Don't listen to the negative reviews

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It is one of the best movies of this year and may be of last 10 years. Good plot, logical actions, beautiful graphics and landscapes. The story-line is connected with all past movies and background without glitches, story problems, logical and technical issues which are present in all modern movies such as Transformers, Pirates of Caribbean et cetera. My opinion that the new Starship Troopers is a leader of computer animated movies and one of the many proves that Japanese animators can make masterpieces without advertisement and without annoying hypes.

I'm not going to rate this film. I would prefer to look back and evaluate the entire film "series" as a whole (all five of them) and share my thoughts about the latest installment in the context.Let's make one thing straight first. I worship Robert A. Heinlein. He was a greater visionary than Steve Jobs and he was a marine and politician on top of that. This big three (tech+mili+poli) count as uberhuman to me (and should count like that to any decent human being). Moreover, this man of big three was also one of the sci-fi big three (clark+asimov+heinlein). What more could you possibly want? Now, this demigod wrote a novel called Starship Troopers. That means troops stationed on board of star-ships. It was labeled as "utopian" but it didn't present a clear road to such an utopia. To quote a character from the book, a situation arose after WW3 for a new order to be established. And by sheer luck, this order was actually stable and worked. "End" of story.Much later on, some lefty transsexual (whose name I don't know) decided to make a satirical movie about this book. He wasn't motivated by a desire to explore the universe and he didn't wish to enlarge it. As a matter of fact, he has never even read the book (by his own admission). The result was a disgusting satire. Now, one would expect a satire to be funny but this one wasn't. When compared to the book, it was turned upside-down and warped on top of that (like in some kind of a horror mirror maze). This little tidbit might not be a perfect example but it might give you an idea: Flores is a man and no, they didn't have sex. Bon appetite!Even later on, Japanese got interested in the (dying) franchise and made two CGI installments. And that is the point where all non-Asian people get confused. Thinking about it, their work reminds me of Metal Gear Solid (great franchise, beyond understanding of Americans and Europeans).Before continuing, I should clarify one thing about the position of a sky marshal (of the Federation). It's just a military position. That means no political power (that's reserved for citizens = discharged soldiers). A sky marshal is an experienced man who needs to have a pristine military record and fulfill two contradictory requirements: he needs to have an experience as a star-ship captain and an experience of a platoon (at least) commander (that's two completely different military careers - read the book). Now, while most star-ship captains (and fleet personnel in general) are, in fact, women, everybody in "ground" forces is male. Not that is forbidden for women to serve in infantry, it just doesn't happen (low interest, the infantry robots aren't calibrated for women, etc.). So, it's quite impossible for a woman, especially such an idiotic and young one, to become a sky marshal.However, let's say that we accept the premise that a sky marshal is actually a political position (merged with whoever is in command of the civilian government). And that is where the Japanese come in. What are they trying to tell us? When I look at the villain of this film, I can't but equal her with Hillary. What are those weird Japanese guys trying to tell us? That military is good and (civilian) politicians are bad? Well, I can't but agree with that. However, that's not what was Heinlein trying to tell us (a soldier can't vote or candidate until he/she was discharged with honor). While the message of this movie is oh-too-truthful in our world, politicians in Heinlein's book are different. They aren't detached from reality. Just look at Israel - that's a country where Heinlein's ideology (with some alterations) was implemented and it works (any shortcomings can be attributed to incomplete implementation). So, in the end, I salute the makers of this film for trying to do their best. At the same time, I believe that it's a high time to scrape this franchise and start anew. There's a brand new TV series upcoming and if they do their job right, it will better than Game of Thrones.

I can't believe they spent more than $50 on the computer graphics for this movie. Like a poorly done first person shooter from the 90s. Story bland. Total waste of time.Watch the original - it's a classic. Don't bother with any of the sequels.

I enjoyed this, and I hope more cgi animation sequels are produced, as the quality from computers continues to get better by leaps and bounds.I don't think it was meant to be a sequel, per se, but just a treat for the fans. The Rbt A Heinlein book is awesome, nothing like anything yet put on video, but the original movie and this one have some elements from it.