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It wasn't that bad !

posted 16 years ago by microbit
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Well, for years I've had the conviction that BE is so bad to not bother with it.
(it looked quite bad judging from the trailer).
But hey, I finally gave it the benefit of the doubt and - providing you're willing to 'plough' through the first 40 mins - it wasn't all that bad really.
I wanted to have an informed opinion, so I could substantiate the "why" next time it's a topic somewhere.
So it was a bit of a shock to find that this movie was quite OK. Perhaps some dumb stuff here and there, but overall it entertained me.
And that's what counts : it entertained. I've started watching movies that were raved on about sooo much and that turned out to be complete dissapointments.
Battlefield Earth couldn't possibly dissapoint since I was only wathing to confirm its banale content.

I'll be urging people to give it a chance at least, next time it's mentioned in a conversation........

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[–] mistretzu_unforgiven 14 years ago

Don't get me wrong, it's bad. Really bad. But to say I hate it or that it is complete, utter trash would be pushing it. All in all, if you catch it on TV and don't have much to do you might actually pass the time watching this. It's not exactly the arse end of movies.

Then again I'm not American, so I'm not indoctrinated to automatically hate anything and everything that has a connection to Scientology.

[–] TheBloodyNine 14 years ago

i just found it average.

[–] AfroGeek 13 years ago

I dont think it was that bad either. I give it a 3-4 but I was expecting it to be a 1-2 from what I've heard. Really, I thought the 2nd Transformers movie was just as ludicrous, but with much better special effects and makeup.

[–] medallish 13 years ago

Not only that, people call this the worst movie they've seen, all over, and I'm like seriously? I've seen plenty of much worse movies, even big titles like you mention Transformers 2, and when I see people review older movies I've seen tons of movies that looks so much worse, one movie I know for a fact is utter *beep* and makes this movie look like a masterpiece is Epic movie, there is simply nothing good to be said about that horrible excuse of a movie. But on top of my head, movies I'd rate lower than this:
Epic movie
Meet the spartans
Every single Üwe Böll Movie.
Zombie strippers
Superhero movie
D-War
Deep Rising

And these are just on the top of my head, from what I've seen of it, movies like Carnevours look much worse!

[–] mjarf_1988 13 years ago

I've actually watched this movie several times, beacause it's actually pretty entertaining. Yes, it's very poorly made, and it's a proper cheeseburger of a film, but hey, cheeseburgers are yummy. :D

I like movies like this, a movie that's so cheesy and badly made that it becomes a parody of itself.

[–] dpcoronado 13 years ago

I know I just created a Night of the Living Thread by replying to this old post, but I just have to say, I didn't think this movie was that bad either. I've seen a LOT worse, and to those who haven't, you need to not go out as much and watch more crappy movies. I got through watching it completely on Netflix, which is more than I can say for a lot of the movies currently available on-demand. This is also the second time I've watched it--the movie has gotten better with age, especially compared to the stuff people are paying for in theaters these days.

John Travolta calling Barry Pepper "Rat Brain" frequently actually cracked me up. If it's accidentally funny or not, who cares. It's just entertaining.

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[–] wjm6292 13 years ago

this gets ripped because it has a big star and it lost money. and then idiot band wagon jumpers pile on. its not casablanca, but compared to alot of other crap, its dam sure watchable

[–] memo-4 12 years ago

Worst of the worst of all.