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A diabolical film, apart from The White House getting blown up.
I cringe at the Presidents rousing speech to the troops

too long as well.

...anything with Mary McDonnell in it can't be all bad.
Well, mostly bad................

Diabolical, yes, yet sadly taken as a serious piece of cinema in certain quarters (there's a BFI guidebook already on sale). It's the vile xenophobic overtones that stand-out though - for 'alien' read 'illegal alien', a growing social concern for the US at the time of its release. That exploding White House symbolises the undermining of the economy/constitution from such, apparently. "Welcome to planet earth" says a beaming, E.T.-biffing Smith. Welcome to America, more like. See also Men In Black for a sly take on immigration control. They don't just throw these things together, you know.

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"Let's do it..."

Sad to say some critics rated it as a decent Sci-fi flick like Aliens

Reminded me of Star Ship Troopers for some reason
Now that was a diabolical film



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B....OZ

There is a school of thought that Starship Troopers was an ironic dig at the septics by director Paul Verhoeven. The lovely Denise Richards was asked by a UK film mag whether she and the rest of the cast were aware of that. "I don't think it was having a dig at America," she said. "That'll be a no, then," said the mag.

As if she'd know!!!!! or understand for that matter

I wonder who's the brains in the family,her,charlie or the baby?

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B....OZ

I think Charlie's brain lurches into action occasionally. Still, let's just hope the baby got her looks, none of his addictions and neither of their brains.

Amen to that

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