Battlefield Earth (2000) 2.4/10 vs The Room (2003) 3.6/10

I haven't seen other one.

The Room is more entertaining.

They're both excrement.


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I haven't seen either but both seem to have cult followers.
Perhaps they fall into the so bad it's good category.

Well battlefield earth had a professional director and actors, the room did not. So the failure of the first is worse imo.

I think you have to look at the ratings as who's watching and why. You have to seek out The Room. It's an oddity, and fascinatingly bad (to me at least). It's also entertaining and endlessly quotable. If you're into "so bad it's good" movies it ain't half bad, for what you're looking for.

Battlefield Earth is something I still see popping on TV when I flip through channels. If you hadn't seen it, and just came across it randomly on your day off, in the mood for an alright movie, you wouldn't be pleased with what you were presented.

Also, as Knish said, Battlefield was made by professional filmmakers. When you compare the actual skill level of the people that made both movies, not to mention budget (73 million for BE), Battlefield was a massive failure. With Wiseau you could at least say "Eh, he tried..."

TL;DR You can have fun with The Room. Battlefield is just frustrating and ugly looking.

Battlefield Earth could have been epic if only they had titled it Battlefield Erf and made it about the lives of hip-hop artists instead of a sci-fi movie.

I thought you had a life. Why would you watch anything rated so low??