With serious, big time actors, such as
Jack Nicholson and Michael J. Fox, anyone watching the movie Mars Attacks! would think that the movie
he or she was about to endure would have an award worthy scrip and screenplay. Although,
in my opinion, well written and performed to perfection, Mars Attacks! is anything but; it is a hilarious comedy that
satirizes just about everything this country stands for, including, government,
the military, capitalism, and patriotism. A scene that collectively makes fun
of all these things is the scene where they are welcoming the Martians to
Earth. In this scene, the entire United States military is armed and lined up
in the possibility of things going wrong with the Martians. Despite this, when
things do go wrong, the Martians are able to easily defeat, what is supposed to
be, the greatest army in the world. Throughout this whole outbreak, not only is
the military unable to contain the occurrence, the government is unable to do
anything as well. And even after this killing spree is carried out by the
Martians, the US government attempts once more to make peace with the aliens in
a very vulnerable, unsafe, and in many ways, stupid manner. Another scene where
all these elements are satirized is the scene where the Martians infiltrate and
then attack the white house. Martin Short’s character is seduced by a Martian
that is disguised as an attractive female (though it can hardly be called
seduction since all it took was him looking at her.) Without knowing anything
about this mystery woman, he invites her into the White House because he is
trying to show off, and then she bites his finger off and her true identity is
revealed. A Martian dressed up as a woman was able to infiltrate the White
House, and take down the President’s entire security team, and several high
ranking members of the military. These are just two scenes out of several that
poke fun at the United States. The entire movie is really just making fun of
the US, not just the government and military, but also our ideas of freedom and
peace.Friday, October 25, 2013
Suarez- Mars Attacks!
With serious, big time actors, such as
Jack Nicholson and Michael J. Fox, anyone watching the movie Mars Attacks! would think that the movie
he or she was about to endure would have an award worthy scrip and screenplay. Although,
in my opinion, well written and performed to perfection, Mars Attacks! is anything but; it is a hilarious comedy that
satirizes just about everything this country stands for, including, government,
the military, capitalism, and patriotism. A scene that collectively makes fun
of all these things is the scene where they are welcoming the Martians to
Earth. In this scene, the entire United States military is armed and lined up
in the possibility of things going wrong with the Martians. Despite this, when
things do go wrong, the Martians are able to easily defeat, what is supposed to
be, the greatest army in the world. Throughout this whole outbreak, not only is
the military unable to contain the occurrence, the government is unable to do
anything as well. And even after this killing spree is carried out by the
Martians, the US government attempts once more to make peace with the aliens in
a very vulnerable, unsafe, and in many ways, stupid manner. Another scene where
all these elements are satirized is the scene where the Martians infiltrate and
then attack the white house. Martin Short’s character is seduced by a Martian
that is disguised as an attractive female (though it can hardly be called
seduction since all it took was him looking at her.) Without knowing anything
about this mystery woman, he invites her into the White House because he is
trying to show off, and then she bites his finger off and her true identity is
revealed. A Martian dressed up as a woman was able to infiltrate the White
House, and take down the President’s entire security team, and several high
ranking members of the military. These are just two scenes out of several that
poke fun at the United States. The entire movie is really just making fun of
the US, not just the government and military, but also our ideas of freedom and
peace.
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Cristina, I really liked how you talked about the scene in which the Martian in disguise seduces Martin Short’s character. When writing my blog post, I didn’t even realize the satire involved with the scene. However, you point it out greatly in your post. By showing how easy it was for the Martian to infiltrate the White House shows how flawed the government is. The scene also makes great commentary about the White House’s sacred institutional status. The White House is looked upon as this sacred place that the President lives in. However, the scene is mocking the fact that anyone can just sneak though and go inside the White House. By doing this, Tim Burton is making a statement that sacred institutions such as the White House are not necessarily all that sacred. Sacred institutions are only sacred because people perceive the institutions to be sacred and special when in reality they might not actually be sacred or special.
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