As much of a hugely unfocused mess Tim Burton's sci-fi comedy Mars Attacks! is, it's still one of my top five favorite films of his.
Inspired by 1960's Topps' trading cards of the same name, the film is more of a homage than a satire of 1950's sci-fi b-movies and 1970's ensemble cast disaster films. Beneath all the goofiness and scattered chaos is a ruthlessly funny dissection of American society and culture that ultimately hurt it's popularity in the States but was a great success in the rest of the world. It's colorful, loud, hilarious, tremendously corny and occasionally shocking, all of which makes for one of Burton's craziest films to date.
3 peace doves of war out of 5
2 comments:
The opening title sequence is my favourite part.
3 ack ack ack out of 5.
I was really into it at the time. I had the toys, cards and shit.
Watching it again it's certainly funny, but I don't know why I was engrossed in it so much. I had the DVD, but no idea where it went.
3½ Teepees are better in a lot of ways out of 5
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