Movie Debate #36: Mars Attacks

[Reed Rothchild | 9,520]

 

[Reed Rothchild | 9,520]

Part 1 of 2 for @Mega Tank

[Hammerfestus | 3,836]

I love it.  Good job MT.

[Kguillemette | 1,544]

Silly little movie. I do watch it if it's up on the old cable.

[Gloves | 11,776]

I hate it and I love it. 

[DoctorEncore | 3,691]

I suspect I would actually like this a lot more now than when it was released since I can now appreciate the camp. That being said, it's been too long for me to give it a fair rating, so I'll pass this week.

[Brickman | 3,983]

10/10 for me. Absolutely love this movie. So camp and such a great cast. I love when these types of movies come along because they don't get made very often.

[RH | 4,903]

Campy and political satire.  Packed full of stars that a movie of this budget shouldn't have been able to afford and it comes from a time when people didn't take their politics half as serious as they do now.

I wanted a 10/10 but that just didn't feel right.  This isn't a true masterpiece but it was an excellent, fun ride. 9/10 for me.

Edited September 22, 2020 by RH

[fox | 1,667]

I enjoyed it enough to see it in theaters twice but that was a long time ago.  I don't feel it was a great movie or anything, but I'd might watch it again maybe if it is on Netflix or something.

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

Aw fuck yeah.  Killer.  Among Burton's best.  Plus all the UFO scenes are sampled from Ray Harryhausen's Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. Ack ack ACK ACK! 

[Estil | 1,264]

18 minutes ago, JamesRobot said:

Aw fuck yeah.  Killer.  Among Burton's best.  Plus all the UFO scenes are sampled from Ray Harryhausen's Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. Ack ack ACK ACK! 

Be sure nobody plays this near your Jack O'Lantern!  

 

[zombiemicrowave | 42]

9/10. Saw this in the cheap theaters several times as a teen. Such a great cast. 

[Scrobins | 1,725]

Guess it wasn’t the dove.

[TDIRunner | 2,734]

Haven't seen it.  Doesn't really seem like my type of movie. 

[arch_8ngel | 1,597]

42 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

Haven't seen it.  Doesn't really seem like my type of movie. 

So what IS your type of movie? Because Mars Attacks was hilarious.

[Reed Rothchild | 9,520]

I was pretty hyped for Mars Attacks when it released.  Then we rented it and it was merely okay.

Definitely the sorta film where I can tune in if I happen to catch it, but I never go out of my way to watch it.  So, 5.5 rounded up since I love gratuitous disintegrations.

[glazball | 168]

One of my favorite Burton flicks.  I read that Michael Keaton was originally going to be the Vegas-developer-guy, but instead Jack Nicholson took on the role in addition to the President.  Keaton would have been incredible because he seems perfect for the part.

[Estil | 1,264]

5 hours ago, Scrobins said:

Guess it wasn’t the dove.

Well I know Dove has 1/4 moisturizing cream so it won't dry your skin like soap, but maybe they're more the Ivory types...after all it's 99.44/100 pure and actually floats!  

[TDIRunner | 2,734]

4 hours ago, arch_8ngel said:

So what IS your type of movie? Because Mars Attacks was hilarious.

Burton movies are very hit or miss for me.  Maybe I would enjoy it, but there are many movies that I want to watch before I watch this one.  

[arch_8ngel | 1,597]

45 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

Burton movies are very hit or miss for me.  Maybe I would enjoy it, but there are many movies that I want to watch before I watch this one.  

I would definitely say this is pretty unique among Burton movies. It strays pretty far from his typical motif.

[SpoonMan Abrams X | 697]

Bumping this since were talking about Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas in the newest thread

I can remember bits of this movie, havent seen it in ages, and while it had moments it was weird lol

Watching the trailer, and yea, quirky but I'm not enticed to go see it really

5/10

[Estil | 1,264]

Listen I know the aliens didn't particularly care for that Indian Love Call song but geez it wasn't worth losing their minds over!  

[JamesRobot | 5,800]

I'll take this over Nightmare Before Xmas any day.  Even at Christmas. 

[nrslam | 474]

Gave it a 6.  One of those movies where the individual bits are much better than the sum total.  I do love the idea that Slim Whitman music causes heads to explode, mostly because at the time  I worked with a Whitman fan and sent him off to see the movie without explaining why.  He was not amused.

[drxandy | 3,225]

Movie rules, goofy Tim burton in his prime