Gift for fan_eunice (Independence Day)

[fv_poster]

Title of vid: 4th of July
Recipient: fan_eunice
Vidder: bironic
Fandom: Independence Day
Music: "4th of July" by Aimee Mann
Summary: "May our children forgive us." Marriage, parenthood, alien attack, and the scarred world left behind.
This is probably not at all what you had in mind, fan_eunice, but hopefully you'll like it anyway.
Content notes: A bit of static at 1:45. Also explosions and grief/depression.
Signed length: 02:11

Link to signed vid post.

Comments

[leanwellback]

Wow, this is so moving. I love that you focused on the people affected by the destruction rather than the destruction itself. So quiet, but so powerful.

[fizzyblogic]

Oh, that was gorgeous.

[heuradys]

That was oh so achy beautiful.

[escritoireazul]

This is incredibly, incredibly heartbreaking and beautiful.

[vivien]

So poignant. A nice reminder of the humanity in the movie.

[ghost_lingering]

I love this -- it's personal and devastating and the way you connect everything to parenthood and what we leave for our children works really well. And, on a shallow note, I like what you did with the credits at the beginning.

[actiaslunaris]

That hit hard, but I admire that you took this angle.

4th of July

[yourlibrarian]

I like the way this looked at the fallout instead of the heroics. They may have won the battle but there's an awful lot of rebuilding to do and some things won't return.

[franzeska]

Very poignant.

[tree]

this is very beautiful.

[thirdblindmouse]

Lovely vid! It's a very neat angle you chose to highlight: the personal element never goes away, even in events at the grandest scales.

[inkjunket]

So beautiful, I love how you made it all about the people, and even the minor characters that I don't even remember getting to have an emotional scene or moment. Lovely editing.

[livrelibre]

Oh wow. You made me have feelings about Independence Day! Well done!

[colls]

I love how you've pulled out the emotional side of an action film -- very well done!

[china_shop]

This is far more beautiful and haunting than I would ever have expected from this source. Wow! *kudos*