It's no closer. It's still ridicules fascism, as was Verhoeven's intent, and it still posits his specific choice of using hordes of troops,
All Quiet on the Western Front-style, rather than the small, elite forces of the novel. It's the movie with a facelift. It's only at the end title of the AI production that we get anything approaching the novel, specifically this cover.
![](http://www.dangerousuniverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/starship.troopers.jpg)
It's still pretty, and the movie is one interpretation of the book focusing on themes the director has a personal, visceral relationship to.