Day 113: Mars Attacks!

Martians have come to Earth and in a surprise turn of events, the response isn’t to just attack them. But perhaps that might have been for the best as the Martians end up attacking instead. Nuking them has no effect so humanity turns to Slim Whitman and his yodelling talents in order to save the world.

I’ve seen this film loads of times, it’s just so easy to watch. I love how ridiculous it is, especially at the end when you’ve got Tom Jones dancing in amongst deer while there’s an eagle perched on his arm. Come on, it’s great. And Jack Nicholson as President of America would clearly be an excellent choice.

8/10

Day 80: Shark Tale

Living at the bottom of the reef is hard for a fish with his sights set on something higher, so when an opportunity presents itself to Oscar (Will Smith) he goes for it. A shark is killed and he takes credit for it, becoming the shark slayer that his town/reef needs. But things get difficult when more sharks turn up and he is expected to deal with them. My mistress, John, picked this film and he wanted to be mentioned here. YOU ARE FAMOUS, JOHN.

Every time I said I hadn’t seen this film all I got was “How is that possible?! It’s Shark Tale!” so I was expecting great things. And let me tell you, I was disappointed. I didn’t find it all that funny and the story itself was kind of boring. The only good bit was when they were in the Godfather shark’s office and there’s the picture that Leo drew of Kate in Titanic. But that’s right at the start of the film, and that’s actually all I liked. Although I suppose I do like when kid’s films try to hammer it home that you should be accepted no matter what you’re like.

5/10