Review of Starship Troopers

This is probably the most amazing movie that I've seen in that year (1997). I first saw it the first week that it came out and thought it was too long. I then saw it again a couple of weeks later and thought it was PERFECT. About 2 years after the movie came out I got a copy of the book and read it. I read the book in about a week and could not put it down. The book is absolutely phenomonal. I was upset at the movie for everything they did. <<<<<SPOILERS>>>>> First, in the book the Lieutenant is dead already, whereas in the movie he is still alive. Also ALL of the characters mentioned in the book are men, but there are women in the movie ( so not to look sexist I suppose.) The book is told from the first person perspective of Johnny Rico, but the movie is not. It's a really, really bad thing to compare the movie to the book. Please, if you've never seen this movie, but have read the book, don't look at this as an adaptation. It will anger you to the end of sanity. This movie is completely and totally well done, albeit the acting COULD have been better. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who has not read the book, but if you have read the book, don;t take this movie seriously, please. 5/5 (worth purchasing)