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• Lord Verhoeven returns!!! posted on 27 Aug 2009

  After that slumpy dump in sexual thrillers/exploitation (Basic Instinct/Showgirls), Verhoeven busted back onto the scene with this juicy ode to Heinlein's (sp?) sci-fi youth battle. Now, the marketing genius' decided to market this movie to kids...perhaps a little too much, the plot is kinda weak, but the action is so swiggy sweet!!! Is it a good trade off??? Heck yeah!!! When Verhoeven hits the sci-fi switch step away, grab a beer and just appreciate the fact that you have eyes to witness this cool journey. If you loathe bad acting, turn your head everytime denise richards comes on the screen, yikes! But for the true laugh, watch out for those troopers whose names you don't catch, they bite the dust in the most horrible ways. This movie won't change cinema, but it still shows us Verhoeven fans that the old guy still has the golden touch when it comes to directing. BOOM!

• Great Fun! posted on 24 Aug 2009

  I feel sorry for the people who put down this sci-fi/fantasy film rather harshly. I thought it was great fun! Why try to take it so seriously?? Who cares about the novel? I still had fun watching it! View it again folks!

• Would you like to know more ? posted on 24 Aug 2009

  Big square jawed macho beefcakes and sexy girls face off against giant bugs from space !, doesn't sound like a film of much intelligence does it ?. Yet here, Starship Troopers finds director Paul Verhoeven at his satirical best, because although he is given the audience all the violence and madness it craves, he is also crafting a biting commentary full of fascist leanings and pokes in the ribs of the army mentality that urges obliteration in the name of jingoistic fervour !.The story is a simple and untaxing one, Earth is at war with a bug planet called Klendathu, the youth are urged to join up for the service to rid the universe of the insect menace. We follow a group of ridiculously pretty characters thru cliché ridden training camps until their respective lives hurtle towards the finale. Naturally there is a flowing love interest story, and sure enough Verhoeven milks the cheese factor for all is worth. The violence is savage, limbs are torn apart, body orifices entered in a way that nobody should ever have to suffer!, yet it's crucial to the films heart. It's a film that the squeamish really should stay away from, but rest assured that it may seem violence for violence's sake at first glance, but it's actually there fleshing {no pun intended} out a biting and cracking viewpoint from a very interesting director, 8/10.

• This is not sci-fi, it's a splatter movie. posted on 21 Aug 2009

  It's really a pity to waste good special effects and a decent cast on such a hollow plot. Why land infantry on a planet thousands of light years away to kill the bugs individually without aircraft support and with guns like in WW I when a good set of atomic bombs would have done the job? How could the bugs threaten the Earth yet not show any kind of technology at all?

• Fascist or patriotic? Regardless, it was PUKEY BAD! posted on 19 Aug 2009

  Plot: bad. Dialog: bad. Believability: bad. Acting: tolerable. Redeeming qualities: none. If I could give this movie a zero-star rating, I would. I'm usually a fan of science fiction movies, even the mediocre ones, but I found myself actively mocking the screen after mere minutes. The characters were paper-thin, the message was indecipherable, and the plot was laughable. Infantry with bullets against a torrent of virtually-unkillable aliens? Butt-blowing bug baddies whose comet-like projectiles escape the planet's gravity well and knock out huge battleships? Gimme a break! How many dismemberments do we really need to see, anyway? The cheese-factor was too much for me, and I'm from Wisconsin, the Dairy State! And how come the residents of Buenos Aires were so...so...white? RA Heinlein, the author of the book upon which this trash was (loosely) based, must be spinning in his grave.

• This is the best DVD so far, until Wing Commander comes out! posted on 16 Aug 2009

  Starship Troopers blows away any other sci fi movie I have watched, true, it may not have much of a story, but it more than makes up for this with special affects, and cool fighting scenes, the acting wasnt too bad considering most of the actors were new, in my books, this movie is better than any other DVD I have bought so far, includeing Lost in space, fith element and merlin, I am just waiting to see wheather Wing Commander the movie is a Starship Troopers beater!.

• Completely awful posted on 13 Aug 2009

  No words can explain the disgrace with which this director should feel in the making of such a horrible movie. The original book was excellent, written by an extremely gifted author, Robert Heinlein. The director of this movie has seen fit to completely disrespect Mr. Heinlein by making a movie that is based on the book in title only. I watched this movie in pain and awe at its absurdity. They could have followed the book and made a science fiction movie to rival any that has ever been put out, but instead decided to mutilate this one into oblivion.

  The people that put this movie together should be ashamed of themselves.

• Fails to impress posted on 10 Aug 2009

  The film is very different from the rather dry book. Anyone who expects a moral lesson from the film will be disapointed: it's just about killing the enemy. Hence, the film includes much violence.

  The director has tried to bring some finer points across, though. To those who care to look a little bit deeper it will become evident that the government and the army aren't really the "good guys". In facts they are portrayed as fascists - evident for example from the soldiers' unfiforms which are nearly an exact replica of German uniforms during WW2. The stylized symbol of Earth Government also looks suspiciously similar to Germany's imperial eagle. But I guess such points are lost on 99% of the American audience (see the reviews above).

• A Creative Scifi Movie. posted on 09 Aug 2009

  When I first rented this movie, I didn't expect that much from it, but I was wrong. Starship Troopers was full of action and had lots of bloody/gory special effects. Also, the huge bugs were really cool. Casper Van Dien and Denise Richards were really good. Paul Verhoeven did a great job directing the movie. I give Starship Troopers a 10 out of 10. :)

• Aggressive plot carries excessive and realistic gore-fest posted on 06 Aug 2009

  Wonderful, seriously campy, fast-paced action flick! Great effects and a creative plot! Excellent direction!I love this story, and this film. It has been rated (though I honestly can not remember by whom, at this writing) as the most graphic movie ever made for the amount of gore and bloodshed contained therein. When I am feeling aggressive, or feel the need to BE aggressive, this movie definitely helps set that mood within me.But there is much more to this production than aggression, blood, gore and violence (though there is an extreme amount of violence). The plot is quite absorbing. While the acting quality does leave a bit to be desired at times, the plot and the action more than make up for it. You can't help but notice it, but the point becomes moot as the story progresses and the bloodshed commences. Set in a futuristic world, and adapted from Robert A. Heinlein's book of the same title, this production presents you with a World War 2-type environment, with characters of the same caliber. It definitely demonstrates much more than your average slasher-style violence and gore. It is so much more graphic than any slasher flick could ever be. Definitely NOT for young audiences. If you like sci-fi/action, or just lots of action and gore, this is the movie for you. This one was billed the goriest movie ever made!It rates a 9.8/10 for the gore factor, from...the Fiend :.

• Good For Entertainment, but Not Really an Appealing War Film posted on 06 Aug 2009

  Starship Troopers I would say is a pretty appealing Sci-Fi action film during the 90's since you can't really compare them to the present Sci-Fi films with all the more advanced CG graphics and special effects. But since this is a "war" film about humans fighting against bugs, it is indeed challenging in a way that you got these two different races from different worlds fighting each other. So it is very unlike those historical war films that we saw before about Vietnam war, and World War II. Those kinds of films are more easier for people to relate with because of the human emotions, there's the drama or a look into the human psyche when people are killing each other. But its difficult to see that in Starship troopers because all we ever see is just the actions in battle. The perspective was pretty much focused on the humans of course, while the bugs are just being portrayed as totally villainous. Which for me, it's pretty narrow, as it appears to be like you know, "We humans must slaughter them all since they attacked us.." this would be OK if this film is to be watched or enjoyed under the light of purely entertainment, because to me this film only portrays the human side. As I watched this film, I kept on asking myself, "What good are the humans? We have our own pathetic weaknesses too, but in the end, we as humans still enjoy the outcome of the wars when we blow our enemies into bloody pieces." There's a lot of blood and ore in this film, but never really show the professional maneuvers of the military. I do not feel it is real because I do not feel being part of the combat. I've seen older war films that has done a greater job than this one, because in those war films its just never about the guns and the shouting, and all the blood. You actually get to experience the psychological horror or shock coming from the actors, but in this film, you don't really see that. All we see is the joy of blowing the bugs into pieces and killing them. We don't see the actual emotional experiences of how war might have any effects on the character's mental state. Maybe just little bit at the beginning when Rico discovers how terrifying the bugs are, but their encounter with the bugs are always the same. The same kind of tension, the same kind of challenge, and there's really nothing new other than the flying and giant new monsters. I do not feel like being in a battle field because the humans are just running all over the places and shooting the bugs in bundles. I would enjoy it more to see the humans actually are attempting to accomplish certain orders on the battle field under the command of somebody. I like the drama, and the girl who played Carmen, she's gorgeous and it really makes me to dislike early on because of her character and I really wanted to see her to be with Rico again, but somehow it didn't really work that powerful. It becomes like I really don't care anymore about them because I don't really see a lot of conflict between them. I really wanted more out of them. Maybe all this is little too much for this film, and maybe its because I've seen some of the war films already that were pretty much better than this one. So this could be biased. Overall I think its alright...for just purely entertainment.

• Horrible misrepresentation of the story posted on 04 Aug 2009

  This movie barely resembled the story told by Heinlein. It twisted the politics of the story into the worst sort of propoganda. It undermined all the relevant technical details (using hand-held nuclear weapons without any sort of personal protection? Wow...). I saw this movie expecting some modifications in an effort to make a good movie and "update" it. What I saw was Verhoeven's personal agenda projected into what should have been a really great story.

  So many important details of the story were changed that it undermined most of the emotional impact of Rico and why he did the things he did. In the book I found myself liking and identifying with Rico. In the movie I found myself frequently wanting to slap him and tell him to stop being stupid.

  Don't waste your money. Give it a miss. Read the original book and check out any of the really great Sci-Fi films that are out there.

  Interestingly, I've discovered an animated series for children also based on the book. Production values are clearly lower than this movie and yet the series manages to be at once more entertaining and truer to the original story.

• Starship Troopers posted on 01 Aug 2009

  its basically an action-packed blood fest that incorperates a minor love interest. massive battle scenes of space cruisers being blown apart, infantrymen being decapitated, impaled etc., nuclear bombs and napalm are the real core of the movie. acting is , unfortunately, poor- but the action makes up for it.
  there is also the minor detail of the nazi-istic society. the world is united, and the goal is to be a citizen, not a civilian. to do this, several post-high school kids join the federation military. they become pilots, troopers and psychics, and collectively kick some serious arse, despite apocalyptically heavy casualties.

  buy it, you wont be disappointed!

• ghastly, brutal, nothing like the book posted on 31 Jul 2009

  This is quite possibly the worst work of science fiction that I have seen in this decade. The story was poorly adapted from the science fiction novel, the characters were weak and poorly developed. It was basically an excuse to produce a bloodbath on film with little or no resemblance to the elements from the original story.

• A Great Sci-Fi Movie posted on 29 Jul 2009

  This movie is awesome. It has a good story line plus some of the best special effects I have ever seen. The blood and gore was top notch. I can watch this over and over again. Pick this up today.

• A sci-fi semi-classic for the pre-millennium phase. posted on 28 Jul 2009

  This one is hands down, the most visually stunning effort pulled off in a sci-fi movie, thanks to the minds of Sony. Bodies are blown to bits, bugs animate in fluidity and in mass hordes, meteors fly and rotate in outer space, et cetera. Among minor little details is the top of a huge ship nipped off by a huge asteroid. It has the richest looking colors captured on film. In other words, visual overkill!WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?Being nitpicky over movies that are all show and no go, STARSHIP TROOPERS finally deserves more credit for some high-intensity action elements that rival a classic WW2 picture, and you can bet a wild number of young recruits who storm through alien territory getting sliced and amputated by these fierce creatures! Bloody well right! Some of the fighting scenes are a bit repetitive, but they are impressive enough to make your eyes glue to the TV screen. Try calling this a mass upgrade of Hollywood war films for a change!WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?Enough of the rich, creamy taste for now. Some silly and disgusting things bothered me in viewing STARSHIP TROOPERS. Weird acting performances in the first hour are irritating, along with the excessive gore and nudity content. What needs to be understood is that sci-fi movies are meant to fascinate and entertain all types of viewers, and they include special effects. This is obviously where future science fiction is heading, but on the director's part, you'll have to live by the rules here. If it was toned down, this would've been better. Fortunately, things go uphill after the unwanted glitches and focuses more on the battleground.WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?The public service announcements are a nice touch to STARSHIP TROOPERS, a movie set in the future where all forms of communication is evitable. Carmen survives a bug's blade cut through the shoulder. End credits are a record-breaking 10 minutes long. And of course, two hours of fun. It's more than a doorstop for your DVD player not just in visuals, but in solid entertainment, minus the disadvantages. Still, it's no American epic like STAR WARS and its appeal belongs to the younger crowd. STARSHIP TROOPERS looks as though it could have a sequel in the making, and maybe develop a stronger following for its own good. The fact that it may not overtake the new STAR WARS film coming up will be a huge question, though.WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?Sorry, but it's time for me to go nighty-night! There's about 90 more opinions you can look to on this page. Good night!

• Verhoeven sits on the fence posted on 28 Jul 2009

  Is Verhoeven a satirist? This movie, like its predecessors Robocop and Total Recall, has elements of satire, but I think it fails because the director won't come off the fence - he's got a big budget to play with, and doesn't want to lose a big audience by testing their intelligence too much (which is a pretty cynical view of audiences but, hey, this is Hollywood). Verhoeven confines his obvious satire to the newsreels (the same technique he used in Robocop). These present the fascistic Federation in the same light as Fifties/Cold War portrayals of the US Government - and perhaps contain the idea that you should not trust what you see on film. But this is as far as his criticism goes. There is no character who puts any kind of forceful point of view against the war or its conduct. This is either very deep satire (in hiding to the point of being invisible) or a cop-out. I'm inclined to the latter view. But if you want to see a bug movie with the usual extras (poor cast, ludicrous script) then this should be high on your list

• Not Heinlein, but Not Bad Either! posted on 26 Jul 2009

  Starthip Troopers (the Novel) is a treasured memory of my youth. Heinlein wrote a simplistic story with deep undertones about patriatism, duty to the state, and crime and punishment. His book contains no triangular love story, and actually very little combat. It's a story of a boy coming of age in a militiristic society. Paul Voerhoeven's movie shares many traits from the book. The story is simplistic, but has many undertones and subtelties. He has bumped up the action from the book possibly BECAUSE of his background as a child of World War II Holland. His film beautifully asks one simple question... Is this what you want? Is this the world you want to live in? Blood and Gore are the tools of the common soldier, the Grunt. The book, and this film are about the common Grunt. No elegance is required. Common soldiers aren't elegant people. The film highlights the youthful exhuberance of three highs school grads going into Federal service. This movie, and Heinlein's book are both about courage under fire, duty, loyalty, and how war molds young men and women in different ways. Not for the squeemish, and those who have read the book should hit the "purge" button before viewing for maximum enjoyment. The missing high tech weapons from the Heinlein book would have been excellent, but I understand why they are missing... maybe someday... Taken on it's own, the movie is a powerful message, perhaps more powerful than Heinleins original message in some ways. I disagree with those who have commented that the acting was bad. The story goes by so fast it would be hard to notice if it was. But look for the highlights... Enjoy the sequence with Carmen's arrival at, and first day driving the Rodger Young. And the scene with Michael Ironside seeing a swarm of thousands of bugs attacking a makeshift outpost is priceless. Like RoboCop, not everyone will get "it". But watch it. Note the polarity in comments here. This film is ART. And Art makes you think. The DVD is the best I currently own. BAM

• Probably the worst movie I ever saw posted on 25 Jul 2009

  I can't start telling you how bad this movie is. Stay away from it if you know what's good for your mental health. It's boring, the actors are awful, the whole thing stinks. This is Mistery Science Theater 3000 material. Well, maybe not. I wouldn't watch it again even with funny voiceovers... I wouldn't watch it again, period.

• Starship Troopers - Would you like to know more? Click here. posted on 23 Jul 2009

  Starship Troopers is nothing short of a Science Fiction classic! I have not read Heinlein's book yet, this review is based solely on the movie. In its campy format you will find humor and entertainment in what can only be described as a dismal futuristic setting! Dazzling performances by Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards and the alluringly gorgeous Dina Meyer! Starship Troopers is a big movie that I have watched and enjoyed over and over again. The director and producers did an outstanding job in making this film and its "bugs" exceptionally realistic. Keep in mind that due to its brutal realism, this film is not for the faint of heart or the extremely young viewers.

  The premise: MINOR SPOILER

  Picture a futuristic setting where the "problems" of democracy have been erased and one world government has been established, in effect, removing all of the borders and citizenship is earned through federal service. We're introduced to the main characters that are in their last days of high school and preparing to enter federal service to earn their citizenship. Among those main characters we have Johnny Rico, Carmen Ibanez and Dizzy Flores. In short, Johnny loves Carmen, Carmen loves herself and her future and Dizzy loves Johnny, whew! We're taken from there to Johnny and Dizzy being in boot camp for the Mobile Infantry and Carmen in flight training.

  Klendathu, the home world of the bugs has been making attempts to destroy Earth by flogging asteroids at it. Unfortunately, one makes it through the defenses and destroys the love triangles home town! Earth immediately mobilizes its forces for an attack on the Klendathu home planet, where they are subsequently massacred by a much larger force of "bugs" than they collectively expected.

  What follows from here can be described in no other terms than outstanding science fiction, action and drama rolled into one of the best Science Fiction flicks to ever grace the Silver Screen. If you're even a minor Sci-Fi fan this DVD is a must for your collection!

  On side B, we're treated to some wonderful test screenings between Casper Van Dien and Denise Richards, deleted scenes, theatrical trailers, a documentary and some very enthusiastic behind the scenes footage. {ssintrepid}