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Anyone else think this holds up better than Independence Day?

posted 12 years ago by Flying-DeLorean
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When I first saw the trailers for this back in '97 (I was 13 at the time), I immediately thought to myself, "ANOTHER movie with aliens and Will Smith? This is going to suck." Mind you, at the time I loved Independence Day and I thought Men in Black looked like it was going to be a cheap knockoff (I remember the trailer showing the World's Fair spaceship crashing to the ground and exploding, which looked awfully familiar).

Then in 1998 or somewhere around there, I finally watched it on VHS at a friend's house. I was blown away. Loved it.

Now 15 years later, Men in Black has become one of my favorite films of the 90s. It's just so well-made, and it's one of the few films that I will watch all the way through and won't skip any scenes.

I wish I could say the same about ID4. It seems to get worse every time I see it. Corny dialogue, stereotypical action movie plot, and not to mention very dated. It also has a "cheap" feel to it, like I'm watching a TV movie.

Maybe it's just maturity, I don't know, but does anybody else feel the same about the two films?

[–] Bearplaster1 12 years ago

Yes there on sky demand at the moment and I just sat and watch 1,2,3 with the kids and they love em as much as I do thing is none of them seem dated at all and there all as good as each other which is very rare to get that for 3 films hope there's. a fourth

[–] hernanmachopaul 12 years ago

Absolutely. Way better.

[–] ElMaruecan82 11 years ago

Yes because its intentionally funny and the aliens are better-looking

"Darth Vader is scary and I The Godfather"

[–] eissian 11 years ago

Yes, because Tommy Lee Jones brings a jadedness to the entire world that is unique in sci-fi and also reflects the attitudes of a lot of people towards the genre at the time.

[–] giga_d 11 years ago

It's just so well-made

After seeing it again, I have to agree.

Usually I thought this was just another garbage pg-13, but it's got so much charisma. Spielberg produced it too.

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[–] leniese92 11 years ago

This holds up way better than Independence Day. Independence Day is nothing more than explosions and a million characters that no one cared about. I don't remember any of their names. MIB on the other hand, had a good script, had good casting, and I really liked the characters and I feel they were well written.