Starship Troopers, as the below review points out, is not an obvious satire all the time. For some, the satire completely evades the radar. Perhaps the cues are easy to miss, like the wise teacher's contemptuous remark about the "failure of democracy" early in the movie, or the cheerful, gratuitous torture of the beaten enemy at the end.
This may be because the movie goes to great lengths to be an enjoyable display of gung-ho sentiments, which the genre-savvy viewer can endulge in while laughing at the over-the-top clichéd remarks and antics of the eponymous troopers.
All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable and playful movie about the sentiments of war, from genuinely gripping drama to the most hopeless narm.
Dark, but affectionate war movie satire
Starship Troopers, as the below review points out, is not an obvious satire all the time. For some, the satire completely evades the radar. Perhaps the cues are easy to miss, like the wise teacher's contemptuous remark about the "failure of democracy" early in the movie, or the cheerful, gratuitous torture of the beaten enemy at the end.
This may be because the movie goes to great lengths to be an enjoyable display of gung-ho sentiments, which the genre-savvy viewer can endulge in while laughing at the over-the-top clichéd remarks and antics of the eponymous troopers.
All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable and playful movie about the sentiments of war, from genuinely gripping drama to the most hopeless narm.