Summary: When alien ships are spotted surrounding Earth, the president of the USA has to decide how to face such a situation. Are they a threat, or a hope for greatness, for a better world, for change? But then they kidnap a chihuahua, a fried pidgeon and a journalist.
NB: the Cast is amazing! I'll quote wiki-wiki on that -"Mars Attacks! stars an ensemble cast, which includes Jack Nicholson, Lukas Haas, Annette Bening, Jim Brown, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Glenn Close, Martin Short, Jack Black, Natalie Portman, Danny DeVito, and Christina Applegate."
Comment: All I knew about this film was: "funny looking aliens invade Earth and are killed by country music"; so I thought it was a comedy. Oh-My-God it's so NOT a comedy.
Filled with black humour, maybe. With plenty of candy-like sceneries and B movies references. But it is also an horror movie where Martians look like death with a brain and where you never know who's going to die, a satire of human behaviours and beliefs, a kind of philosophical questionning ("are 'advanced cultures' really peaceful?" or, "are our cultures really 'advanced'?", or "is 'Do Martians have two sexes, like we do?' such a relevant question?). The coolest feature of this movie would be that we still don't know why aliens act like they do. We don't understand (quite litteraly). It is a real clash of civilisations. Or maybe, just an invasion as seen from the losing side -just as, among many examples, the invasion of America by the Europeans, when many indian people offered peace and only met death and cultural devastation.
The specials effects have aged, but that's no reason to avoid this movie -because the story and feelings and absurdity it conveys is of a must-be-seen category. I recommend to watch it once (and of course more if you want too).
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