny goes into the library, he peruses 1000+ year old books with fully intact covers and pages; they simply just need a bit of dusting
- that these super-intelligent and strong Psychlos, who conquered Earth in 9 (Yes, 9!) minutes, can barely walk in their silly "Kiss" hand-me down boots and can hardly grasp anything with their big floppy rubber gloves
- while observing the stranded man-animals catching rats to eat, the Psychlos assume rats must be their favorite food, even though there were no other edibles to catch
***** SILLY-QUOTE CHUG-A-LUG *****
Take a sip whenever confronted with nuggets of wisdom such as these:
"I am going to make you as happy as a baby Psychlo on a straight diet of kerbango."
"It will go straight to the home office!"
*For the hardcore kerbango-fan, while drinking, tilt your body at a 30-degree angle for no apparent reason, just like the cinematographer did with the camera!
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Summary: A FUN POPCORN MOVIE
Review: I couldn't care less about Scientology but I'm not about to bash this film to make that point. Who cares what you or I think about Scientology? I watched this to be entertained. It delivered. I really enjoyed Battlefield Earth. It's goofy fun and what's wrong with that? Nothing! Most movies these days are B.S. but this one got slammed because Scientology was falling out of vogue and many anti-Scientology people had an axe to grind. Whatever. My interest in this movie was as a MOVIE and it kept me highly entertained. It's silly but what the hell isn't these days? This is good fun. Far from the worst thing ever made. Not Citizen Kane but who in their right mind thought it would be? Not me. Pop some corn, sit back, and take this for what it is: a goofy adventure flick with primitive human's battling big bad wacky aliens. Worked for me.
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Summary: I am in love with Kelly Preston.
Review: I gave this movie two stars, because I am in love with Kelly Preston. The scene in this movie where she stretches her tongue out is surely worth a star (and since one is the minimum, that means 2/5). Otherwise there is nothing good in this movie.
God, where do I begin? The movie is just such a mess I can't imagine where to begin. I rented it on the impression that it would be bad, so as not to give myself unrealistic expecations. I'd heard it was bad. But, how bad could it really be? Would John Travolta sign up for such a sorry screenplay? Yes, folks, he would. He did. This movie IS as bad as people say it is. Like I said, it's a mess. It's a squalid, room-hasn't-been-cleaned-for-six-months mess.
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