This is the first time that I've replied to anything at SlashDot, so I expect you all to take that into account if I've breached any type of protocol.
First of all, I liked Mission to Mars. I went into the movie expecting a comedy, not an adventure - and that is what I got.
Battlefield Earth, on the other hand, I only saw five minutes of. My wife and I went to the movie to see "something." We started with Gladiator. After ten minutes we decided it was not our type of flick. On the way to sneak into something else, I ducked in to see five minutes of Battlefield Earth. I had wanted to see it, but my wife is not into space-action movies.
A scene was unfolding where Travolta (I think) was running through some kind of explosions and other target practice scenario without getting so much as a splinter.
The most redeeming quality, I THINK, is that in five minutes I was able to decide that it was a bad movie. Few movies are able to portray a consistent quality throughout the entire film. Battlefield Earth (apparently) has obtained this.
Two toes up on consistency!
BTW: I had no idea it was an L. Ron Hubbard story, so the Scientology-bashing has little merit. It was a bad film... Period!
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This is the first time that I've replied to anything at SlashDot, so I expect you all to take that into account if I've breached any type of protocol.
First of all, I liked Mission to Mars. I went into the movie expecting a comedy, not an adventure - and that is what I got.
Battlefield Earth, on the other hand, I only saw five minutes of. My wife and I went to the movie to see "something." We started with Gladiator. After ten minutes we decided it was not our type of flick. On the way to sneak into something else, I ducked in to see five minutes of Battlefield Earth. I had wanted to see it, but my wife is not into space-action movies.
A scene was unfolding where Travolta (I think) was running through some kind of explosions and other target practice scenario without getting so much as a splinter.
The most redeeming quality, I THINK, is that in five minutes I was able to decide that it was a bad movie. Few movies are able to portray a consistent quality throughout the entire film. Battlefield Earth (apparently) has obtained this.
Two toes up on consistency!
BTW: I had no idea it was an L. Ron Hubbard story, so the Scientology-bashing has little merit. It was a bad film... Period!