I checked out Independence Day (1996) for the second of the live tweet reviews that you folk voted for. Gotta say, I liked this a whole lot less than the last time I saw it unfortunately. Chime in with your comments on what Roland Emmerich’s best film is below. Also, it’s still technically a ‘live’ tweet if I need to go to sleep for eight hours in the middle yeah?
Enjoying my second straight night of solid cocktail drinking. Seems like as good a time as any to live tweet INDEPENDENCE DAY. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
I recall seeing the poster for this at the terrible Edge Cinema in Katoomba. Never sure it til years later though. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
I was a massively wussy kid actually. So I would have been too scared to see this when it came out. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
July 2! Was sure this film was spread over a lot longer than two days. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Roland Emmerich is a terrible director and this is clearly his best film. But what the hell is his second best? #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
I literally remember none of this. The only thing I can recall about this film are Will Smith and Goldblum rockin stogies #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Goldblum is meant to be playing the exact same character as in Jurassic Park right? #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Randy Quaid… just terrible. Is it him or the roles he gets lumped with? I suspect him. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Both special effects and behind the scenes at the White House sequences have come a looooong way #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
DEFCON 3!!! Shit just got real. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Rapid fire, flitting between storylines that helps make Emmerich films so terrible is highly prevalent here #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Zero sense of atmosphere, danger or stakes set up. Just the occasional cool thing to look at. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
This film is a whole lot worse than I recall #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Bill Pullman is the most rubbish film president in history. Where's David Palmer when you need him? #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Woah. Harry Connick Jr. Tasty! Whatever happened to him? #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Is ID4 like this film's nickname on its weekend football team? What kind of a film has a nickname? #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
The 'Welcome Wagon' getting utterly mashed by the aliens is a pretty great moment. One of few so far. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Tone of this bad boy is all over the place #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Cannot believe how terrible the effects in this film are. Plenty of films from the same vintage have effects much better #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
President Pullman may be one of the top 5 worst written characters in film history. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Even before Will Smith could really act, he was one hell of a smooth, charismatic bastard. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Script of this film is so terrible. The Smith/Connick Jr parts are woeful aside from their performances #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Did I mention Will Smith's charisma? He is so badass he just punched an alien in the face, made a quip and lit up a stogie #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Film is so forced and feeble. Struggling to see how it is 1001 worthy in the slightest. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Quite a slow burn early on. The first massive attack does not occur til like halfway through. Cram in a lot of action late #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Well I'm starting to fall asleep a little. Going to live tweet my nap for the next 7 or so hours, then polish this off. Peace . #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Ok, back after my 7 hour sleep break. Ready to finish this INDEPENDENCE DAY 'live' tweet #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
This is such a terrible film. I may have to re-evaluate my claim that this is Emmerich's best film. 10,000 BC is back in the frame #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
The alien dissection is brilliant. Tis a great model. Need more of that design and less of this script #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Cause you can't have an alien film without taking the action to Area 51. Any reason willl do. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Another issue, among many, with this film is the fact you don't care in the slightest about anyone who dies #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
I hope that that cute kid with the cap on backwards went on to a long and fruitful acting career. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Those were the most cliche brits in film since 1945. Just needed a cup of tea old bean. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
I'm all for the suspension of disbelief in film. But the leaps of logic required for this film's conclusion are just too much. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Anyone watched this recently and enjoyed it? Please tell me this is not how we are going to feel about PACIFIC RIM in a decade #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Things that would have made this film better: more Goldblum screentime of him just adlibbing. More cigar based subplots #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Getting a vague OBLIVION vibe from parts of this ending. Just visually. I'm really not sure how I feel about that film. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
How in the hell did they know that the ship would dock with the mothership like that? #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Just when you assume the script can't get any worse, they hit you with … "if we do, we'll both die virgins" #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
So did any other countries join the counteroffensive or couldn't be fussed in the end? Brits prob got caught up at afternoon tea #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Oh no wait, they did. I just had to wait for the expository dialogue. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
I'm so not seeing the sequel. Unless it consists entirely of Goldblum & Smith as space cops. Chomping on stogies and trading quips #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Oh my god! The Sydney Harbour Bridge! This film really knows how to appeal to us Aussies. #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
No film ending with Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith smoking cigars & walking away from flaming alien wreckage should be this terrible #ID4tweet
— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
Verdict: Schooner of Tooheys New
Progress: 102/1001
2014 progress: 6/101— Tim @ Five Rad Films (@beer_movie) March 15, 2014
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Nicely done Tim!
I liked this one a lot more than you did, but I can understand most of your gripes about it.
Cheer Rob. I was really disappointed because I liked this back in the day and was expecting to do so again.
I really need to see this one again, haven’t since it came out practically. Nice tweets buddy!
Thankyou sir. Hopefully a revisit is more enjoyable for you than it was for me.
Not my favorite movie ever… nicely done!
Glad to hear it is not your favourite movie ever. You might have been a little offended if that was the case.