tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post771527774220120202..comments2022-03-27T04:40:18.156-07:00Comments on I Was Just Watching a Movie ...: I've Just Seen: Independence Day (1996)Julia Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-39494220000421544252018-09-28T17:05:31.384-07:002018-09-28T17:05:31.384-07:00I expected to hate, but I was just left rolling my...I expected to hate, but I was just left rolling my eyes at the stupidity of it all. But I did laugh, so that is something. <br /><br />You're right, it's not worth hating. It is just a bigger budget version of some of those silly sci-fi films from the 50s.Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-27548004623207583732018-09-28T07:54:35.910-07:002018-09-28T07:54:35.910-07:00"Immensely stupid" is now one of my favo..."Immensely stupid" is now one of my favorite two-word reviews in history.<br /><br />I can't say that I work up enough emotional outrage to hate this movie--it's not worth it. I'm just sort of constantly disappointed by it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-39167952856995571872018-09-24T00:54:16.905-07:002018-09-24T00:54:16.905-07:00Yeah, it is big, very dumb, but at times fun. I do...Yeah, it is big, very dumb, but at times fun. I don't watch many action films, but most do have a silliness to them. The good ones run with it, the bad ones take it too seriously. This walks between those two approaches.Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-84056470829383857752018-09-24T00:50:55.168-07:002018-09-24T00:50:55.168-07:00It is true, its not boring. But it certainly is po...It is true, its not boring. But it certainly is popcorn cinema - little "nutritional" value.<br /><br />I agree about Ed Wood - he wasn't an ironic filmmaker, and Mars Attacks is deliberately silly. Independence Day is accidentally so.Julia Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09041411551162128922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-47682033778653209082018-09-23T23:28:45.605-07:002018-09-23T23:28:45.605-07:00Yes, this is silly. I saw it at the cinema when it...Yes, this is silly. I saw it at the cinema when it was releases and could not stop deriding it back then. Oddly enough I have become more tolerant since. I think that has to do with the incredibly low bar there is on action movies. It could also be the kitsch effect. It is almost sweet. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65175732224282718.post-26483497002138985452018-09-23T09:24:02.753-07:002018-09-23T09:24:02.753-07:00I saw it when it first came out and I thought it w...I saw it when it first came out and I thought it was highly over-rated. "Incredibly stupid" is a good way to put it.<br /><br />But my sister in law loves it. She likes to watch it every July 4, so if I'm visiting, I end up watching it a lot more often than I'd like. At least it's not boring. Also, James Duval is in it, and I knew him in Hollywood when he was starting out, so it's nice to see Jimmy again. (He's more famous for playing Donnie Darko.)<br /><br />Mars Attacks came out about the same time, and one reviewer said ""Mars Attacks" is the movie Edward D. Wood Jr would make if he had a budget." And I remember thinking "No. "Independence Day" is the movie Ed Wood would make if he had a budget."Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.com