Exaggerated fighting, satirical violence

Nakia 2022-03-23 09:01:18

The film is not hot-blooded. There is no tragic atmosphere in various bloody battles. Instead, it is immediately shrouded in the joy of victory, and the sadness of death is instantly forgotten. This huge change in contrast makes people feel that the atmosphere of the film is not right. Instead of exaggerating American heroism and the cruelty of war, it is a satirical depiction of the human battle against the Zerg, who reveled in their own war dreams.
Yes, it's ironic.
The film has very little depiction of the brutality of war, and more depicts scenes of war violence, no sympathy, only blood. The Cold War Soldiers are just that kind of people who fight forever and never grieve. If you are captured by the enemy, you will be killed by others. No gay friendship, no fear. Only killing.
And the interspersed TV films make the atmosphere of the film more complicated. The kind of bellicose propaganda, even the propaganda of the destruction of Buenos Alice, is to incite war. Emotionless tone.
Various action scenes are too distorted, there is a sense of entertainment. The worms are mighty and mighty, but it is really useless to fight. You can't do them with guns at all, shells are more practical, but there are so many magical encounters.
And the people who are in it, the hearts of the characters feel very empty, and the setting of the four-cornered love does not create good emotional clues and inner changes. It just feels like it's killing it from beginning to end. Rick's growth trajectory is too weird.
The belligerent atmosphere makes people feel exaggerated, but there is a sense of humor.
All in all, this is not a movie like Fury. The atmosphere is wrong and embarrassing.

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Extended Reading
  • Francisco 2022-04-20 09:01:12

    [A] Verhoeven had to make such a "fake" Hollywood blockbuster in order to exert his full strength! The critique of news and information media was inherited from "Robocop". The transition between the first half of the film and the second half of the war is the experience gained from "Total Recall". Obviously the sequelae left by "Showgirls". The most amazing point is that the image of the earth army is packaged as a Nazi soldier, and then looking at all kinds of brilliant political propaganda, the people gradually fall into a state of madness, but they are humorous in the context of a B-grade film, really you of. Whether it is the level of metaphorical symbols within the text or the handling of visual spectacles in various large scenes, it is the best of Verhoeven's career. The only regret is why I didn't add a sentence "WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?" at the end, that would be really impeccable.

  • Deja 2022-04-21 09:01:19

    3.5, a lot of settings are interesting but they are all rushed and useless. In 2022, seeing the mixed male and female participating in competitive sports + bathing in the 1990s movies, the world where it is natural for women to fly planes and become officers is still a touch. In addition, some people can't see that this film is mocking, HOW... It's just that the mockery is weaker than expected, so it does feel indecent | Ironside's role has a sense, the young NPH is just weird, and Clancy plays again a role of that kind. There are many Kinky elements, apart from broken hands, broken feet and mysterious ah-hey, Verhoeven obviously likes to make characters vomit in his films. The short film in the film is so funny, the Zerg slaughtered the extreme Mormons, I was laughing like crazy, this can be a yin and yang religion...?

Starship Troopers quotes

  • Johnny: M.I. does the dying. Fleet just does the flying.

  • [after Rico gets a Dear John from Carmen]

    Ace Levy: Funny how they always want to be friends after they rip your guts out.