Mars Attacks! | 
| Actors: Christina Applegate, Joe Don Baker, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Rebecca Broussard
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 38171
Format: Color, Dvd, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 106 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD043221D
UPC: 883929039999
EAN: 0883929039999
ASIN: B001ECDVKE
Theatrical Release Date: 1996
Release Date: October 28, 2008
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/28/2008 Rating: Pg13
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 I want to thank my grandma for always being so good to me, and, and for helping to save the world and everything... June 11, 2009
S. M. Robare (Duluth, GA USA)
Mars Attacks! is one of only two movies that I can think of which are based on trading card sets (the other being Garbage Pail Kids the Movie.) I first saw Mars Attacks in the theater with my friend Jeremy a little bit after we graduated from high school, which was a heavy theater-going time for me. I think I was averaging about 1 flick every two weeks or so during that time because I finally had a car and could go by myself, not to mention that I worked the night shift and there wasn't much else to do during the day when I couldn't sleep.
By this time I was a pretty big fan of Burton's, having basically come of age watching Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Batman and Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands. I also loved Ed Wood, which I saw after picking up Plan 9 From Outer Space on clearance at my local Media Play based on the tag line that it was the worst movie ever and loving it. When Mars Attacks came out I thought Burton could do no wrong and I fully expected to fall in love with the flick. Sadly I didn't. Actually I hated it the first time I saw it. I've never been a big fan of CGI and the flick is loaded to the gills with it, which surprised me since one of the reasons I dug Burton so much was his amazing work with practical effects and set design. It didn't help that I wasn't all that familiar with the card set and I was kind of getting sick of the trend where actors would play multiple parts in films (ala Eddie Murphy.)
There was one scene in the flick that I loved though, enough so that years later when I was browsing through the $5 DVD section in Target I couldn't help but pick the flick up. The scene in question involves Sarah Jessica Parker and Pierce Brosnan. They both have their heads removed and there's this crazy moment when their severed heads are rolling around and then they come together with a kiss. While I was re-watching it recently it occurred to me that this is the key to this film. Sure it's got a silly plot and it's mostly about inane visuals, which typically makes me tune out while watching a film, but in this films case it's truly it's strength. See the flick is based on a trading card set, and at the end of the day that's all this film really is, a collection of crazy scenes that are very loosely connected into a story. Any one of these scenes would make an awesome trading card, and the inane plot which drives it would perfectly fit in a small caption, either on the front or as a summary on the back. The fact that Burton and Jonathon Gems (the screenwriter) would try and focus on this aspect of the source material astounds me. In fact it sounds more like a film school experiment than a big budget Hollywood film, which I think took a lot of guts and is also probably to blame for it's lack of acceptance.
This is what I would consider to be one of the perfect discount DVDs, one that I would have a hard time paying much more than the cost of a good lunch for. I do have to admit though that I probably wouldn't have as much admiration for it if another director had done it, but then again, I can't imagine too many other people out there who would have (well maybe the Chiodo brothers who brought us the classic Killer Klowns From Outer Space.)
 Mars Attacks! June 8, 2009
Allison R. Coullietteburk (Des Moines, IA)
DVD arrived in mint condition and in the time specified by the seller. I highly recommend this seller.
Pretty Good!!! April 29, 2009
PUMPKIN MAN
I caught this on tv last night. I'm glad I did because I haven't seen this movie in years, and was a good way to refresh my memory. This is an awesome movie with great special effects and good actors such as Michael J. Fox, Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, and many more! I love the way it reminded me of the classic martian films of the 50's, such as The War of the Worlds. Martians visit Earth, claiming to come in peace, but they really came to destroy us and the planet. I also love the black comedy throughout with the Martians having fun, until we take a stand and fight back! I highly recommend MARS ATTACKS!!!
DO NOT RUN; WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS! February 5, 2009
wally gator (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I saw this in the theater back in the day. I thought it was great but everyone I knew thought it was crap. I can't understand. I didn't see the movie again for years up until yesterday, when I saw it was on demand and put it on. I had come to forget how great it was, sort of just going along with everyone who said it was crap, but I had to give it a chance. How could Tim Burtons crazy 1950's style martians not at least be slightly enjoyable. Well, I watched it, and sugar baby, this movie is GREAT! I must own it.
I shouldn't have let my four year old watch it though. I forgot that some of the film is a little bit extreme for a four year old... he was into it, but some of the stuff I would have definately drawn the line at, had I remembered that it was there. Like the fact that pretty much everybody in the movie gets fried, and their skin melts off; and there are a few (to me zany, cartoonish and hillarious, but to kids...) disturbing deaths. There were a few scenes that the kid admitted being confused and freaked out by, and damned if I could explain. Save this one till they're in the double digits. When the aliens say they come in peace, they are joking.
Still, since my kid guniea pigged this one for my review, he did still laugh his fat little brain off. In the end things get pleasant, but the whole movie is pretty much a cynical viewed desecratrion of human society. Warped characters all around. The ugliness and hypocrisy of mankind will never put a bigger smile on your face. And Tom Jones. I forgot about Tom Jones. This movie is GREAT! Did I mention that yet? Stars baby. I give this movie stars.
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