Independence Day

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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This week, Paul & Amy are breaking down the 1996 Will Smith disaster vehicle Independence Day. The two dig into what makes a great “popcorn movie,” why this movie still works, and this particular era of Jeff Goldblum box office "gold." Plus, Paul gives us a bonus breakdown of the 2016 sequel Independence Day: Resurgence. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts.

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:02.0	Less than an hour, this podcast will join others from around the world and we will be launching the largest movie breakdown in the history of mankind. We cannot be consumed by our
0:17.9	petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests. We will not go quietly into the night.
0:24.1	We will not go quietly into the night.
0:26.7	We will not vanish without a fight.
0:30.2	We are going to live on. We are gonna survive.
0:34.0	Because today, we celebrate our Independence Day. Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to a spooed.
1:05.0	I am Paul Sheer joined as always by Amy Nicholson
1:10.0	and we are breaking down disaster movies, specifically Independence Day.
1:16.0	And Amy...
1:18.0	Are we breaking them down or are we blowing them up?
1:20.0	Oh, let's blow it up.
1:22.0	Let's get some destruction because you know what the world is too safe I feel too
1:26.7	comfortable right now. Wow you and you alone I want to know your secret. Here's the thing Amy.
1:34.1	Rewatching this film Independence Day made me remember what a summer
1:40.2	blockbuster was. So let me bring you back to the year 1996. Roland Embric is going to
1:49.0	reinvent what a Hollywood blockbuster is, what a summer blockbuster is.
1:55.0	I mean, it's gonna hark into jaws.
1:57.0	It's gonna feel a little bit like Jurassic Park
2:01.0	and also other movies that Stephen Spielberg was not involved in.
2:03.7	Basically, he is going to become the new king of summer.
2:09.8	I mean, so much so that even Stephen Spielberg after he saw Independence Day and he saw the
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