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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Whenever I try to review this movie, my thoughts wander back to Casper Van Dien's jawline, but I'll try and work through it. Starship Troopers can feel like Twin Peaks In Space at times, particularly when it hides its well written thematic exploration beneath the veneer of a goofy 90s soap opera. On the surface, it's an oddly contemptuous action film, often going the extra mile to mock itself and the viewer. Dig a little deeper (and that doesn't take…
I watched this twice on a flight to Japan and did not regret my decision.
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
It's hard to say what I think about the movie because it's such a mess. Christopher Nolan's obsession with spectacle and blowing people's minds turns to immense tedium when you have to wait two hours for that scene.
And the editing in the first act... what the fuck was that? So abrasive and abrubt to no great effect, just lining up all the scenes, cutting them into tiny segments, and playing them one after another, non-stop, for an hour and…