Mars Attacks!

Pros: Tooo dang funny!
Cons: May be too schlocky for some folks

I suppose this is one of those movies.. either ya love it or ya hate it. I know more than a few folks who couldn't even sit through to the end of it. Miscreants! I do not understand this aversion at all. Mars Attacks! is simply brilliant...

Pros: Fun, entertaining movie with great cast.
Cons: Silly at times.  Will be too different for some people.

Tim Burton has developed a reputation for making somewhat odd or unusual movies.  I haven't seen all of his movies, but I've really enjoyed the ones I have seen.  I recently decided to watch Mars Attacks! again.People ...

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Tim Burton is a, what's the right word? I know, unique director. His films, even the lesser received ones a nearly always interesting visually if nothing else. Mars Attacks is, again looking for a word, and I think that word is sick. Yes that sure ...

Pros: Excellent cast, humorous in spots
Cons: Too many big Hollywood names to squeeze into one movie

I don’t think I have said this about a movie before, but this one simply has too many great actors. The actors get in the way of the story, and throw off the timing a bit, making what could have been a much more engaging movie into one that was ...

Pros: It ended!
Cons: It started!

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Pros: Tim Burton is a genius
Cons: I was sick when I saw it

And now for the final segment in my findings of amusing things to do while lying on the couch or, as I like to call it what I did with my time while I was sick. I know it’s not a good thing to dwell on the negative (i.e. being sick), but...

Pros: Cast, special effects, Nichelson stands out from the rest of the cast
Cons: character development due to size of cast, some performers cast wrong or under used

Recently, the Hubble telescope took pictures of a fleet of spacecraft heading to Earth under a flag of peace. The lead spacecraft, with the Martian Ambassador, lands in a Nevada desert in what can only be called a media circus, but the unexpected happens ...

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It's funny how a punctuation mark can make or break a movie. From title alone, you'd think "Mars Attacks!" would be a cartoony black comedy or some kind of thrilling sci-fi movie, but to understand how the film really works, just drop the exclamation ...

Pros: Humorous, Great Effects, Fun For The Whole Family
Cons: none

Growing up watching such shows as "Chiller Theater" and "Creature Features", I was exposed to the hokey horror and science fiction films of the 50's and 60's. They have influenced me greatly and I now have an undying devotion for...

Pros: It's Tim Burton doing a 50s horror film.
Cons: Not for everyone.

This is a very misunderstood film, both in subject and in it's presentation. What Tim Burton was trying to do with this film was not make a Hollywood blockbuster. He was trying to re-create the classic monster films from his childhood. The campy...

Pros: Effective comic performances; spot-on recreation of cheesy '50s sci-fi atmosphere.
Cons: Not everyone will get Tim Burton's warped, often silly, sense of humor.

After his excellent 1994 biopic of the worst filmmaker of all time, Ed Wood, it was only a matter of time before Tim Burton made an Ed Wood movie of his own. Two years later we have Mars Attacks!, a darkly humorous sendup of and affectionate...

Pros: Great cast, fun moments, decent special effects.
Cons: No story, way too long.

I, like most of my generation (20-30 year-olds), am a big fan of Tim Burton. I like his visualistic style and the darkness he brings to cinema. And I understand what he was trying to do with this film, but he doesn't even come close to succeeding.
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Pros: Lots of famous actors/actresses
Cons: Not funny

Okay, so there are more famous stars in the film than you can shake a stick at, and there are some good graphics. But do you really want to watch a comedy with no humor?

The plot is old and has been reused many, many, many times...why use it...

Pros: Delightfully, wickedly funny! Great special effects.
Cons: Demented sense of humor a MUST.

How many times have you heard people say, "Maybe the human race *needs* to be nuked back into the stone age" or some similiar sentiment? It seems that Tim Burton has pondered this issue too. Only, it appears that nukes were too blase for Mr....

Pros: The cast
Cons: Too cerebral for some

What do you get when you get the movie science of the fifties and the vision of Tim Burton? You get MARS ATTACKS!

I may be showing my age, but watching this movie took me back to the days when I waited for Saturdays. not because there was no...