Yes there have been worse films than this, but not on this scale. There are people who point at the tons of grade z Hollywood films as worse, but they're missing the point. This was a major motion picture with tons of money pumped in to it, a cast of some fairly accomplished actors, full studio support, an experienced crew, and all the other makings of a good film. Nobody died during filming so there was no sloppy reediting to accommodate unfinished scenes. This was the film the production wanted to make and did. You can't compare this to bad grade B or Z movies where there is no budget or talent attached or films where inexperienced directors, crews and editors put together shoddy work. Nobody expects a kid in little league to hit a pitch thrown by a major league ball player, but we do expect the 30 million dollar a year player to be able to. I can't think of a worse major film than BATTLEFIELD EARTH (and there have been some real stinkers) with its choppy slanted camera work (why was every shot at a severe angle? was the director trying to hypnotise us into believing the movie didn't suck?), embarrassingly inane dialogue, horrible makeup effects (note the aliens' constant change in stature next to humans from scene to scene-the alien is 3 feet taller than the human, now he's the same size, now he's taller, etc.) and complete disregard for logic and natural law. (the cavemen learning to fly by flapping their arms would have been just as realistic) This will go down as one of the biggest turkeys of all time.
Review of Battlefield Earth
