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TODAY WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY (SEQUELS)!!!

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Mizzougrad96, Oct 28, 2011.

  1. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    One of the best previews of all-time. A highly mediocre movie.

    http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/36381/who-will-replace-will-smith-in-the-independence-day-sequels

    Natually, they're making two of them.
     
  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    I came out of that movie thinking it was one of the worst I had ever seen, but through the years on cable it has kind of grown on me, so I agree with the upgrade to mediocre.

    No interest in seeing the sequel, though.
     
  3. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    So, does anybody have any new ideas?

    No?

    OK, let me see what we have that we can make a sequel for.
     
  4. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    The previews, that came out like 18 months before the film, were incredible.

    I saw the movie at midnight, in a packed theater, with a bunch of other people who had bought their tickets over a week in advance.

    I'd be surprised if a single person there left satisfied.
     
  5. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    Still my favorite popcorn, Saturday afternoon blockbuster.
     
  6. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    OK, what's the better movie Armageddon or Independence Day?
     
  7. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Independence Day, but it's close. Both offer up mindless fun and a good bit of unintentional humor.
     
  8. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I'll take Armageddon, but it's close.
     
  9. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    Independence Day has such a great buildup based on the unknown premise, kinda like the original Alien. Then after the halfway point, it fell into the ridiculous. Very disappointing for me.
     
  10. TrooperBari

    TrooperBari Well-Known Member

    Independence Day. Michael Bay's directorial career peaked with Bad Boys.
     
  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Enjoy 'ID' as a comforting cable stinker, much like 'Twister.'

    'Armageddon,' 'Deep Impact?' Eh.

    'District 9' by far the best of the genre.
     
  12. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    For the first half hour or so. I thought the second half or two-thirds was really pedestrian. Seems like a hazard of the genre. Once you actually have to start the action, everything falters.
     
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