At face value Starship Troopers the story of somebody, Johnny Rico ( Casper Van Dien) holding on to the love of his life, his girlfriend Carmen Lbanez ( Denise Richards)! He joins up as a mobile infantryman for the wrong reason. The United Citizens Federation is Earths government, founded by veterans years earlier. Citizenship can only be earned by federal service and people live in a fascist society. Once you've earned your place it grants rights to vote and procreation, these rights are revoked from regular everyday people.
Similar to Paul Verhoevens Robocop the audience is provided with television adverts throughout the film which are propaganda often used to manipulate our main protagonists. The idea of only letting the public know what they want them to know or need them to at any given time. It is a parody of so many things within reality all enticing enough to bring elements of control. This movie also resembles the likes of Star Wars and Star Trek yet makes more of a self mockery of the idea. The script is humorous in the way it is self aware of the silliness of its ideas as well as characters created. The exaggeration for comedic effect is much to its merit. There is a lot of coincidence within the script, however we are able to accept this due to the tone Verhoeven created. Dispense of belief is always good if approached with passion and love towards the project, and Verhoeven has buckets of it! It is political satire at its best, yes Johnny Rico goes to war because he wants to remain close to his girlfriend, which at the time seems ridiculous, but when is their a right reason to go to war?
This film came out in 1997 and for the time the visual effects are impressive. The acting is pretty good for the type of film they are trying to produce. I highly recommend people giving this a viewing at some point.
Similar to Paul Verhoevens Robocop the audience is provided with television adverts throughout the film which are propaganda often used to manipulate our main protagonists. The idea of only letting the public know what they want them to know or need them to at any given time. It is a parody of so many things within reality all enticing enough to bring elements of control. This movie also resembles the likes of Star Wars and Star Trek yet makes more of a self mockery of the idea. The script is humorous in the way it is self aware of the silliness of its ideas as well as characters created. The exaggeration for comedic effect is much to its merit. There is a lot of coincidence within the script, however we are able to accept this due to the tone Verhoeven created. Dispense of belief is always good if approached with passion and love towards the project, and Verhoeven has buckets of it! It is political satire at its best, yes Johnny Rico goes to war because he wants to remain close to his girlfriend, which at the time seems ridiculous, but when is their a right reason to go to war?
This film came out in 1997 and for the time the visual effects are impressive. The acting is pretty good for the type of film they are trying to produce. I highly recommend people giving this a viewing at some point.