Battlefield: Earth (2000)

[Plain Old Tele]

Discuss.

[Plain Old Tele]

This is one of the most inept "blockbusters" you'll ever see. On every level, it's absolute lunacy, and it's rare to find a project not only so poorly conceived, but with creators and collaborators so convinced of their genius. Had this been a typical studio project, it would've slid into development hell and never seen the light of day, but because it was a Travolta passion project, somehow it got made.Mankind devolving into cavemen in a few hundred years (the most neatly shaved, immaculately coiffed cavemen and women you'll ever see.); John Travolta wearing dreadlocks, gigantic platform shoes, and a giant codpiece; Forest Whitaker, looking woeful and sad that he's helping out his buddy John in this trainwreck; gratuitous cow abuse; absurd insta-plot developments; an ending built for a would-be sequel; fully-fueled F-18s that have been left in caves and are immediately ready to fly after 1000 years....It has to be seen to be believed. F(On the other hand, if you're a connoisseur of unintentionally hilarious cinema, then this is one of the gold standards of the modern age, and would warrant an A.)

Edited June 1, 2013 by Telemachos

[DAR]

And it also rendered Kelly Preston ugly by putting her in that horrible makeup and wigs. It really is a terrible film. F

[Deep Wang]

Travolta's laugh still haunts me in my sleep.

[The Dark Alfred]

Might not be as bad as After Earth lol

[Deep Wang]

Might not be as bad as After Earth lol

 

 

Now that is just silly.  Battlefield Earth is in a whole other class of bad movie.  After Earth doesn't come close to this stinker.

[Squaremaster316]

Pretty much the measuring stick for bad sci-fi films

 

-***** out of *****

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Lol what a bad film.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

this is in the all time bottom 250 on IMDb.

[Phil in the Blank]

I am a pretty boring chap. I have only drunk to a point where I can't remember anything the next day twice in my life.

 

Watching this movie was one of those two moments. To this day I can't remember anything more after Travolta holds a guy over a cliff and asks if he can fly.

 

Fortunately I think the alcohol wound up killing less braincells than the movie would have if I was sober. 

[Sam]

Perfect movie for an all-out brutal drinking game.

[DeeCee]

I really hope the success of this leads to the filming of the Mission Earth Dekalogy.

[Plain Old Tele]

I really hope the success of this leads to the filming of the Mission Earth Dekalogy.

 

HP's crown as biggest franchise ever would be in doubt.

[DeeCee]

HP's crown as biggest franchise ever would be in doubt.

True story.  I've read it.

[dxmatrixdt]

recently did a watch through.  I thought it was pretty funnY!

[filmlover]

This is the worst major studio release since the turn of the century.