Movie Debate #36: Mars Attacks

[The Count | 528]

Incredible cast, but I dunno, man. Maybe I'm not old enough to appreciate the era to which it harkens back to? 4/10.

[Mega Tank | 967]

My wife and I thoroughly enjoy this movie. Ack ack ack! 10/10

 

[Webhead123 | 679]

There's an undeniably campy charm to the film and it has some incredibly memorable moments. Still, I find that it's one of those movies that I enjoy in bits and pieces, rather than trying to watch the whole deal from beginning to end.

6/10

"We still got two out of three branches of government, and that ain't bad!"

[JamesRobot | 5,808]

Aw damn.  Just realized I didn't vote on this one.  All killer no filler!

[PII | 1,886]

Saw it in the theater / liked it / haven't seen it since / def. wanna see it again.

[Sumez | 2,968]

Back when Tim Burton was still great, miss those days. 

Watching it now it's not as incredibly hilarious as I thought it was as a kid, but it still holds up really well. 

8/10

[mbd39 | 2,026]

Never seen. Tim Burton sucks with maybe a few exceptions.

 

[JamesRobot | 5,808]

19 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

Never seen. Tim Burton sucks with maybe a few exceptions.

 

I tend to agree.  And this is one of the exceptions along with Beetlejuice, Batman, and Peewee. 

[mbd39 | 2,026]

Just now, JamesRobot said:

I tend to agree.  And this is one of the exceptions along with Beetlejuice, Batman, and Peewee. 

Ed Wood, Batman Returns and Pee Wee's Big Adventure are the Burton movies that I like.

Mars Attacks also seems pretty polarizing.

[Sumez | 2,968]

I think if you like Ed Wood and Pee Wee, Mars Attacks should definitely have some appeal to you. It might be a little too stupid/campy for some people, but it's not obnoxious like many of his later movies.

I also love Big Fish, it's probably the last movie he made that wasn't awful.

Edited April 3, 2021 by Sumez

[Webhead123 | 679]

Burton definitely lost me beginning with Sleepy Hollow. I like most of his early theatrical work but the quality of his directorship dropped sharply after the mid-90's.

I'm quite fond of Pee-Wee, Beetlejuice, Batman 1 & 2, Scissorhands and Ed Wood...and I'll give a lesser nod to Mars Attacks. Even his contributions to Nightmare Before Christmas are still worth revisiting. The guy certainly used to have a unique and active imagination, that's for sure, and I admire that.