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Best:
"Call of Cthulhu," which presented a very neat, earthy/old school and low-tech approach to succesfully address the difficult task of representing something not of this earth. So many films these days, from "Cloverfield" to the ret-conning abortions that were G. Lucas' last three films have flash, but no substace, no visceral evocation for the audience because everything is manipulated pixels.
Some folks out east could do well to learn from Mr. Harryhausen.
Worst:
Johnny Mnemonic.
Ugh. Keanu absolved himself of this sin for parodying himself and his performance in "The Matrix." Otherwise, horrid acting, poor set dressing. Just....*shudder*
So what was the plot of the literary "Triffids" story? As I kid I loved the notion of extra-terrestrial flesh-eating plants. One more reason to eschew Brussel sprouts.
As for "Battlefied Earth," I find it interesting that for a film made by the author's fervent followers, y'all claim that they alterted it severely. Would think that such would be heresy. If the plot of the book has humans using any technological weapons that are more than 50 years old, I would say that the book is just as ridiculous as film. Good luck starting a 1958 Chevy sitting in a barn, let alone a Harrier!
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