I was surprised about how much I really liked about Disney's new live action re-make called "My Favorite Martian." It was action-packed, well acted, childish, energetic and has a suitable plot. But this is supposed to be a comedy, and I did not laugh very much in this picture, nor did I find the majority of it very amusing. While the movie will certainly satisfy kids, if I thought this film was too wide, then I can't imagine the average adult surviving it.
The film stars Jeff Daniels as a TV reporter named Tim O'Hara. in the movie, Tim has just had a very bad day. On his way home from work, he sees a bright light coming from the nighttime sky. Then what looks like an airplane crashes on the beach shore only feet from is car. In amazement, and curiosity, he walks over to investigate precariously.
What he finds is nothing, except an object that looks like a toy spaceship. He is soon joined in his search by his co-worker named Brace Channing, played by Elizabeth Hurley. She listens to what Tim saw, investigate, smokes, though here cigarette on the ground, thinks Tim is a nut-case, and storms away disappointedly.
We find out later that the toy Tim found is really an actual UFO that belongs to a creature from outer space, who used a shrinking device to make it really small. The alien takes the from of a human with his special capabilities. His name becomes Uncle Martin in a state of panic and confusion trying to cover up his existence.
Uncle Martin is very strange. He dresses in a galactic space suit that has feelings, can talk, move, fight, and spank people in the behind that he demonstrates in one scene several times. He also has a name: Zoot. Martin also can make his favorite foods fly around an area and land in his mouth, and chew gum that turns him into different life forms. If humans eat chew it, however, they will turn into ugly extraterrestrials.
At first, being a TV reporter, Tim only uses Martin so he can capture his species on camera, thus be responsible for the biggest story in history. But after a while, the script requires him to start to like Martin, and realize that the press would look him in a cell, destroying his care-free life.
The film has some very nice moments in it. The special effects are also first rate, including scenes where a shrunken car ride into the sewer and end up in the toilet of a fat man's house, who really has to go. The alien effects are also first rate. Thus, "My Favorite Martian" is not at all a bad movie.
But I have a real hard time calling it "Good."
The film stars Jeff Daniels as a TV reporter named Tim O'Hara. in the movie, Tim has just had a very bad day. On his way home from work, he sees a bright light coming from the nighttime sky. Then what looks like an airplane crashes on the beach shore only feet from is car. In amazement, and curiosity, he walks over to investigate precariously.
What he finds is nothing, except an object that looks like a toy spaceship. He is soon joined in his search by his co-worker named Brace Channing, played by Elizabeth Hurley. She listens to what Tim saw, investigate, smokes, though here cigarette on the ground, thinks Tim is a nut-case, and storms away disappointedly.
We find out later that the toy Tim found is really an actual UFO that belongs to a creature from outer space, who used a shrinking device to make it really small. The alien takes the from of a human with his special capabilities. His name becomes Uncle Martin in a state of panic and confusion trying to cover up his existence.
Uncle Martin is very strange. He dresses in a galactic space suit that has feelings, can talk, move, fight, and spank people in the behind that he demonstrates in one scene several times. He also has a name: Zoot. Martin also can make his favorite foods fly around an area and land in his mouth, and chew gum that turns him into different life forms. If humans eat chew it, however, they will turn into ugly extraterrestrials.
At first, being a TV reporter, Tim only uses Martin so he can capture his species on camera, thus be responsible for the biggest story in history. But after a while, the script requires him to start to like Martin, and realize that the press would look him in a cell, destroying his care-free life.
The film has some very nice moments in it. The special effects are also first rate, including scenes where a shrunken car ride into the sewer and end up in the toilet of a fat man's house, who really has to go. The alien effects are also first rate. Thus, "My Favorite Martian" is not at all a bad movie.
But I have a real hard time calling it "Good."