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5/5, I frigging love it. Boom316 posted:I liked the movie when I first saw it in theatres back when I was 13. A few years later I read the book. A 15 year old post just made my hat fly off my head.
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# ? Mar 18, 2019 10:37 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 14:54 |
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How does anyone miss the satire in this film. Goons.
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# ? Apr 6, 2019 15:22 |
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I saw this movie when it was new but I've never posted in here, despite having probably read this thread a few times over the decades. I own it on Blu-ray, it's awesome and you should watch it. 5/5 film, exactly what it wants/needs to be. The sets look sparse in retrospect but the landing on the bug planet is still one of my favorite scenes in any action movie. And if you think it's not satire, maybe you should ask yourself which side in the film is wearing Nazi uniforms and using hateful propaganda (I guess 15 years too late for that dude though).
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# ? Apr 23, 2019 17:53 |
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This movie and Robocop have convinced me that Verhoeven is an insane time-travelling prankster. For folks that think the satire is over-the-top, keep in mind that this movie was released several years before 9/11 and managed to perfectly satirize post-9/11 jingoism perfectly. There's a moment early on where a scientist is on their news show and brings up the very reasonable point that maybe the bugs weren't attacking humans and were just reacting to humans pushing into their territory and he's immediately cut off and it's back to RAH RAH JOIN TODAY! Even the first act, which is the weakest part, is still a little more enjoyable once you realize the entire thing is supposed to be a space fascist propaganda film. 4/5, when I voted the messaged said "Thank you, citizen."
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