I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

one of my absolute favorites!

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Never have I ever been so angry while watching a movie and yet so incredibly tired. I don't think I've yawned this much since watching Red Zone Cuba. I should probably preface this by saying I'm a huge fan of the original novel this film is based off of, a 1000 page epic that combines the setting of Planet of the Apes with the storytelling of I am Legend. It's a good book and I highly recommend reading or listening to it. But even after all that I was not prepared for the sheer level of awful that this movie was. Every actor is miscast, every set and costume look too fake, the cinematography literally makes this film almost impossible to watch, the music is unmemorable, every shot is bathed in hideous garish color filters, and the plot holes....oh god the plot holes. Not only are there thousands of things that don't make sense from just watching the movie on it's own, but after reading the book I saw that they deliberately went the extra mile to not make sense! The acting and dialog are the stuff of legends, some times the actors forget to react, or start laughing or howling out of nowhere. And this film might have the cheapest and lamest special effects I've seen that wasn't part of the Syfy channel. And even after all of that I was still so very tired and bored watching this, that's a special brand of bad film making right there. If you can make it through this two hour monstrosity, you have my respect.

Somewhere in the process of scripting, casting and directing this movie, the cast and crew and directors and producers realized just how bad this production was, and transitioned from serious sci-fi to ham-handed, go-with-the-flow tongue-in-cheek.You can see it in the goofy characters (watch for a hilariously-obsequious virtual teacher). Battlefield Earth may have been filmed in chronological sequence, as it seems to get sillier with time. By the end, Travolta and Whitaker can barely contain their smirks.The results is a movie at least as entertaining as The Room or Plan Nine from Outer Space and more watchable than most films that set out to be deliberately-bad.

There has never been an 'official' worst film ever, it is usually opinion. Several titles are often cited, such as Robot Monster, Plan 9, Manos: The Hands Of Fate, Troll 2 and Jack & Jill. Another that is often called the worst ever is this film, and I agree.Based on the first half of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard's novel, the film is about humans who live on Earth in the year 3000 after the Psychlos have conquered the planet. The main villain Terl (John Travolta) is the head of security on Earth and his assistant is played by an almost unrecognisable Forest Whitaker. The hero Jonnie (Barry Pepper) is a human who wants to take back Earth from the aliens.It is simply a bad movie in every aspect. The camera work is terrible with all the tilts, the music is so exaggerated at times that you think the wrong track was dubbed, the editing between scenes looks like a PowerPoint slide transition, and the lighting/cinematography also looks awful. Costumes look bizarre, especially Travolta who looks like he has snot dripping from his nose the whole film.Then we get onto the worst parts of it all - the dialogue and acting. Travolta gives one of the worst performances in film history as the villain Terl, over-acting every line as much as is humanly possible (or maybe more as he is an alien in the film). Co-stars Barry Pepper and Forest Whitaker are not much better, although they never could have been with such a poor screenplay. It doesn't surprise me that writer Corey Mandell, who re-wrote JD Shapiro's first draft, has not worked since, as the dialogue is laughably bad, particularly that of Travolta's character. As well, the plot of the film is a disjointed mess which has no structure at all, and some ridiculous plot holes. Some people made their minds up due to being against Scientology, however, there is nothing about Scientology in it. That's not why it got it's reputation. It earned its reputation by being a dreadful film. One of the only times I would rate a film 0 if it was possible.

ScreenJunkies threw this movie out there as one of the worst films ever made.. umm, maybe they're wrong? I mean, I am in no way a fan. In fact, I can easily tell you it has a spot on my top 20 worst films of all-time list. I am the type of person who roots for the underdog, so for the first one third of the film I was just thinking up minor things that could have helped make this a better film, and there were quite a few. But once the movie reached the halfway mark, I was zoning out. I can't even tell you the stupid plot devices the script had to come up with, all I remember is everything turning blue and then I started scrolling my phone. So yeah, the hype is real in that this movie is bad. These stupid aliens were so human acting, I can not understand why they didn't just make them human. It was a corny and goofy but ultimately nowhere near entertaining. Not much redeemable here.