In Reply to: Independence Day should make any list of recent very bad movies posted by cfraser on November 1, 2002 at 00:42:27:
doesn't make it "bad". Besides, this one has a sound track that still has people paying over $100 for the DTS LaserDisc!My "Bad" movies are the ones that fail totally in what they try to do. That list is well populated with the pretentious claptrap of the late 60's and early 70's as well as the films that wanted to be "mindless entertainment" and couldn't even succeed at that!
However, "Independence Day" has its moments. In fact it is a fairly decent (but not great) "Saturday Night Nachos and Marguerita" movie. Some of John Carpenter's films fit the same bill, tho' in a different way.
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Follow Ups
- Just because a movie is mindless entertainment . . . - Auricle 03:57:16 11/03/02 (2)
- In a mindless entertainment . . . - Auricle 12:42:25 11/04/02 (0)
- I really think this is the type of movie that gives SF a bad name - cfraser 12:38:16 11/03/02 (0)