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Awesome Movie

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

This is my favorite movie. It's hard to explain to people that this was a movie since every episode that used to play on their show was a movie, but this one has a slightly better graphics for all the scenes on the Satellite of Love. No matter how many times I watch it, I laugh as hard as I did the first time. I can always count on this one to lighten my mood no matter how crappy a day I had. The movie itself is a classic that my father said he used to enjoy back in the day. As with most MST3K movies, it's never really the actual movie itself that you watch it for. If that was the case, you'd miss out on some of the gems that they've put out. If you enjoy these movies, I recommend checking out Rifftrax. It's the same guys doing pretty much the same thing (minus the puppets) and some are in theaters for fans to watch these brilliant minds on the big screen as they do what they do better than anyone else.

Watching 'MST3K - The Movie', I came to the conclusion that it deserved to be on 'MST3K - The Television Series' far more than 'Danger Diabolik', 'Squirm' or 'Phase 4'. Bad script, ham acting, lame jokes, poor special effects - it had the lot. It also managed to insult one of the finest science fiction films of the '50's - 'This Island Earth'. Why that particular movie? Could they not find something more suitable, such as 'Plan 9 From Outer Space'? The sad thing is that its audience will never know how good a film 'This Island Earth' is because all they have seen of it is a silly send-up. The funniest line in the whole 90 minutes was "I've farted!" and that tells you all you need to know. The 'MST3K' brigade do not seem to be aware that any idiot can laugh at an old movie, especially if it is of its time. It takes real intelligence to be able to look at 'This Island Earth' and see it for what it is, an imaginative and exciting sci-fi picture.'MST3K' bombed on its release, and the show itself was cancelled a few years later, so one good thing came out of it at least.

As always, the guys at MST3K make a bad movie watchable. I giggled and guffawed from the minute it started. The guys are forced to watch "This Island Earth" and riff on its stupidness. The bots are just as nutty as they are in the show and good old Mike Nelson is the glue that keeps the zaniness from getting too much. This is a great jumping on point for those who have not yet been blessed by the goodness that is Mystery Science Theater 3000. People who have complained about this movie riffing on a classic movie should repeat to themselves "its just a movie and I should really just relax." It's great for the kids, family and the dog, but not for grandpa and grandma. Watch this flick and you'll wish for movie sign for the rest of your life.

Growing up (and still watching the re-runs) of MST3k, I had to revisit the one I've only seen once – 'MST3k: The Movie' and I did see it in the theater. I remember then, (1996) thinking how great it was to see one of my favorites on the big screen, and then being disappointed to one of their weakest efforts. (Side note: they continued the downward lack of effort on the DVD – special features include closed captions and – wow – I can have it dubbed in French. That's it?) Sure, there were a few funny one-liners ("Well believe me, Mike, I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid... and I went ahead anyway" and "What's this 'and the rest' crap" referring to Russell 'Gilligan Island's Professor' Johnson) but overall, people need to watch any of the episodes, namely 'Manos: The Hands of Fate' and 'Eegah,' to really see the genius that was MST3k's approx 700 jokes per episode. This is a pretty good introduction to the man & robots vs B-movies series, but it gets a lot better on the smaller screen.(Never thought I would ever write that.)