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In Independence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight with a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials. Independence Day is the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day is a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh
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Hey why the heck do people diss this film?
What the heck?!? This movie is awesome! you guys who criticise it are really stupid and who's the idiot who said Mars Attacks is more realistic? What kind of an idiot are you?!? Anyone who disses this movie cuz "A simple computer virus can't stop aliens" YOU HAVE NO CREATIVITY!!! Go and kill yourselves you morons!!! We true movie fans will go and enjoy this true classic that was a box-office hit and you losers who dissed this film can go watch crappy films like Mars attacks!!!
Fun silly action movie
Ya, it's silly, but so are so many other movies. Terminator is silly, but it's still fun and exciting. Many good movies are silly. It's a fun movie. It's the kind of movie that you can have a good time watching.
You don't have to think about it. It's not emotional or powerful, but its fun.
If you want fun sci-fi movie, watch it.
If you want Citizen Kane or The Godfather watch Citizen Kane or The Godfather.
Despite problems, this is a FUN movie...
This review is for those who are not particularily SiFi fans and have not seen the movie...
The CGI in this movie is truely exceptional (!); the plot well thought out; and the cast, top notch. The general story line of an alien invasion of earth is presented in a plausable way. Aliens invade earth, coordinating their attack by hovering their gigantic ships over every major city on Earth. When they are all in position, all heck breaks loose and none of Earths defences are effective against them (they have force fields surrounding the massive ships and smaller fighters). Less plausable are some of the situations the main characters find themselves in... like Will Smith, a Marine Corps fighter pilot, who is soooo good he can also master flying a helicopter to search for his girl friend, and fly an alien spacecraft to the mother ship near the moon to download a virus into the mother-ships computer that will disable the shields around their ships; the President of the U.S. flying a fighter to attack the aliens after the Vice President and cabinet have been destroyed (?); etc. That having been mentioned, even these contrived 'fill-ins' for the plot flow are not a great distraction to the fun. The movie is action packed and moves quickly. There are some memorable lines in the movie that are easy to pick out and a spattering of Will Smith brand humor throughout the film that adds to the enjoyment.
If there is anyone out there who has not seen this movie, rent or buy it!
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