tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post2946083316129689062..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Starship TroopersEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-80692548800942392642009-01-11T12:12:00.000-05:002009-01-11T12:12:00.000-05:00An excellent piece on a really great film! It felt...An excellent piece on a really great film! It felt to me that we were seeing the bugs humanised at the same time as we were seeing the humans becoming like swarms of bugs. The final scenes are most clearly show this turnaround where we start seeing individual bugs and the human characters we've cared for get lost among all the other armour wearing soldiers. There are corollaries between the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-69389696270946227432009-01-09T21:37:00.000-05:002009-01-09T21:37:00.000-05:00I have read the book and understand all of the sub...I have read the book and understand all of the subtext within this film, but my enjoyment of it is strictly on a fun science fiction level. And it is definitely one of my favorite science fiction movies. The landing page "would you like to know more" is a brilliant narrative.<BR/><BR/>The book is much more hard-hitting in its shots at our military mentality. Early in the book, the troops randomlyPIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-88821731617341244572009-01-08T13:24:00.000-05:002009-01-08T13:24:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments, all. I'm glad to see that...Thanks for the comments, all. I'm glad to see that so many appreciate Verhoeven's sly satire. <BR/><BR/>Tony, I don't remember a specific line about the humans starting the war (I may have missed it, though). But I do think it's kind of obvious that the meteor that destroys Buenos Aires is merely a pretext for attacking the bugs. There's nothing in the film to suggest that the bugs are actually Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-73664019686538434702009-01-08T12:54:00.000-05:002009-01-08T12:54:00.000-05:00Terrific review!I too really liked the movie - Ver...Terrific review!<BR/><BR/>I too really liked the movie - Verhoeven's sheer audacity in making an ultra-violent, seemingly brainless, pulp movie. The execution, too, is brilliant - the kinetic narrative, the superb special effects, and as you've detailed in your review, the socio-political and satirical undertones. In the hands of a lesser director the movie was fodder for B-grade crap; however, Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-3623791692690631882009-01-08T12:03:00.000-05:002009-01-08T12:03:00.000-05:00Excellent review.I believe there's also the quiet ...Excellent review.<BR/><BR/>I believe there's also the quiet one-line revelation at some point in the film that the humans actually instigated the war with the bugs. If that's the case, then this movie bears even more relevance with current events.Tony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-42610685988856323362009-01-08T09:21:00.000-05:002009-01-08T09:21:00.000-05:00Yeah, I always really dug this film and appreciate...Yeah, I always really dug this film and appreciated how Verhoeven basically took a bunch of BEVERLY HILLS 90210/WB pretty-boy/girl actors and dropped them into a CGI meat-grinder. It's weird how a lot of people seemed to miss the actual message of the film but I suppose that is its brilliance. It works on multiple levels - it can be enjoyed as a rock 'em, sock 'em action-fest and as a darkly Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-7394457834047778052009-01-08T06:29:00.000-05:002009-01-08T06:29:00.000-05:00This was a terribly underappreciated film, lost in...This was a terribly underappreciated film, lost in the sign of its times. It proves to be prescient when one watches it now, a different time from the nineties, when it's perfectly obvious for Aranofky to remake Robocop. Great review.Ali Arikanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02293558856795196349noreply@blogger.com