#11: Men in Black II (2002) : The New Adventures of J and K were more like a continuation of same, though this time boasting Lara Flynn Boyle as an alien.
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"I didn't like this, but I still liked it more than any Transformers movie I've ever seen." - Todd VanDerWerff (Coincidentally or not, it's also the highest-grossing of the five Twilight films.) #12: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) : The third Twilight movie was a marked improvement over the dreadfully boring Breaking Dawn and was the only of the five Twilight films to open in the summertime. "And to think I thought this might be the new Independence Day before seeing it!" - Todd VanDerWerff The first Transformers is a lot of fun." - Christopher Rosen "When Shia LaBeouf was the baby Tom Hanks and Seth Cohen never had. #13: Transformers (2007) : Michael Bay returned to July 4th almost a decade after Armageddon sealed his reputation as a master of the big, dumb, loud summer blockbuster.
#14: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) : The second of the three Transformers to grace July 4th weekend, this was the most critically dismissed of the trilogy.
Worth it for a super-fun performance by Charlize Theron, at any rate. #15: Hancock (2008) : Will Smith again, gambling with a superhero tale that played around with the genre perhaps a bit too much for mainstream adoration. Kevin Kline, giant mechanical robot spiders, Kenneth Branagh’s weird facial hair, and a shirtless scene for Big Willie? What’s not to like?" - Karen Kemmerle "Hey, we all have our guilty pleasures, and Wild Wild West just happens to be mine. Wild Wild West was blasted by critics, though it did provide Smith the title song for the soundtrack, which is not only an enduring highlight in every Dru Hill retrospective, but also an integral accompaniment to any self-respecting western-themed gay bar. #16: Wild Wild West (1999) : Will Smith was opening his third July 4th movie in four years, and the hot streak he began with Independence Day and Men in Black couldn't last forever. There are some inventive and funny moments in this movie, and even when there aren't, there are lots of cats and dogs, and who doesn't like that?" - Todd VanDerWerff Unfortunately, it did not prove to be the more memorable film in the long run.
Artificial Intelligence the weekend before to snatch the crown. #17: Cats & Dogs (2001) : The least July-4th-seeming of the bunch, Cats & Dogs managed to capitalize on the softer-than-expected opening of A.I. Vary from Vulture, Lindsey Weber and from right here at Tribeca, Lindsay Robertson, Karen Kemmerle, and yours truly. Your panelists: from CinemaBlend, Katey Rich from Huffington Post, Christopher Rosen from The AV Club, Todd VanDerWerff from BuzzFeed, Adam B. Our panelists submitted their ranked lists, and the results have been tallied to arrive at these ultimate rankings. To compile this very scientific ranking of the 17 films that have opened on July 4th weekend since 1996 (when Independence Day made the holiday the movie-going event that it is), we've assembled an all-star team of movie experts from around the internet.
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