Review of Independence Day (1996) by Stephenj2010 — 25 Jul 2020

Independence Day (also known as ID4) is a spectacular, and amazing story about Alien invaders attack us just two days before Independence Day, and they The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom!

The whole story, is so straightforward as to be superfluous (aliens invade, fights ensue) but even so, it remains an invigorating watch purely because of the spectacle it provides, and the movie really knows not to take the story itself way too seriously.

The idea of a film about the very huge alien attack on shortly before Independence Day in the United States and having a war against the aliens for the celebraiton of Independence Day is very original, and it's awesome! :happybounce: The acting is well done, Will Smith did amazing job, so as the other actors, and as well as the Aliens.

Alien look very scary, and they are the group of the mother alien ship to kill all humans on Earth, and they so destroying Los Angeles, New York City, and even Washington D.C.

This is one of the few times that Roland Emmerich had decent directing skills, one of the good examples that he manages to went out of his way to use every cliche in the book, over-sentimentality, weak, flat characterizations, incredible jumps in logic and reasoning made on the viewer, and the use of special effects to overcome these shortcomings.

That there is one infamous last word is, HELLO BOYS! I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!

There is a large ensemble cast of good actors, some in career best roles, such as Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, Randy Quaid, Vivica Fox.,and Harry Connick Jr.