Christmas on Mars does just about the worst thing a movie can do: be boring. From the start, it's clearly going for a strange 70's sci-fi tripfest feel, and at first I really was on board with it. The visuals were very interesting, using blatantly low budget sets in interesting and making color a deliberate choice, it gave it all a very retro and eerie vibe. Once that charm wears off though, and it will wear off, it becomes clear there just isn't anything under the surface. The Flaming Lips are not actors, and their performances are often cringey, but even the bit parts from real actors like Fred Armisen are forced and awkward. The story, what there is, is meandering and dull. The funny thing is a lot of the ideas and philosophies the movie presents are the same as the ones presented in The Flaming Lips music, but where it somehow works in their music, when it's presented in narrative form it comes off as annoyingly forced and pretentious. I literally just watched the movie and I've already forgotten most of it. I remember the visuals and the atmosphere, and that is something, I do give it credit for that. I do like the eerie atmosphere and odd visuals it gave, but there were no bones to hold them up and thus the whole thing fell apart. Maybe as a short it could have been a masterpiece. As a feature, it's forgettable and tediously boring.

haha, oh the Flaming Lips, we love you.