satire is satire

Felix 2022-03-14 14:12:22

Saw "Martians Playing Earth" last night, by Tim Burton.

This movie depicts probably the worst Martian in history, with a terrible quality, a dreadful face, a simple mind and underdeveloped limbs, insidious and cunning, and bullying the weak by the strong—actually, they are just paper tigers that can be broken with a poke, strong in the outside and dry in the center. Humanity is unbearable. In contrast, human beings are pitiful and simply mentally retarded. Because they are too pitiful, their own incompetence is not so unforgivable-I don't know what Bolton thinks, but in my opinion, it is impossible to let the hands of the chickens. The confrontation between a powerful and weak scholar and an arrogant and unreasonable bandit is not fair in itself, so there is no need to laugh at the pedantic and stupid scholars. There are also pitiful people who are ridiculous, after all, both sides are the shadows of human beings. The whole movie has a bit of dark humor. The most impressive thing is the dialogue between the woman who changed the body of the dog and the man. The dog's posture and the woman's expression are really wonderful and spicy irony... Burton does have extraordinary imagination, which is reflected in the Many details of the film will not be described one by one.

In the process of the Martian attack, almost all kinds of characters became the object of Bolton's ridicule, simple-minded violent elements, pecuniary pragmatists, licentious press secretaries, vain and vain president's wives, impassioned generals , the president who is strong outside and hard at the same time... And those civilians who are struggling to make a living, and even children who play video games are smarter, braver and better at protecting themselves than them.

The story develops very smoothly. Because of the stupidity and incompetence of high-level characters, people at the bottom of the society who are usually ignored by people, but who maintain good qualities are bound to be the saviors who save mankind and turn things around. The slightly pale, quiet and kind-hearted young man with long hair might be Bolton's metaphor for himself. At the end of the story, when he and the president's daughter stood together, the picture of sparks appeared, which seemed to mean that the fire that human society relies on to continue life, just like the "eternal life" sung in The Lion King.

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  • Gregory 2022-04-21 09:01:29

    NB's B-level film! ! ! Donut Boy and his granny save the world with old music. . . Jack Nicholson, Natalie Portman, Jack Black and a group of big names accompany Tim Burton to spoof stupid earthlings. . . The Martians are very cute, some are very dark, humorous, some are very wicked, some are more than normal films of the same theme like Independence Day, some are not

  • Dannie 2022-04-20 09:01:20

    I thought it looked good when I was a kid~ It's so classic and funny + scary~ I revisited it today, and it turns out that there are many big names! ! I just found out! ! ! !

Mars Attacks! quotes

  • Richie Norris: I bet you're psyched about the Martians coming Grandma? I mean, you've seen a lot of crazy stuff already. Everyone must have been real scared when they invented the train!

    Grandma Florence Norris: Come on kid I'm not that old!

  • Martian Translator Device: All green of skin... 800 centuries ago, their bodily fluids include the birth of half-breeds. For the fundamental truth self-determination of the cosmos, for dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.

    General Decker: What the hell does that mean?