IMDB is currently pending my review of Mars Attacks! So I decided to just post it here. This is for Ashley Lykins. Mars Attacks!: One of Tim Burtons Finest, 6 November 2013 *** This review may contain spoilers *** In Tim Burtons Mars Attacks!, a colony of rogue aliens contacts the human race for the first time ever, only for the human race to discover that they are in mortal danger. Now however grim this premise may seem, it is anything but. With grand performances from Jack Nicholson, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Jack Black (for the first 30 minutes or-so that he was on screen). This film contains an onslaught of all-star cast members, and although some of them remain a bit too satirical through out the picture, performances from Pierce Bronson, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, and Jim Brown make up for such an unusual base of comedy(and what the hell, lets throw in Tom Jones just for good measure). The CGI (computer-generated images) was also quite impressive, from the onslaught of saucers coming to our beautiful blue planet, to the deliciously addictive need to want to see the martians brains splattered across the pavement (or even in their own helmets, just for the sake of less clean up later on). Tim Burton has definitely made himself known for his darkly artistic style and refutable casting options, but the great deity of dark comedy himself has really taken a big leap from his usual vision, and took on a level of directing I have never seen from the great visual artist. So luckily, despite a barrage of cheesy dialogue made cheesier and a boast of generally bland characters, Mars Attacks! is comical, greatly conceived and in many ways is a step up from your usual martian invasion parody.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 05:44:37 +0000
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