A Gloriously Cheesy Movie

Rating: 6/10 (5 July 2016)

Twenty years. That's how long it took me to finally watch this movie. I have no idea why I never went to see it when it was first in theaters in 1996--I think maybe my best friend from high school saw it and didn't like it, who knows. All I know is that it wasn't until the sequel, "Resurgence" hit theaters that I decided to sit down and actually watch this movie.
Now that I have, what did I think? I found this film to be a glorious cheese fest of a movie. It's perhaps the cheesiest movie I've ever seen. That's of course easily done when you've got Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, and Harry Connick, Jr. all in flight suits playing virtual Galaga for two hours. But in all seriousness, the movie is just downright cheesy, from the plot to the characters to the lines, cheese galore.
That having been said, the movie is nevertheless watchable and fun in its own right. There's an element of it that feels almost like it was made for little kids or teenagers--it certainly has the feel of a 90's era video game. But whatever the audience it might have been intended for, it does make for a fun film overall--which is why I've given it 6/10 stars. I wasn't greatly impressed by this movie, but it's just good enough to be considered a "good movie", in spite of itself. Worth seeing, perhaps, even after a couple of decades. A good popcorn flick--but not the world's greatest film, by any means.