Starship Troopers

Pros: Creature special effects.
Cons: A conflict of intentions.

Starship Troopers (1997) is a guilty pleasure for me. I can't recommend it wholeheartedly across the board, but people in touch with their inner-fratboy might find it appealing.

One of many reservations I have with Starship...

Pros: An exciting science fiction action film on the surface; a devilishly clever social commentary underneath.
Cons: Extremely violent and disgustingly gory.

Paul Verhoeven (director of films such as Flesh & Blood, Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, and Starship Troopers), is, in my opinion, a genius. Starship Troopers was adapted by screenwriter Edward Neumeier from a Robert A. ...

Pros: Special effects, pretty good performances, some good action
Cons: Character development, some plot holes, maybe a bit graphic for some

"Arachnids" and humans are at war, and "Johnny Rico" (Casper Vab Dein) has decided to join the military to fight the "bugs." Even though his parents, especially his father (Christopher Curry), object it and order him to go on vacation. He refuses, and ...

Pros: Snappy story. Good SFX. Doogie Howser in a Waffen SS uniform!
Cons: Weird Nazi-esque stuff. Nudity. Lightweight.

A magazine review of Paul Verhoeven's "Starship Troopers" described it as "What 'Star Wars' would have looked like if the Germans had won the war." (I think it may have been "Entertainment" but don't hold me to that.) They also refused to give it an ...

Pros: Great special effects/action sequences
Cons: A little cartoonish on some levels

There are quite a few people out there who seemed to find this movie a bit of a disappointment. Many tried to compare it to the book, not always a good idea, and found it lacking. The novel Starship Troopers is a Science Fiction classic, written by an ack ...

Pros: This improvement over Star Wars offers great action sequences and biting satire.
Cons: It also offers some terrible performances and dialogue.

At first, Starship Troopers comes across as painfully banal. Its cast is comprised of bland teen stars offering up howlingly bad dialogue (Casper Van Dien: "Aww, mom, don't get mushy on me"), its story line is mostly about blowing up...

Pros: Impressive CGI action sequences, some interesting political philosophy if you ignore the innuendo.
Cons: Bad acting, stupid premise, and a total travesty of one of the masterpieces of literary science fiction.

I might have enjoyed "Starship Troopers" more if I hadn't read the book first. As it was, the movie had its moments, but mainly it annoyed the heck out of me. While ostensibly maintaining Heinlein's political theme of a republic where service...

Pros: Awesome movie, great special effects, nice storyline
Cons: What was Rico thinking most of the movie?

Aliens, death, nudity, sex, what more could you want in a movie?

A great plotline?

Well that too.

This movie has it all, and packs it in without any extra time to get popcorn.

The cast is filled with many well...

Pros: Great, stupendous, mind-numbing action
Cons: If you don't like the above, save your time and money

Starship Troopers is a secret pleasure of mine. It is a completely worthless movie, lacking even a pretension of socially redeeming value, yet...yet it's really entertaining. And who can ask for more?

The flick is a very loose adaptation of...

Pros: Fun, action adventure
Cons: GORE extraordinaire

I really had no great expectations for this movie. I knew the era that the novel emerged from. We're not talking deep, philosophical fiction here, we're talking pulp sci-fi from the heyday of pulp-sci-fi. Starship Troopers could have been a comic...

Pros: good special effects
Cons: silly plotting, goofy characters

Starship Troopers is one of a kind. Can anyone think of any other film that has a G-rated intelligence, NC-17 rated violence and sexuality, and a Swiftonian satire for plot? Probably not.

The plot of the story is very simple. Since I've...

Pros: Really smart film.
Cons: You have to be smart to get it.

After reading epinions about Starship Troopers and even a New York Times review, I am fascinated that so many people missed so much in their opinions about this film.

Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Totall Recall) is not a director whose films are...

Pros: great fun
Cons: bad acting

The bottom line is that this movie is really cool. You know that it won't be praised by critics or win best picture at the Oscars, but you know that you will have a good time. This movie is just wholesome fun. This is the perfect movie to see when you...

Pros: Plenty of destructive action, amusing lines, some interesting social commentary.
Cons: Too violent for some.

Starship Troopers is by far the best movie based on a book I have ever seen. On the surface, this ...

Pros: Unintentionally Hilarious
Cons: Potentially one of the worst movies ever made.

Starship Troopers is one of those rare flicks that is so bad that it's actually entertaining to watch. Not entertaining for any reasons that the director, producer, or cast intended, mind you, but entertaining nonetheless.

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