Movies That Should Have Been Epic

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Starship Troopers. Not an abysmal failure, but the way I hear it told, they had budget for either bugs or powered armor, and they went for great bugs. Personally, I suspect there were dramatic reasons for not using powered armor, but regardless, many felt this gutted the story as presented by Heinlein and turned it into just another bug hunt.

Funny how perceptions differ.

Starship Troopers (the first only only) is one of my favourite movies. I've seen over 10 times.. A terrific satire on fascism , although I doubt that is what Heinlein intended.

I also like Paul Verhoeven's films. "Total Recall' is brilliant ,as is 'Black Book" ,a WW2 melodrama.

The clip below(part 1) is an examination of the film and worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcUa38KNFo

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Don't get me wrong, I think it was a good film, but it could have been way more epic.

Agreed. I couldn't get into it. I kept thinking of 'Fahrenheit 451.'