A Comedy

Rating: Null/10 (6 June 2004)

I can't believe some of the reviews in the comments section for this movie. Some liked it,some didn't; but the one thing most seem to agree on was that this movie should be taken seriously....or that it should be criticised for not being believable.
Come on people. This movie was an out and out comedy. Surely everyone can see this. It would just make no sense if it were to be interpreted in any other way. And it was a comedy of a certain kind; a parody (or possibly a tribute?!!) to 1950's sci-fi doomsday scenario movies.
I completely lost most of the nonsense dialogue that Dennis Quaid was spouting, but I swear at one stage he said he needed an "infra red calcinator death ray".
And.......
SORT OF SPOILER!!!!
The moralising at the end...Didn't Michael Rennie warn us earthlings of exactly the same fate fifty years ago? I am right I'm sure; it was the identical speech.
Comment or criticise this movie as you will, but be fair; compare and contrast it to other movies in the cannon...'Hot Shots Part Deux", "Loaded Weapon", " Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein", "Our Man Flint" and all the other genre parodies that try to win our hearts.