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“The Silence of the Lambs (1991)! Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins) and Jodi Foster (Clarice Starling) = great on screen chemistry! And in my opinion, The Silence of the Lambs has to be one of the very best psychological thrillers ever produced! It's my favorite! And this was the film that brought Hannibal Lecter into the mainstream and helped spawn the follow-up films, and I'm sure, must have inspired the new TV series Hannibal!”
Stare At Naked Jennifer Lawrence As 'X-Men's Mystique
I don't care what you're doing, I don't care how NSFW the title of this article sounds: it's an article with Jennifer Lawrence in it, so you should be here regardless, and with the fact that the words "naked" and "X-Men" are involved, I'm not sure why the entirety of the internet aren't viewing this article all at the exact same time. X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer tweeted a shot of JLaw on set and the internet should be collectively foaming at the mouth.
Though Rebecca Romijn is known for making the legendary role of Mystique famous, Jennifer Lawrence stepped into the infamous nude blue suit for 2011's X-Men: First Class, and will reprise the role—now that, you know, the Hunger Games lead is bigger than she's ever be...
You guys, I have a bit of a confession to make. I'm absolutely obsessed with Independence Day. The hit 1996 film is funny, terrifying, exciting and heartbreaking. It's every emotion that you need to have in a good movie AND it was a summer blockbuster. Honestly, Independence Day helped make the genre that we now know as the summer movie season. Here are the reasons why you might want to put those fireworks down and sit in the air conditioned den and watch this movie.
1. It cemented Will Smith as a bonified movie star.
Sure, the man was coming off of both the success of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, hit records and Bad Boys, but this movie really made Will Smith into what we know today. Not to get into a huge racial issue, but I would argue that five to ten years before, no one would have cherished an African American actor as the legitimate heroic lead. He wasn't a caricature- he was a good man filled with honor, intelligence, humor and bravery. He didn't play to the badass black guy trope nor the jokester side kick.
2. It was the first PG-13 movie I was allowed to see in theaters. Also basically the only VHS I owned as a kid.
Sure, this is purely for sentimental reasons, but Independence Day gains my respect because I was 8 years old and terrfied of aliens. Seriously, they were my number one fear as a child. Of course, when it came time for that super creepy operation room scene I hit through my fingers (it took me YEARS to watch this scene). Then (because my parents didn't really get the point of buying movies) I got the VHS. I watched that shit every day during the formative years of my life.
3. The dog lives.
It's always a good movie when the dog lives. Boomer rules, you guys.
4. Jeff Goldblum is F*CKING HOT.
Jeff Goldblum's character was basically the original hipster. The flannel and the glasses? The nebbish and adorable father? Plus, for the majority of the film he's walking around in a wife beater and the man is in fantastic shape. I know that there are all sorts of rumors floating around the internet these days about his tendancy to hit on younger girls but if Independence Day Jeff Goldblum hit on me I would do all the things.
5. Her? Anne (Egg) from Arrested Development is the president's daughter.
This kind of blows my mind. Mae Whitman is probably the best child actor of all time.
6. An array of incredible side characters
Starting with Harry Connick Jr (so sad when he died), the stripper friend who wants to meet the aliens, the really Jewish friend of Jeff Goldblum's character. Hell, even the kind of whatever First Lady does her part. It all adds to the actual direness of the world ending. We have multiple aces to put on this alien invasion, not sure the people we see for the majority of the screen time. Oh and the side character of the General (or the guy who runs the DoD or something) is my favorite one.
7. Randy Quaid was always crazy and Indepedence Day just was the first to point this out.
So we've all heard about the crazy stuff that Randy Quaid has gotten himself into, but I put it to you, dear reader, that he was ALWAYS this insane and they casted him for that reason. I mean, he's basically typecast as the charming yet really unsettling crazy guy that drives around in an RV. That is literally his life right now. Also, what was with his Latino kids? That was never fully addressed, but that was how I liked it.
8. Pilots who haven't flown in thirty years recover from a hangover to "plow the road" for the President.
That's what USA is about people, overcoming crazy dehydration to make sure Bill Pullman can save the day. Kick the tires and light the fires, y'all!
9. It was about computers when no one knew what the f*ck computers were.
Seriously, do you remember how amazing that "realization" that we could give the aliens a cold was? It was pretty cool and made David the hero of the day. He was smart and nerdy but also cool enough to help Steve fullfill the mission to save the world.
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