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It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, although the movies were in production simultaneously. Burton's eye-popping, schlock tribute to 1950s UFO movies actually plays better on video than it did in theaters. The idea of invading aliens ray gunning the big-name movie stars in the cast is a cleverly subversive one, and the bulb-headed, funny-sounding animated Martians are pretty nifty, but it all seemed to be spread thin on the big screen. On video, however, the movie's kooky humor seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors (most of whom get zapped or kidnapped for alien science experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J. Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones, and Pam Grier. The digital video disc features an isolated track for Danny Elfman's score, as well as a few other clever and nasty little Martian surprises. --Jim Emerson
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It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, although the movies were in production simultaneously. Burton's eye-popping, schlock tribute to 1950s UFO movies actually plays better on video than it did in cinemas. The idea of invading aliens ray-gunning the big-name movie stars in the cast is a cleverly subversive one, and the bulb-headed, funny-sounding animated Martians are pretty nifty, but it all seemed to be spread thin on the big screen. On video, however, the movie's kooky humour seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors (most of whom get zapped or kidnapped for alien science experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones and Pam Grier. --Jim Emerson
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It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, although the movies were in production simultaneously. Burton's eye-popping, schlock tribute to 1950s UFO movies actually plays better on video than it did in theaters. The idea of invading aliens ray gunning the big-name movie stars in the cast is a cleverly subversive one, and the bulb-headed, funny-sounding animated Martians are pretty nifty, but it all seemed to be spread thin on the big screen. On video, however, the movie's kooky humor seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors (most of whom get zapped or kidnapped for alien science experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J. Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones, and Pam Grier. The digital video disc features an isolated track for Danny Elfman's score, as well as a few other clever and nasty little Martian surprises. --Jim Emerson
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It's enlightening to view Tim Burton's Mars Attacks! as his twisted satire of the blockbuster film Independence Day, which was released earlier the same year, although the movies were in production simultaneously. Burton's eye-popping, schlock tribute to 1950s UFO movies actually plays better on video than it did in cinemas. The idea of invading aliens ray-gunning the big-name movie stars in the cast is a cleverly subversive one, and the bulb-headed, funny-sounding animated Martians are pretty nifty, but it all seemed to be spread thin on the big screen. On video, however, the movie's kooky humour seems a bit more concentrated. The Earth actors (most of whom get zapped or kidnapped for alien science experiments) include Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones and Pam Grier. --Jim Emerson
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Es ist fast eine Offenbarung, Tim Burtons Mars Attacks! als verdrehte Satire auf den Kassenschlager Independence Day zu sehen, der kurz zuvor in die Kinos kam -- obwohl beide Filme zur gleichen Zeit in Produktion waren. Burtons erstaunlicher, trashiger Tribut an die UFO-Filme der 50er Jahre kommt auf Video tatsächlich besser rüber als im Kino. Die Idee von angreifenden Aliens, die Hollywood-Größen mit der Strahlenpistole nachstellen, ist geschickt subversiv, und die glühbirnenköpfigen animierten Marsmenschen mit ihren komischen Tönen sind ganz schön cool. Aber auf der großen Leinwand wirkte alles ziemlich dünn und eindimensional. Auf Video dagegen wirkt der abgedrehte Humor des Films irgendwie konzentrierter. Unter den irdischen Schauspielern (von denen die meisten für wissenschaftliche Experimente der Marsianer abgeknallt bzw. entführt werden) befinden sich keine Geringeren als Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rod Steiger, Michael J. Fox, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Tom Jones und Pam Grier. --Jim Emerson
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Die Produktionsnotizen, die sich über die Special Features der DVD aufrufen lassen, sind sehr gut gemacht (auch wenn es natürlich anstrengend ist, einen längeren Text am Fernsehbildschirm zu lesen). Nur wecken die darin veröffentlichten Zitate von Tim Burton noch stärker den Wunsch nach einem durchgängigen Audio-Kommentar, den der Film ganz sicher verdient hätte und der Mars Attacks! zu einer rundum perfekten DVD machen würde -- denn ihre Bildqualität und die Genauigkeit ihrer Farben ist selbst für dieses Medium noch beeindruckend. --Jim Emerson
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La terre est leur cour de récré. Et ils sont cruels et farceurs. Pourtant au départ les Terriens étaient ravis de les recevoir. Mais les Martiens s'en moquent, de la politique, du bizness, des doughnuts ! Ils veulent tout griller ! Tim Burton lui l'a compris, et il en profite pour cueillir une fois de plus son spectateur là où il ne l'attendait pas. Vous savez, Tim Burton, le mouton noir d'Hollywood, le vilain petit canard à l'humour noir et corrosif, à l'esprit acéré et un peu allumé. Mais si, Tim Burton, qui a su passer de Edouard aux mains d'argent à Batman et Ed Wood avant de s'attaquer aux Martiens et à l'Amérique. Difficile de le manquer, pourtant, quand, de petit bijou en petit chef-d'oeuvre, il finit par livrer une comédie aussi jubilatoire et délirante que Mars Attacks !. Et puis, ne serait-ce que pour Tom Jones et Jack Nicholson... --Ambroise Ecorcheville