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"It's Just A Jump
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Directed by Tim Burton -
Written by Jonathan Gems
Starring Jack Nicholson,
Glenn Close, Annette
Bening, Danny DeVito
Distributed by Warner
Brothers - 106 - 96mins
- Rated PG13 |
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Jacob Hall's
Review
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No stars |
F |
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I love Tim Burton. |
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I like
almost all of his movies. "Batman," "Ed Wood," "Sleepy Hollow," all of
them. That's why I looked forward to "Mars Attacks" with an almost
giddy glee. Burton directing a satire on alien invasion movies. It's
perfect!
I am devastatingly disappointed. What could have been a brilliant dark
comedy is actually absolute trash. Oh, sure, the visual effects are
great, as is the cast (Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Danny DeVito,
Michael J. Fox, Pierce Brosnan, you name it, they're in it), but those
aspects cannot save a horrible script and an overall sense of
mean-spiritedness.
Let me tell you about some of the "humor" in this film:
1. The aliens kidnap humans, cut their heads off, and attach them to a
dog body with horrific results.
2. The acting is terrible and the entire cast seems to be embarrassed.
3. Most of the characters are unlikable, and we cannot relate...
4. And those whom we do like are either killed violently or tortured
to death.
5. The one scene that convinced me to really give this an F was the
climax. The aliens invade a nursing home and begin to kill everyone
old person in it. I know, old people would die if aliens really
attacked, but a film should never showcase it. This is scene is in
ultra bad taste and the movie treats the scene like it is funny to see
old people lit on fire and thrown down stairs.
I have heard some people refer to this as the most underrated film of
the 1990s. I don't see how that is a possible assumption. That title
actually goes to Burton's "Ed Wood." I do not see how this film has
any redeeming qualities.
I still respect Tim Burton, after all, he made the excellent "Sleepy
Hollow" a few years after this, but "Mars Attacks" will always be a
nasty stain on his resume.
It's also a nasty stain on human society. |
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