Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Michael_Elliott Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Movie (1996)*** (out of 4)The cult TV show made it to the big screen this one time and features Mike and his two robots being held by an evil scientist who forces them to watch THIS ISLAND EARTH. This is meant to torture the trio but the three turn the tables with their comments. I will admit right up front that I'm not one of the die hard fans who love this show more than anything else. I'm very hit and miss on it and I often find myself on message boards talking against the show because I'm one who can enjoy these bad movies without the added comments. However, every time I argue against the show it hits me that when I do watch one I find it funny and there's no question that there's talent behind the comments. Now, I will say that I found it strange that they selected THIS ISLAND EARTH for their first movie because, to be honest, it's really not a bad movie. I think had they selected a worse movie it might have led to more and better jokes but what's here is still pretty good. I thought the best moments happened whenever the trio went on with continued dialogue. One would pretend to be the voice of a character and then they would just go back and forth. I thought this is when the best jokes came out and especially the stuff dealing with the alien leader's ultra big head. Another funny jokes happens at the start when the plane is about to crash but the alien's help land it with a green flashing light. The jokes that are around this are very good. As with any comedy, there are jokes that don't work but I think for the most part the majority of them hit their target and deliver laughs.

gavin6942 Mike Nelson and his robot buddies are still trapped on the Satellite of Love, forced to watch bad movies for some sort of bizarre experiment to drive Nelson mad. This time, the film is "This Island Earth".This film is very funny, but there is really nothing I have to say about it. If you like the show, you will like the movie, because there is really no difference whatsoever. The budget is slightly greater, so the lobby jokes are nicer looking, but they are so minor that it hardly matters. The picture quality also seems slightly crisper. The bulk of the film has them in the theater, which would look the same no matter what.Sadly, the film does little more than make me miss the show. According to some unknown source, "The TV show's usual density of gags was reduced for theatrical audiences, so that a larger number of people laughing wouldn't cause too much dialogue to be missed." That makes sense, except when you are watching it sixteen years later on DVD. You do not need that much silence -- it then becomes almost like really watching "This Island Earth".Even more mysterious, the film comes in at a short 73 minutes, even shorter than the average episode of 90 minutes. So the movie is shorter than the TV show! And the disc has no special features (besides French language track), so the DVD is not that special -- you would be better off buying a DVD of them watching "Manos" or something, unless you really enjoyed this particular film.A good film, some funny gags, and a short run time for quick viewing... but really nothing worth making a movie about.

Pumpkin_Man After hearing Mike Nelson's hilarious commentaries on 'Night of the Living Dead' and 'Carnival of Souls' I wanted more. Mike, Crow, and Tom are stuck in space on a ship and forced by Dr. Clayton Forrester to watch bad movies from the 50's. This time, they must watch This Island Earth. They come up with witty and wacky comments as they spoof the movie. This Island Earth is about a doctor named Cal Meacham who is asked for help from an alien named Exeter. Exeter and his group are from the planet, Metaluna. Cal and his ex-girlfriend try to help defend their planet in a war against the evil Zagons. If you love making fun of old movies, you'll love MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE!!!

CelluloidRehab The movie version of the popular TV show finally came to the big screen, but it's not a perfect adaptation. The guys are subjected to "This Island Earth" by the familiar Dr. Forrester. In between the condensed movie, there are 5 "sketches". Dr. Forrester's mad-scientist soliloquy & Crow drilling a hole to the Earth can be considered the first part. When the film melts and breaks is part two. There are two "interocitor" sketches and the credits.Dr. Cal Meacham is a gifted and important atomic scientist. So important that Lockheed lets him commute to work in one of their vehicles. A commute to work is flying a jet from DC to somewhere across the country. As Cal arrives at work the plane malfunctions, but (thankfully) he is saved by a mysterious and pulsating green glow. At work, more strange things appear. This time an ordering mishap occurs, giving Cal a "capacitor" of incredible specifications. A delivery of a metal-page catalog arrives and continues the strangeness, which ultimately leads to an ordering spree and the creation of an "interocitor".Next, a strange white-haired "man", named Exeter, appears on the interocitor & reveals all. He admits that the catalog, the parts & their assembly were a test to verify his aptitude. Exeter is a recruiter for a scientific think-tank. Cal can't resist and ends up at a utopian-like mansion full of the world's best scientists. Some typical snooping later, the development of a love interest (Dr. Ruth, if only it were her) & the Professor's help, lead to the truth; Exeter is an alien and they are going to his home planet of Metaluna, with Cal & Ruth tagging along. BIG Surprise, right? No. Not at all actually. HELLO!. There are aliens on the movie posters even before you would have walked into the theater.I remember seeing this movie as a child on AMC on a Saturday afternoon. It was one of the first science fiction movies that had better than average production value and a plot line that was a bit more than an "alien-western" or "alien-horror" story. It's not perfect and it isn't Forbidden Planet (the overall best sci-fi movie of the 50's; story, special effects,etc.) either, but it is fast paced and enjoyable. Most sci-fi of the time is about an alien out to destroy us & our attempts to stop them. This Island Earth adds a small layer of actual science, some sympathetic extraterrestrials and colorful special effects to create something worth remembering. There are genuine attempts at science fiction here, restricted by the budget, studios and audience perception of the genre. Don't expect 2001: A Space Odyssey, but it's not Plan 9 from Outer Space either.This is by far the best production value of anything with Mystery Science Theater 3000 on it. The sets, models and robots look great. One of the funniest parodies of the series comes out of this: the "Normal View" scene. I enjoyed it so much that I made it my ringer. There is a strange "echo",however, that accompanies all the sketches, but that can be explained. This contributes to the the most pasteurized version of the show ever. It feels a little hollow. Frank and the opening credits, which were important to the series, are sadly missing here. The guys even do the credits for their own movie and in the end, it is still MST3k and it is still fun. You just have some regret of how much more amazing it could have been.-Celluloid Rehab