Friday, January 13, 2012

Mars Attacks! (1996)

This movie is completely silly and completely entertaining. It takes a lot of the alien movie cliches and turns them around, which means the movie's not only funny and entertaining, but actually an interesting story all on its own. Definitely enjoyed this one. 3.5 stars.

Best Part: I loved how gleeful the aliens were in their destruction. It wasn't anger or fear that made them kill things off... they just had fun with it. Every time they tricked somebody into thinking they were friendly and then attacked somebody, I laughed.
Worst Part: It's a silly thing, but all the gooey head exploding made me a little nauseous. For some reason that cheesy green goo CGI was so much ickier to me than much more realistic gore in most movies.
Flickchart: #522, below We're Not Married and above Manhattan Murder Mystery.

1 comment:

Raghav said...

I enjoyed it too. You have to take it lightly to really appreciate it and most people did not do that. Great star cast too.