Hated it. Really, really hated it. Probably because it was purported to be the movie version of a novel I really enjoyed. Starship Troopers is one of my favourite novels by my all-time favourite Author, Robert A. Heinlein. This movie has only a passing resemblance to it. The Power Armour suits that were central to the book are missing in the movie because, AFAIK "we couldn't make it look right." The bugs in the movie are basically mindless insects, while in the book they are an advanced, intelligent, technological race that uses space ships, weapons and explosives. Why the difference? Because Verhoven "couldn't imagine a bug with a gun." Did he even read the book? If you liked the book, don't bother with the movie. If you haven't read the book, please do so; find out what you've missed, what this movie *could* have been.
Review of Starship Troopers
