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My Thoughts on "Independence Day: Resurgence"

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(This is the main poster for Independence Day: Resurgence .)          We always knew that they'd be back, or did we πŸ€”? It is officially the 10th anniversary of Independence Day: Resurgence , the (maybe) long awaited sequel to Independence Day (1996), a true 90s classic. Everything a blockbuster should be. I wrote a review of that movie already, you can go give it a read since it the previous post before this one since I'm still working on my Cowboy Bebop (1998) review, and I have no idea when it'll actually be finished. Hopefully before the end of the summer ☀️ or the end of the year. Hopefully it won't take that long 😬. This movie came out in 2016, which was the 20th anniversary of the first movie. That wasn't purposefully done, it just kind of worked out that way, that Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin were finally able to make a sequel to an Independence Day sequel, or they decided to make an Independence Day sequel after so many years. And the release o...

My Thoughts on "Independence Day" (1996)

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  (This is the poster for Independence Day (1996).) Hello boys, I'm back! Yes, I'm finally getting around to reviewing Independence Day (1996). I put the 1996 there because apparently, there's more than one movie called Independence Day . Figure that 🀷‍♂️. I figured that I would do this movie, not because the Fourth of July πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ was coming, and it's the 250th anniversary of the United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ, but it is also the 30th anniversary of this movie. And also the 10th anniversary of the second movie, Independence Day: Resurgence , which was intentionally released on the 20th anniversary of the first movie, and takes place 20 years after the first movie in real time. Meaning that the first movie takes place in 1996, and the sequel takes place in 2016. An opportunity like this won't come again unless I wait until the 40th anniversary in 2036, but I'm not willing to do that. So, I'm doing it now, against perhaps my better judgment.  I do have a Cowboy Bebop (1...