Mars Attacks!: Yea or Nay?

[JTG of the PRB]

My personal vote is an enthusiastic "yea." A great spoof movie with a ridiculously amazing ensemble cast - Jack Nicholson (playing two roles), Glenn Close, Annette Benning, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Natalie Portman, Pam Grier, Jack Black, Christina Applegate, plus Jim Brown AND Tom Jones!

Wow. Just wow.

So, what say you Lounge?

[DarkTirade]

1. One of the best movies of the 90s.

And by best, I mean really bad... but bad on purpose in a funny way. :)

Seriously, I don't own many DVDs, but that's one of 'em.

[JTG of the PRB]

2. Oh, it's absolutely bad in a terriffic way!

I decided to break it out tonight, hence the poll...

I'm also a fan of the 1950's sci fi B-movies that are hilariously bad as well - Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Earth vs. the Spider, so on and so forth...

[Greyskye]

10. Really?

I found it really forgettable, to the point that, well, I don't remember anything about it other than I thought it was just pretty, err... dumb.

Maybe I was just in the wrong mood when I watched it. I'll keep a look out for it on cable and give it another shot sometime. :shrug:

[rockymountaindem]

3. 2nd-worst movie I ever saw

Worst: Open Water

[CreekDog]

20. yeah i hated Open Water

but Mars Attacks was great. :rofl:

[NC_Nurse]

4. LOVED it! nt

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. This poll is missing a choice

To wit:



DAT DAT! DAT DAT DAT!







(Cue Slim Whitman.)

[bicentennial_baby]

6. I like!

:)

[vademocrat]

7. ack, ack!

Love this movie!

[reyd reid reed]

8. Love, love

love this movie.

[AlCzervik]

9. Aye.

[ileus]

11. my wife bought me the DVD for fathers day.

we watched it again this weekend.


I went to it twice at the movies...lol

[fishwax]

12. I was thoroughly unimpressed when I saw it in the theater

I've been meaning to see it again for the last couple of years to see if my opinion has changed at all, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

[begin_within]

13. I thought it was stupid.

Saw it during its first theatrical run and was very disapponted, considering the interesting cast. Sorry.

[Pierre.Suave]

14. YEA

all teh way...

Sue me, but I also liked Spaced Invaders.

That movie made me :rofl:

[ForrestGump]

15. REALLY stupid

But I have watched it quite a few times and can't help liking it. I mean, any film that has both the most excellent Tom Jones and Jim Brown in it, and Jack Nicholson as both President (a flag-raising one, in the end) and sleazy Vegas hustler along with a miniaturized Rod Steiger and vaporized New Agers has to be an instant classic.

If it was actually made to be taken seriously, I'd be a lot less enamored with the thing.



Ack ack ack-ack aaack!



Could have led to a resurgence in Slim Whitman's career, too, if he were alive.

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. Agreed.

I fell asleep during it.

[mainegreen]

21. Ditto.

Nicely summed up.

[Carnea]

16. God Awful fun but God awful. NT

[alphafemale]

18. How can you go wrong with the international sign of the doughnut?

I love this movie. I could never tire of watching it.

[CreekDog]

19. it's even better when you watch "Close Encounters" immediately before watching "Mars Attacks"

:think: :rofl:

[JCMach1]

22. Major suckage...

hated it...

[Symarip]

23. Soundtrack by Danny Elfman

Enough said.