Sad, Sad People *sigh*

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2006)

When released in July, 2 1996, this was slated to be BIG and many people came in wondering what all the hype was about. Unfortunately, I couldn't go to the theater during its entire theatrical run and after I acquired the VHS copy on sale a couple of years later...I really came to regret not seeing it earlier.
10 years later, this movie still delivers the goods. I've seen this so many times, yet I never got bored of it. But why do people rag on it now (and even then for that matter)? Good question, honestly.
I think they need to go back to their little Harry Potter and Shrek 2 movies, because THIS is the definitive blockbuster extravaganza. And not only that, I think it goes a little beyond that as well (and I use the word "little" VERY loosely).
This movie had the unforgettable moments (that were parodied or rehashed later on), the incredible acting talent, the clever lines, the then-contemporary music and orchestrated score that still works very well in the movie, the incredibly cool alien designs, the perfect pacing, the very well drawn characters who were all proved integral to the plot, and the dynamic climax!
I won't even bother outlining the plot, since practically everyone reading this knows how it goes anyway. But it was one of those things that was good in theory and even better in execution, no one has made a film like this akin to it until Luc Beeson released the Fifth Element (equally good in my eyes, never got tired of watching that one either).
Since then Emmerich and Devlin went on to create the unforgivable Godzilla (which I thought was good as a kid, but not anymore upon a recent viewing) and so on. But back in the good ol' days, their baby ID4 was one of the good films that made the summer worth waiting for. And to this day, i'm STILL waiting for a GOOD summer blockbuster to come in and entertain the hell out of me ever since the turn of the century. But until then, i'm still watching my classics.
Even when my tape catches itself on fire and burns away in my VCR, I still will never get sick of this movie. As far as i'm concerned, I doubt I ever will either.