"Siskel & Ebert" Battlefield Earth/The Big Kahuna/Hamlet/Michael Jordan to the Max/Center Stage (TV Episode 2000) - Roger Ebert as Self - Host

Roger Ebert - Host : Our first movie is an unholy mess named "Battlefield: Earth". Let's not beat around the bush: This is one of the ugliest and most incomprehensible movies I've ever seen. It's like spending two hours in the intergalactic town dump with a lot of people who need a bath and a trip to the dentist. The movie stars John Travolta in a role that obscures and wastes his talent as a creature named Terl, the security chief of the alien Psychlos.

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Roger Ebert - Host : There's just no joy in "Battlefield: Earth". This movie is not fun. I think, although I'm not sure, that the movie thinks the extreme stupidity of Terl is amusing, I mean, here's one of the leaders of a conquering race and he doesn't even know what kind of food humans eat. Travolta is a charming actor, but not here, not as Terl, hiding behind a sneer, a lot of hair, and those weird nose tubes. The movie is based on a novel by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of scientology, but nearest I can determine, it contains no examples of scientology or any other system of thought. Just a lot of unpleasant creatures scowling at one another.

Richard Roeper - Guest Host : They have those tubes 'cause their careers are gonna be on life support if they keep doin' movies like this.
Roger Ebert - Host : Two thumbs down, way down, way way down, way way way down, for the horrendous "Battlefield: Earth", wasting John Travolta and a lot of film stock.

Roger Ebert: Self - Host