Them! Rob Giant ants terrorize Southern California! No I'd like to start off by saying that this is in no way a bad movie. If Independence Day and Starship Troopers are considered good movies, than this one should get a big Oscar and so should everyone in it (except for the ants, the only really bad part of the movie). This movie actually has some suspense, the acting is pretty good, and when people die you care about them. In fact, it's good enough that a billion other places have things that were first in this one. There's a little shell-shocked girl just like Newt from Aliens and an ant egg burning scene also almost exactly like one in Aliens. There's an X-Files like cover-up as the government tries not to leak the ants existence, there's even the famous aqueducts where Grease had it's triumphant hot-rod race! Even aside from all this, the movie's definitely the best of all the old disaster movies and is still better than all the ones they make today. If you're in the mood, it's even easy to make fun of, but even if you're not, it's enjoyable on its own. Give it a view when it's on T.V. sometime or rent it and see why it's a classic. Ants, ants, ants! (which actually look pretty crappy); the beginning title which is the only thing in color; the cops with bowties on their uniform which make them look like clown police or at least in the crew of Babylon 5 (Roscoe looked more dignified in uniform); when the female doctor who gets here dress caught on a ladder (we see calf!); the "over and out" scene; the crazy Texan pilot; the crazy drunk guy who hops up and down in bed screaming "Make me a sergeant and gimme the booze!" over and over; the cool, O'Brien looking guy who dies saving some lost kids (sniff!)