i be not sure how close this be to the book by l. ron hubbard and i be assume it not very close at all and because quite a lot of the stuff in the film and would surely not escape the notice of the original writer and but might slip by the hurried screenplay writer . a lot of the point have already be cover and but i will recap the stupidity and some derivative aspect of the film of the film from my point of view 1 ) . 1000 year old harrier in perfect work condition 2 ) . people learn to fly them in a simulator in a week 3 ) . the ship look pretty much a rip off and of the dropships in starship trooper . 4 ) . music during the film sound like you have hear it before 5 ) . the psychlos ( inspire name . ) come across a the most stupid alien to conquer a world . 6 ) . 1000 year and they still haven not finish mine the planet . 7 ) . the assumption by the psychlos that man ( i. e. man animal a they call u ) be weak and stupid and can not mine or do anything constructive and yet there be still the evidence of everything man build after the invasion . who do they think built the skyscraper . cat . 8 ) . building remain and though surely they would crumble long before 1000 year with no maintenance and and the city would be overgrow a the grass and tree reclaim the earth . 9 ) . military base still have power and surely the psychlos would have destroy any and all base to ensure of no uprising . if the film have be well and travoltas performance might have seem good and but in comparison to the rest of the movie and his performance be just another highlight of tedium . just so we be clear and this be not the bad movie in the world and but travolta and co sure try hard to make it the bad one . the story flip to and fro and with terl make ludicrous choice that only serve to help the hero of the film . it call battlefield represent earth and but it might as well have be call battlefield represent usa and because we do not ever get to feel the scope of the destruction of the planet that the title suggest it should . some of the special effect be good and others be bad than television effect in their execution . i still can not decide if i think the psychlos look be daft or inspire and but definitely not one of patrick tatopolous finest hour ( stargate and independence day and godzilla etc ) . frequently and john travoltas character ( terl ) constantly refer to forest whittakers character a be stupid and yet it terl that make all the daft choice that enable the hero to succeed . the only good thing be this film do not harm travolta and because it would have be a shame to see him go down again after his resurgence after pulp fiction and i think hollywood saw it a his one indulgence . the film cost $ 80 million to make and and you have to question where the money go and because it certainly wasn not lot of mesmerise location . i would be interested to know if the book be as bad a this and if it not and the scriptwriter need take out back and shooting and and then make sure they have get plenty of ammo and because they then need to hunt down every person that think the script be good and worth filming . a premise so utterly waste and you feel flush the money down the toilet would have be a more worthwhile use instead of spend it on this film . come next week and battlefield represent earth special edition . you get a copy of annie in the box instead .