I didn't really like the movie very much, It was really far fetched, and some of it didn't really even make sense. I think that they tried to add comedy into it, but that didn't really help. I think that sci-fi and comedies need to be separate types of movies, together they just don't work out very well.
Angie Quaale, Minn.
I agree 150 percent with Tim Lammers's review of "Battlefield Earth." I would add that in my opinion Travolta has sold out by being involved at any level with this movie. He has misused his star power by lending his name and talent to this movie, assumedly to increase the box office, though I wouldn't doubt that he has signed away his "take" to the Church of Scientology. The Church ought to pay us to watch this painfully ill-conceived novel and its film adaptation.
Mary Ellen, Huntington Beach, Calif.
I only went because it starred John Tavolta. It diffently was not one of his better movies. I was disappointed.
Deb Sanchez
This movie bites. I should've known, Travolta was in it. Stupid humans? Stupid movie. 'Nuff said.
Jeerome
"Battlefield Earth" is so breathtakingly stupid, so rife with illogic, one would almost think it was a parody. Adapted from a novel by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology, it was produced by, and stars, John Travolta, a devout Scientologist, although the picture has no overt religious or spiritual content. The film borrows liberally from a number of vastly better pictures -- "Star Wars," "Planet of the Apes," even "Spartacus" -- but it's more like Kevin Costner's "The Postman": a bloated and silly vanity project that generates laughs in all the wrong places. The performances are uniformly awful, especially Travolta as the mustache-twirling villain. Forest Whitaker is utterly wasted as a Psychlo underling. Even the movie's look is unimpressive: the matte paintings are startlingly obvious, and the CGI is unremarkable. It is the logical failings of the story, though, that make this picture so memorably bad.
Sean M. Shore, Minneapolis
I liked the movie, but it only told one-third of the story. There were great special effects and John Travolta was good. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it a 7.
Alex Lo, Minn.
Lemme see ... How can I put this so as to be accurate and concise? I've got it: This movie sucked. It was a waste of time and money. I think that covers it.
Larry, Minn.
Absolutely one of the worst movies EVER. What were 2 pros like Travolta and Whitaker doing in a piece of garbage like this?
KB0ONF, Minn.
The best thing about previewing "Battlefield Earth" was I didn't have to pay for the ticket. The movie never held my interest and about five minutes after it started, I was successfully predicting the scenes and even most of the dialog. The characters were never real to me. An effort was made to make the aliens look large and scary, but they came off to me a awkward and slow. I was very disappointed.
Michelle, Minn.
Other than being a little far-fetched (cavemen learning to fly Harrier Jump Jets in seven days) and hard to see visually (the screen was very dark for most of the movie and during the fight scenes it seemed like the camera was always shaking), the movie was OK. I'd give it a grade of a "C."
Matt Saam, Minn.
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