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Mars Attacks!
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VHS Tape - 06 June, 2000
Warner Home Video
Availability: Used and ThirdParty
Director: Tim Burton
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Closed-captioned
- Color
- Original recording reissued
- NTSC
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| VHS Tape Description It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, although the movies were in production simultaneously. Burton's eye-popping, schlock tribute to 1950s UFO movies actually plays better on video than it did in theaters. The idea of invading aliens ray gunning the big-name movie stars in the cast is a cleverly subversive one, and the bulb-headed, funny-sounding animated Martians are pretty nifty, but it all seemed to be spread thin on the big screen. On video, however, the movie's kooky humor seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors (most of whom get zapped or kidnapped for alien science experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J. Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones, and Pam Grier. The digital video disc features an isolated track for Danny Elfman's score, as well as a few other clever and nasty little Martian surprises. --Jim Emerson |
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sMARtS attacks! I have a TERRIBLE secret! I love "Mars Attacks"! Sure the special effects border on the "cheesy". Sure the acting isn't up to Academy Award snuff. Sure homages and character assasination were so obvious Tim Burton really didn't need to hammer us! ....But let's face it when you've had a horrible day at work and the day-to-day rut is getting to ya, and you really need a laugh! Pop in your copy of "Mars Attacks!" and let your mind jelly into green mush!
Waste of time This may be Tim Burton's worst effort. I don't know what he was thinking because, IMO, Burton has made some very good movies. Jack Nicholson must have really had a lot of spare time on his hands to do this bomb (it's not that he needed the money). Fair special effects but just a stupid movie, period.
A future classic. Mars Attacks is one of the most underrated movies ever. Critics gave it a thumbs down (what do they know?), but as a satire of Sci-Fi invader movies it was pure genius as well as an introduction to future star Natalie Portman. Stars, former screen, sports, and music stars (Jack Nicholson seemed to revel in his duel roles and Martin Short was an obvious parody of George Stephanopoulis) shared the screen with hilarious little aliens with evil intentions and a sick sense of humor. P.S. If you hate politicians you can laugh along with Grandma at the Congressional session scene. |
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