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Skyscore

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11 years 9 months ago

When I was 13 or so, I read L. Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. At more than 900 pages, it was a milestone for me (longest book I'd ever read) and it fairly captured my teenage imagination. I can't speak to the quality of the writing today, but I did avoid the Golden Rasberried movie as a matter of course. Even a cursory glance at the poster told you they'd screwed up the Psychlos. Instead of the cool, monstrous apes in breathing helmets that were on the book cover, was John Travolta with dreads and tubes up his nose. Finally taking a proper look at it today, I still think there's an exciting story in there - in the year 3000, aliens mine the Earth for resources and use back-to-the-stone-age Man as chattel, until one man uses education as a weapon to kick them off our world - but it's undersold by condensing a large volume into two hours (the dingy climax seems particularly ridiculous as a result) and Barry Pepper not being a particularly engaging hero. The Psychlos aren't just a sore point visually, Travolta plays the main one as a camp Klingon, never convincing as an alien. And make no mistake, he's a BIG problem. As the biggest star here AND as a problematic Scientologist, he HAS to be in the movie this much, which I think is why Psychlos have to look humanish and have their faces uncovered, and have to have their own scenes and subplots. Play them as faceless monsters only Johnny eventually comes to understand, and you might just about get away with it. But then, you'd need a director who knew what they were doing. The truth of it is that this is very badly shot and edited. Absurd unmotivated extreme Dutch angles, obnoxious wipes, and dumb slow motion compete to make a hash of things.

2 years 11 months ago

Sitting Bull

I want to say it was a bad movie but I watched it all. I never finish a bad movie.

It kept my interest throughout and I enjoyed it a bit.

4 years ago

curlytoes79

Endless options for renewal…..for renewal….for renewal…

1 year 3 months ago

jatalada

Watching this movie made me want to write a story that ISN'T CRAP!

12 years 5 months ago

D.Fernandes1685

9/11 was a tragedy too.

2 years 10 months ago

NightGypsy

I'm pretty sure this is just about the worst a movie could actually be without being "so bad it's hilarious." Absolute trainwreck from start to finish. Seriously not worth the watch.

9 years 11 months ago

the3rdman

One of the most gloriously awful movies in the universe.

12 years 4 months ago

Llanirev

This was sad. I guess they couldn't afford a good plot after hiring all those stars and having the special fx made

12 years 12 months ago

Oak

I am very embarrassed by this movie, I took a friend to see it because he likes sci-fi films. Now he sees it as a flaw in my taste...
This must have been carefully crafted awfulness.

13 years 4 months ago

Paravail

Massively entertaining in its terribleness.

5 years 10 months ago

invisiblecities

i enjoy the amount of leverage in this film

6 years 7 months ago

Aniform

I've never seen so many Dutch Angles nor such a ridiculous overuse of colored filters. This movie should have been career ending for everyone involved, every shot is uninspired, the crew apparently gave up caring, the acting is brutal.

However, for what it's worth, this was enjoyable on a certain level. That is, if you like watching a train wreck.

Almost every scene is almost captivating in how bad it is from start to finish. I'm sort of fascinated with it, you can't help but want to analyze it. Because not a single scene passes without you having to ask "why?" I mean, it could be used as a masterclass for what not to do in film making.

6 years 11 months ago

MourningReaper

fuck this piece of shit

11 years 5 months ago

lignedechance

Never again

12 years 2 months ago