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Why is 'Independence Day' probably the most inspirational mainstream movie eve made?

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  • phil_bphil_b Frets: 2010
    who said it was?
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  • MagicPigDetectiveMagicPigDetective Frets: 3020
    Why have you concluded that it probably is? 

    Why? 
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  • shrinkwrapshrinkwrap Frets: 512
    Because idiots think its good and there are more idiots than non-idiots?
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  • hywelghywelg Frets: 4303

    Why is 'Independence Day' probably the most inspirational mainstream movie eve made?

    Eve who?

    Feedback Thread

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  • WiresDreamDisastersWiresDreamDisasters Frets: 16664
    Ted. You're a twat. You've always been a twat. Always be a twat. Probably have some more twat kids.


    ....

    You fuckin' take that back! That bit about my twat kids!


    Bye!

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  • TedTed Frets: 126
    Well obviously it is in this context because it is about human ingenuity fighting an unknown enemy - Doh
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  • Emp_FabEmp_Fab Frets: 24281
    Inspirational my arse!  It was a crock of shit.
    Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
    Also chips are "Plant-based" no matter how you cook them.
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  • tony99tony99 Frets: 7105
    edited April 2020
    because Randy Quaid
    Bollocks you don't know Bono !!
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  • TheMarlinTheMarlin Frets: 7839
    It’s not the worst movie ever, but it is pretty mindless rubbish. It’s the Eastenders of Sci Fi. 
    Hasn’t aged well, poor script, implausible finale. 

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  • TedTed Frets: 126
    TheMarlin said:
    It’s not the worst movie ever, but it is pretty mindless rubbish. It’s the Eastenders of Sci Fi. 
    Hasn’t aged well, poor script, implausible finale. 

    Generally agreed particularly in terms of special effects.

    But as a Concept movie it remains the king IMHO.
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  • prowlaprowla Frets: 4916
    It does have one of the all-time great movie quotes...

    "Oops"

    very succinct.

    (Apart from that, it is a crappy re-hash of old story lines and USofA jingoism, punctuated by dull bits and some special effects.)
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  • CHRISB50CHRISB50 Frets: 4309
    How is the drainage in the lower field Ted?

    I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin

    But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to

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  • HattigolHattigol Frets: 8189
    edited April 2020
    Hmmm.....just checking the date of this post.
    A good few bites too  =)
    "Anybody can play. The note is only 20%. The attitude of the motherf*cker who plays it is  80%" - Miles Davis
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72293
    No, but it probably is the movie most stolen from a 1950s book cover illustration...


    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein

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  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7765
    Ted said:
    TheMarlin said:
    It’s not the worst movie ever, but it is pretty mindless rubbish. It’s the Eastenders of Sci Fi. 
    Hasn’t aged well, poor script, implausible finale. 

    Generally agreed particularly in terms of special effects.

    But as a Concept movie it remains the king IMHO.
    You have not watched many Concept movies then. 
    Perhaps not many movies at all...
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  • DrCorneliusDrCornelius Frets: 7114
    I saw this on opening day in New York as I was living there at the time.

    I shit you not it was like being at a southern baptist church service without the  music. People were randomly standing up and cheering / clapping multiple times with tears running down their faces.

    it definitely affects some more than others !
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  • VimFuegoVimFuego Frets: 15484
    I like some of the wisecrackery between Goldblum (who l like as an actor anyways) and Smith (who is a good one liner exponent) otherwise it's cack, made worse by the dire ending. 

    I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.

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  • phil_bphil_b Frets: 2010

    Why is 'Independence Day' probably the most inspirational mainstream movie eve made?

    Top Gun is the most inspirational mainstream movie

    or any other Tom Cruise movie






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  • DontgiveupyourdayjobDontgiveupyourdayjob Frets: 3821
    Well I guess you've never seen the likes of The Shawshank Redemption, Forrest Gump, The Pursuit of Happyness, It's A Wonderful Life and....

    ...yeah, could probably go on all day! I sincerely hope this was an April Fool's, but if not then I suppose now is the perfect time to binge your way through some movies that are actually good!
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  • tony99tony99 Frets: 7105
    What is Independence Day supposed to inspire us to do?
    Bollocks you don't know Bono !!
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