movie review - Mars Attacks!
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Toronto, 1999.10.05
This is a sci-fi flick about an invasion by aliens from Mars. They're weird little freaks, and they're here to kick ass. Set in various locales across the US, it depicts humans as a stupid, alcoholic race of incompetent primitives. The martians, by comparison, are an organized, sadistic race of nihilists.
This is great! Very funny. Very bizarre. Very Tim Burton. My brother pointed out how the Martians at one point capture a nuclear explosion using some kind of advanced device, then breath the resulting helium to make their voices funny.
Strongly recommended.