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Post by Neverending on Apr 1, 2015 2:00:11 GMT -5
Because of people's hatred for Scientology, Battlefield Earth has been unfairly declared the worst movie of the 21st Century. It's a classic man vs alien story with a unique style and personality. I think people should give it a second chance. Does anyone else agree?
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Post by Fanible on Apr 1, 2015 2:13:56 GMT -5
Well they did snub John Travolta out of a Best Actor nomination.
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Post by frankyt on Apr 1, 2015 9:39:21 GMT -5
April Fools?
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Apr 1, 2015 10:52:45 GMT -5
"Battlefield Earth" is the worst wide release film I've ever seen. Inexcusable things like the tripod being off-center. I'm pretty sure no one involved in this works in Hollywood anymore (other than Travolta and Whitaker obviously), it wasn't even so bad it was funny, it was just painful. And they were trying, yikes.
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Post by Ramplate on Apr 1, 2015 11:18:48 GMT -5
I really tried to get into it when it first came out and found it to be drivel from actors I did not believe
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Post by Neverending on Apr 1, 2015 12:40:10 GMT -5
Well they did snub John Travolta out of a Best Actor nomination. No. Brian Pepper. His role as the human who started the revolution was breathtaking. There wasn't a better actor or performance in the year 2000. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Apr 1, 2015 12:55:58 GMT -5
Plus he was able to take a bunch of primitive people and quickly teach them (along with help from the learning machine) how to fly advanced space cruisers and battle the supposedly incredibly advanced race. And I think...win? I forget, or at least I try to.
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Post by Neverending on Apr 1, 2015 13:05:54 GMT -5
He wins in the sequel that was never made. It was supposed to be two movies based on one book. It was supposed to be the pre LOTR and Harry Potter and The Hobbit and The Hunger Games. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Apr 1, 2015 13:15:35 GMT -5
So you're saying it doesn't get enough credit for molding our current Hollywood?
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Post by Neverending on Apr 1, 2015 13:20:33 GMT -5
So you're saying it doesn't get enough credit for molding our current Hollywood? It's definitely ahead of its time. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Apr 1, 2015 13:25:00 GMT -5
So you're saying it doesn't get enough credit for molding our current Hollywood? It's definitely ahead of its time. Do you think it directly influenced Mel Gibson to make The Passion? |
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Post by Neverending on Apr 1, 2015 13:27:53 GMT -5
It's definitely ahead of its time. Do you think it directly influenced Mel Gibson to make The Passion? Of course. John Travolta has so much faith in Scientology that he destroyed his career in an attempt to spread its message. Mel Gibson got lucky because Christianity is a popular religion. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Apr 1, 2015 13:34:25 GMT -5
Do you think it directly influenced Mel Gibson to make The Passion? Of course. John Travolta has so much faith in Scientology that he destroyed his career in an attempt to spread its message. Mel Gibson got lucky because Christianity is a popular religion. Tom Cruise did warn him about the film saying it was a bad idea. I wonder if it would've been any different if Cruise had been in it. Nah, probably not. |
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Post by Neverending on Apr 1, 2015 13:46:40 GMT -5
Tom Cruise did warn him about the film saying it was a bad idea. I wonder if it would've been any different if Cruise had been in it. Based on Tom Cruise's recent sci-fi output, we can guess it would have been more serious and less campy. |
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Post by SnoBorderZero on Apr 1, 2015 13:52:41 GMT -5
More serious than Kelly Preston's CGI tongue licking Travolta? It doesn't get more high brow than that!
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Post by Neverending on Apr 1, 2015 15:03:03 GMT -5
More serious than Kelly Preston's CGI tongue licking Travolta? That wasn't CGI. |
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Post by Deexan on Apr 2, 2015 3:42:45 GMT -5
Well they did snub John Travolta out of a Best Actor nomination. No. Brian Pepper. Barry. I always mistake him for Michael Rapaport from Higher Learning. Which one cameo'd in Friends? |
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Post by frankyt on Apr 2, 2015 8:54:46 GMT -5
The one from Deep Blue Sea. |
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Post by Neverending on May 12, 2020 11:40:15 GMT -5
Happy 20th anniversary This is secretly the movie Doomsday joined CS! for. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on May 12, 2020 11:41:56 GMT -5
Classic!
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Post by Wyldstaar on May 12, 2020 12:29:19 GMT -5
It's like an easily avoided multi-car pile-up that just keeps happening for two hours. Fascinating, enthralling, and tragic. You just keep finding yourself asking, "What were they thinking?"
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Post by SnoBorderZero on May 12, 2020 16:53:09 GMT -5
Happy 20th anniversary This is secretly the movie Doomsday joined CS! for. 20 years and no deep dive analysis from you. Wasting precious quarantine time I see. |
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