I just watched it tonight. After all the years of hearing how bad it was I was surprised. I liked watching it and I didn't think it was that much different than many sci/fi movies of the same type. Lots of shooting, explosions, etc. I think much of the dislike is political in nature. I don't care about that. I just like to watch movies.

The plot is inane. This could perhaps have worked as an anime, where people are more willing to suspend any and all disbelief, but there are so many plot holes that it ruins any technical or action-wise elements the film may have had.
I am someone who can enjoy garbage like Arnolds Sixth day from the same year, or even Jupiter Ascending. But this annoying silly, stupid, ridiculous film of stone age men vs aliens is just too damn stupid and silly. 2/10. Not even bad in the sense that it is funny, like Wicker man (2006).

I never really understood the hate.movie has some really entertaining parts plus John Travolta was pretty solid in most parts.sure,the rest of the cast was weak but that didn't bother me so much overall.the special effects were good for the time it was released.
6/10 in my book.

I was entertained, and that's what its all about.

"not that bad", "mildly entertaining".yet seen it a
few times
?
I'd get a hobby.
Whose idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?

Alright, just stop commentingI mean trolling.

prometheus is way worse

We've all seen worst but this one was hyped and it had John Travolta so it's funnier.
The Asylum makes a horrid movie every month but they have no longevity, they're forgotten as soon as they come out.
Battlefield Earth has a status, after 16 years people are still laughing at it and enjoying it as one of the accidentally funniest movies ever made.
This movie made it's mark in cinema history and pop culture because usually movies this bad go straight to DVD and don't even make it to the big screen.
They are supposed to be obscure movies that only people with an insatiable craving for bad movies are aware of.
Instead they wanted the big money so they released it in theaters and this is the result.
Thank God for that.
What's best in life ?

Yeah, certainly not a 2.4 bad. More like a 4.5 because it is only a little worse than After Earth, which is rated 4.9 here.

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Whoever thinks this has bad acting has no idea how to interpret the setting or the characters.
It's easily a 6/10.

Like some said, it should be at about rating 5-6, plotholes, bad acting included but the ratings further go down because

1. It apparently didn't live up to the high hype created for the movie back when it was released.
2. The book it was based on had too much of it's material crammed into just the 2 hour movie (let's face it, this is no Harry Potter nor was there a Emma Watson).
3. Scientology..
   Final verdict, 2.4 (rating of a porn movie).I would have given it a 6 (definitely no less) but instead gave it a 8.
   wat are you lookin' at

No, the low ratings are due to the movie being total fcking sh!t.
CG GORE IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO THE HORROR GENRE!

I thought it was no worse than say, an episode of Stargate (series score 8.5).
The low ratings will be just be due to people not being a fan of L Ron H.

imo its about a 5, pretty average with over the top action and travoltas overacting.

If you enjoyed this you might as well go next in line with the rest of L Ron Hubbard's insane terrible Sci Fi that started the creepy cult that these beep celebrities carry on.

How the hell does the original Total Recall have cheap effects? It has better effects than 80% of movies today, you fcking retard.
CG GORE IS THE WORST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO THE HORROR GENRE!

I agree. I just saw the original Total Recall & that was far cheesier than this. Schwarzenneger with his heavy teutonic accent trying to emulate Clint Eastwood's expressions & quips, the heavy-handed "action" scenes, the awful acting, cheapo sets & effects - how did they rate such a high rating???

I agree. I just saw the original Total Recall & that was far cheesier than this. Schwarzenneger with his heavy teutonic accent trying to emulate Clint Eastwood's expressions & quips, the heavy-handed "action" scenes, the awful acting, cheapo sets & effects - how did they rate such a high rating???

I'm with you AnimeMog.
I've seen far far worse movies (BTK Killer springs to mind), and Battlefield Earth is the type of movie that if it happens to be on TV and nothing else is on, it's a good time filler. Sure it's got flaws, some large flaws, but it's still entertaining.
Oh and I love the thing they do with the language to use English but not. That was kind of smart.

I've seen far worse. Hell, I'd go even as far to say that this movie is mildly entertaining. I've seen it a few times.
I agree. Everything I had ever read about the movie makes you think this movie is one of the worst Sci-Fi movies ever made, and not worth watching after the first 5 minutes. I was entertained by it, and never during the movie did I feel it wasn't worth watching or became just another forumula movie. I have seen many movies that are far far far worse.

If only there were more people with bad taste then the movie might have turned a profit.

My thoughts exactly. I remember having enjoyed this movie when I saw it at the theater.

Exactly, there are worse films out there. I'm just saying that I can endure bad movies, yet I do agree that they're bad.