Stop Pretending the Best Movie of 2016 Was Anything Other Than Independence Day: Resurgence
It’s that time of year, folks. When movie critics and publications begin compiling their year-end lists of the best films of the last 12 months. Even with 3 weeks still left in 2016, a bunch of lists have already come out. Like AFI’s. And the New York Times’.
A perfunctory scan of any of these lists reveals a pretty glaring omission, over and over again. The objectively best movie of 2016, Independence Day: Resurgence, is somehow nowhere to be found. Interesting. That’s really fucking interesting.
In a year when the so-called “experts” have been proven catastrophically wrong at almost every turn, I suppose it’s not a big surprise they’re blowing this one too. It’s still really hilarious to watch all of them pretend that Independence Day: Resurgence isn’t the best movie of the year, and maybe even the last few years. God forbid they let their pretentious, haughty guard down for one minute to admit what’s clearly obvious to everyone else. It’s actually kind of pathetic when you think about it.
If you haven’t seen Independence Day: Resurgence for some reason (for the love of god what are you waiting for, by the way) here’s the deal: The aliens come back. You think after the first movie is over that the aliens are gone for good, but you’re wrong. The aliens come back to Earth to fight us again, but this time we have a lot more advanced technology to fight back. It’s fucking incredible. The spaceship in this one is probably the biggest spaceship in a movie ever. It covers the whole Atlantic Ocean. It picks up an entire city and turns it upside down and then slams it back to the ground.
Now, I know one or two dumbasses are probably reading this right now, so let me repeat that so everyone fucking understands: The enormous spaceship in Independence Day: Resurgence picks up an entire city and turns it upside down and then slams it back to the ground. It’s probably the single greatest thing ever committed to film, but you wouldn’t know that by reading this unceasing pile of bullshit top 10 lists, that don’t even acknowledge Independence Day: Resurgence even came out this year. It’s insane.
I’m not saying there weren’t other good movies this year. Obviously there were. But come on. Moonlight is excellent but Jeff Goldblum isn’t even in it. Manchester By The Sea is beautiful but Bill Pullman never appears as a former president with a crazy beard. La La Land doesn’t have a single alien. Arrival at least has aliens but they don’t even do anything or blow anything up. And so forth. I’m sorry but this really is not that fucking hard to understand guys.
Oh by the way? The queen alien in this movie is like 30 feet tall and goes on a rampage in the desert. Get a load of this shit:
Show me a single scene in Jackie where anything even a fraction as cool as this happens. You can’t.
There’s only two reasons why anyone wouldn’t admit that Independence Day: Resurgence was the best film of 2016. 1) You’re a total fucking idiot who doesn’t know anything about movies, or 2) You’re so wrapped up in your own head and pretentious social circle of snobby jack-offs, that your warped, pickled brain can’t see what’s in front of its own eyes. It would be funny if it weren’t so goddamn sad.
Like seriously just look at this:
You’re really going to sit there and tell me Hell or High Water is better than this? Give me a fucking break.
So, please, can we cut the shit? I don’t know if it’s just “fashionable” to deny Independence Day: Resurgence’s excellence or what, but it’s getting old really fucking fast. I mean, granted I haven’t seen O.J.: Made in America yet so I suppose it’s possible London Bridge gets shattered into 100,000 pieces in one of the most breathtaking action sequences I’ve ever seen in my entire life, but I really doubt it. Enough is enough. Everyone grow up and get a grip. Independence Day: Resurgence was the best movie of 2016. This isn’t up for debate.
