“You know how I’m always trying to save the planet? Now’s my chance.”

GOD I LOVE THIS MOVIE. I watching Independence Day for the first time in 6th grade, as part of a science-fiction elective that my science teacher ran. I immediately fell in love with it. When I went home that day, I told my mom how much I had liked it and she very bittersweetly told me that it was her sister’s (who had ed away 5…

For my 1000th movie on Letterboxd I wanted to watch something special to me. I wanted to watch one of those ‘big’ movies that I had never seen, and I wanted it to feel important. I quickly landed on Schindler’s List for this, as not only had I never seen it, but as a Jewish person, I felt almost an obligation to see it, and I even had felt a little guilty that I hadn’t before. Nonetheless, I decided that…

“My dad has cancer”

(Rapturous audience laughter)

Stupidest movie I’ve ever seen. I want to make it clear that in no way did I actively seek out this movie, it was just the AMC Screen Unseen. 

Honestly on reflection, I’m really not sure whether or not I’m being punked into thinking it’s actually a real movie. I truly don’t think anyone tried here. Whalberg is obviously obnoxiously bad, it’s shot and directed like a Nike commercial, and it is so…