Ho, boy...here goes.
I like Battlefield Earth.
Knowing well of its reputation, I thought it would be one of those films that's physically painful to watch. Imagine my shock when I watch it and end up thoroughly enjoying it. It was utterly hilarious! I lost track of how many times I bust out laughing. But the truth is, a part of me enjoyed it on a non-ironic level as well. After hearing so much about Jonny, Carlo, Terl, and Ker from all the scathing reviews, I felt like I had a special connection with the characters, even though the film didn't bother to give me most of their names. Add that to the hammy acting, and the fact that the filmmakers tried so hard to make a good movie and so spectacularly failed, and you have a film that I find inexplicably endearing.
