Review of Battlefield Earth (2000) by Brainbuster — 07 Aug 2017

This is a terrible movie, but it has a satisfying ending.

John Travolta's acting was, as usual, awful. You expect a powerful voice to come out of that enormous face, and especially when he's on stilts as he is in BE. However, Travolta has a brittle, high-pitched, shaky voice. It's no good for an actor.

Especially for the main character (and I feel he was the main character).

The story was good, but the transitions from one scene to the next were the worst I've seen from any movie. It reminded me of a 60's TV sit-com show, like I Love Lucy.

The special effects were not the worst I've ever seen, but they were not good.

The main good guy has the perfect face for an actor, and he does a great job.

His lover girl is also good in the movie.

Forrest Whitaker did a good job, except for the evil laughing.

Most of the other actors were pretty bad. Some of them were god-awful.

I think especially of the pilot in the jet who saw his buddy get shot down, and he yelled, "Nooo!!" It was terrible acting, like he was trying to keep his voice down so as not to wake the people in the neighboring studio.

There were a couple other scenes like that with terrible acting.

I bet it would've been a better film if they got a better actor instead of Travolta.