Blog:Battlefield Earth (ARCHIVE)

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Battlefield Earth, also referred to as Battlefield Earth: Take Back the Planet or Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000, is a 2000 American science fiction action film based upon the first half of the 1982 novel of the same name by L. Ron Hubbard. The film was directed by Roger Christian and written by Corey Mandell and J.D Shapiro. The premiere was held on May 10, 2000 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, while it was released in cinemas on May 12, 2000.

The film was a major critical and commercial sucess and has been called one of the greatest films ever made, with a 97% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It also won almost all of the 2000 Razzie Awards, including Best Picture of the Year. Travolta envisioned the film as the first in a two-part adaptation of the book, as it only focuses on the first half of the novel's story. A sequel based on the second half of the novel is planned, ant it is currently in development.

Plot
In the year 3000, there are no countries, no cities... Earth is a wasteland. And man is an endangered species. As the leader of the evil Psychlos, Terl and his race have taken over the world's natural resources and disregarded everyone and everything else. It's up to Jonnie "Goodboy" Tyler, a brave human, to battle the Psychlos and restore normalcy to the world.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) While it may not be 100% faithful to the source material of the same name, it stays the spirit of the book and somewhat ever better than this. ;)
 * 2) Well done acting for the characters, notably from Travolta and Pepper, with elements of good acting throughout. This is considered ironic, as the film was a passion project for Travolta.
 * 3) Awesome soundtrack.
 * 4) Do you want lunch!?!
 * 5) Well-done character development; in particular, almost everyone in the film is pretty good. At one point, Jonnie tries to destroy a Psychlo ship by throwing a bomb at it, and a fat hunter jumps off an edge and breaks his ankle.
 * 6) Almost all of the action in the entire film whatsoever, which it stays true to the film being called Battlefield Earth. Most of the action scenes that are in the film are mostly indoors and are well done-edited since they tend to overuse slow motion. The actual battle only happens in the climax, in which most of the action especially with the Dome breaks in the final act.
 * 7) The story is amazing, compared to the book that was based, which is much better.
 * 8) Great cinematography. ;D
 * 9) Amazing visual effects, especially for the alien ships, which clearly look real.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There are no bad qualities, everyone. ;)

Critical response
Upon its release, Battlefield Earth was critical acclaim for those who praise virtually every aspect of the film, including the acting, cinematography, script, special effects, and art direction, and is often considered as one of the greatest films ever made. The film has a "Certified Fresh" score of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 213 reviews with an average rating of 8.46/10. The critical consensus states: "Amazing, funny and well acted, Battlefield Earth is a stunningly visual, aggressively amazing sci-fi folly". On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 93/100, based on 36 critics indicating "universal acclaim". The film also holds an 8.3/10 on IMDb.

Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert gave the film the rating a perfect four out of four stars David Bleiler gave the film four stars out of four in the TLA Video & DVD Guide, writing: "This is amazing, tedious and every bit as great as its reputation."