Does any of this film really matter?

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2007)

A way-overblown remake of the George Pal "War of the Worlds", this is one of the last of the great "so bad it's funny movies", this film had me laughing out loud in the theater - along with the rest of the audience.
When Tim Burton made his tribute to bad cinema, Mars Attacks! - well, he shouldn't have bothered. Actually, sad to report, Mars Attacks! isn't very funny - but Independence Day surely is.
The wretched dialog! the ridiculously stereotyped "heros"! the chintzy special effects! the story that just wanders through every sci-fi stock situation looking for more clichés to spew at the audience! The silly aliens, who are never given any opportunity to really explain what they want from our miserable little planet in the first place! They just want us "to die" - that's it their whole rational? "hey, what do you wanna do today, Szqg?" - "I dunno, waddayawanna do, Plkkr?" - Why don't we drop down to earth and kill the whole human race?" - "Sure, why not? You bring the booze. But remember, me old lady wants me home by midnight." - "Earth time or Wqhdrf time?" - "Does it matter?" Well, does it matter? Does any of this film really matter? Heck no! and that's about the only polite thing one can really say about it.