peteg's blog - noise - movies - 2011 03 18 MarsAttacks

Mars Attacks! (1996)

Fri, Mar 18, 2011./noise/movies | Link

Tim Burton saw Independence Day and knew he could do better. This is probably Sarah Jessica Parker's finest outing, though Natalie Portman doesn't even phone it in. Jack Nicholson is a bit irritating as the President, probably due to his inability to be limp-wristed and elastic ala Bill Pullman. The Martians are hilarious, along the lines of Army of Darkness, and it is a shame Bruce Campbell didn't get a cameo.