I cannot believe that so much money was spent to create this monster. I watched it last night for the first time (some 10 years after its production). I recall when a friend of mine, who attended to a faculty of cinema, was "obliged" by her professor to watch it, because Independence Day apparently succeeded in exorcising some widespread fear. But such a collection of stereotypes makes authors of pulp-literature blush. The USA saviors of the world; the infamous CIA agent; the Jewish scientist; the scientist who cannot keep contact to reality; the alcoholic Vietnam veteran; the sexy although honest lap dancer; the career woman;the intelligent generous president; the tough black "hip hop" soldier; the pure and smiling first lady;... I couldn't help bursting laugh out loud when I saw Will Smith knocking the alien, or looking for his wife and finding her at the first attempt, in the middle of a destroyed city. Still, It becomes very sad then to watch this disaster movie today, after 9/11 and seeing the Twin Towers still. I cannot help thinking that with all these disaster films, American Cinema Business actually gave some ideas to terrorists.
Review of Independence Day
