Dear Hollywood,

[daniidebrabant]

As I sit up till 1:30 on a Thursday night, I have this question to ask:

When did you stop making movies that, regardless of anything else, just make you cheer?

Because I'm staying up way too late on a day when I have no threads open to watch, of all things, Independence Day and no matter what anyone ever says about that movie, anything about it,

Comments

[silveraspen]

I second everything you said about Independence Day. I love that movie unreservedly, and yes, despite its flaws.

I saw the Indiana Jones trailer in the theater the other day and could not stop making tiny squeaky noises of glee and hope.

[starletfallen]

OH GOD I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

That movie still makes me glee and cheer and gasp and cry. I haven't watched it in too long. It has issues, yeah, but I LIKE the issues! All the little flaws and inconsistencies and... just... it's a classic action alien feel-good movie. *nod*

[evafriedel]

Yeah.... I love that movie. Bill Pullman makes an awesome president. And... there's something highly amusing about Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith working together and... it turning out really well.

I've actually completely ignored the trailers and everything for the next Indiana Jones movie. I'm... trying to remain completely impartial and just go see it when it comes out, and... see what happens. I'm terrified it's not going to be as good as I want it to be. T.T

[daniidebrabant]

I'm actually extremely hopeful. Apparently, Spielberg grabbed his filming guy (the old one had retired) and they all sat down in a trailer and watched the old movies and said "This is how we're going to do it. FORGET 20-something years of film making that we've done. We're making an Indiana Jones picture, not Lucasart, not Amblin Entertainment... INDY. DAMMIT. And it will look, feel, breath, smell, taste like Indiana fricking Jones."

...I don't know if the speech went like that, but Spielberg and Lucas both in the interview were very 'we are not going to screw this up and that's why it took so damn long' and 'computer comshmuter graphics!' type talk.

[evafriedel]

That makes me so happy. T.T

[cupenny]

Independance day does remain one of my fave movies. (I need to get it on DVD- the tape is wearing out.) I cheerfully ignore the flaws for "Welcome to Earth", "Was that an earthquake?" - "Not even a 4 pointer.", and "Is that glass bullet proof?" - "No sir." (OOMG clean-shaven Jayne in a uniform and he still has a gun! <3)

Yes. Everyone in Hollywood should be sat down and made to watch this movie. THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT, GUYS!

[thekiwi]

Seriously. Along with all the great kid movies we watched back in the late 80s-early 90s.