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An average movie

I remember, when this movie was released, it was pretty huge but since it looked really stupid, I really didn’t care for it. Eventually, after a few weeks after it was released in France, I received the VHS in the mail, sent by my buddies from the US. It was one of those American VHS with a cardboard box, instead of the plastic ones you had in Europe, and there was even a pretty neat hologram of the White House being blown up (I still have this box as a matter of fact). There was this kid at school who offered me a fair amount of money for it but even though I wasn’t interested by this flick at all, I wasn’t going to sell it since it was a gift from my dear friends. However, since I didn’t care for this flick and since my VHS player couldn’t read American videos, I took me 2 or 3 years to watch it until the VHS player finally broke down and was replaced. To my surprise, I thought it was not bad at all. Yesterday, I watched it again with Nick, my step-son, who not surprisingly loved it, and I had the same feeling. To be fair, I don’t think it is something that requires multiple watches but, for a blockbuster, it is actually pretty entertaining. The point is that, indeed, the whole thing is kind of stupid but the makers were fully aware of this and didn’t handle this too seriously. As a result, it was actually quite fun to behold and the special effects were pretty neat, even 20 years later. I think this time we saw an uncut version and I thought it was very long (150 minutes or something) , a little too long for its own good. For Will Smith, it was a step towards mega stardom and the guy was immensely charismatic in this. Of course, it remains a really preposterous flick, completely predictable and not original at all but it still remains a fun flick, the quintessential summer blockbuster and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10
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Added by johanlefourbe
10 years ago on 18 April 2013 13:39