Independence Day 6/10
My god has this movie aged fast
I remember watching this when it was released as a kid and I was all over how awesome it was, packed full of action, and buildings blowing up. Will smith punching an alien, hell it was what a Sci-Fi movie should have been.
Fast Forward 14 years later.
I ordered Independence Day on DVD (still trying to get everything over from VHS) and finally decided to sit down and watch it. I was filed with the sense of nostalgia straight away, fully excited, then as if someone had punched me in the gut halfway through I felt really empty.
There was a lot of cheese on this movie I never realised, the cheesy one liners, the unbeleiveable plot, like a cable man finding out how to plant a virus inside a mother ship and flying an alien spacecraft without these “superior” creatures knowing it was them for ages. And the fact that most of the characters are uninteresting and boring. A part of me was crushed watching this movie. Oh and the president who flies as a fighter pilot.
The best things that manage to hold are the special effects which are still mind-blowing even now, oh and Will Smith was awesome of course :P
I was thinking about watching Hook today but I don’t want to destroy any more of my childhood after watching Independence Day. Sometimes Nostalgia isn’t what its cracked up to be, especially when you relive it.