The Jolly Rogger

Rating: 7/10 (10 January 2005)

The Motion Picture Independence Day was a film that wanted to be liked so badly that it bordered on absurdity,however as a film it possessed enough air head possibilities to make it the highest grossing film for the year 1996.This blockbuster film was not so much a film about aliens and the possibility of life existing elsewhere other than the planet earth but about what would occur if indeed these creatures were more advanced and could time travel and almost the whole family show up on the Fourth of July.I was one of the many persons who learning of the extreme blockbuster status that this movie gathered in the theaters went to see what it was about.There is perhaps good reason why reviews
never get written and indeed I had to think about this blockbuster film to decide if it was worth writing a review.Iam still not so certain that it is worth much of a say outside of the near hysterical non-sense that we get bowled over by,sufficient enough to pick our pockets in exchange for a afternoon at the movies.One of the by products of this relatively new advent of the whole community writing a review about these pictures is that we are encouraged to participate in the activities and become if you will a contributor to its well being.Iam not so certain that such contributions are worthwhile and indeed it is not even the participation which is unwholesome but the fact that there is a very real underpinning to all this that borders on a shameful illusion and it only provides for a lie that gets its way.Some of the problem to judging this film like the motion picture itself, is the value that it provides for,which is not only suggestive but as well unsupported.The boastful goings on of the film are showy and indicate a look at me mentality,however that not withstanding,it isn't where the fault is,it is in the assumption that we all care and that everyone from all around the world is paying attention to the Americans.The undesirable prospect is if that be true then there is reason why this film is so worldly and that is because it wants to be certain that it is noticed and indeed viewed by as many as can be gotten into the theaters.The Gross Figures indicate somewhere around 340 million dollars,second to none for the year.There is an illustration provided as to this films coercive abilities in the two columns along the side of the page.There is a goofs column and a factual/details column and much more.I have never seen so many different errors,details,and goofs at all and yet it sold like a barn on fire.The leveling off is this,the picture provided for a unreasonable assumption that in a manner of speaking was awarded for the ability to do so in its special effects.It does this by creating an idea of importance that some 70 different news broadcasts were used as a means to coerce public opinion,and that if you will is something like a picture within a picture The definition as to the cause effect of the press core and its influence is said to be the equivalent of the event occurring even as suggested only on a television screen.The real point is just how much does so much influence,really influence our daily lives.What in fact is reality?Were paying for it,we certainly have the right to know.This consequence due to non-sense is further highlighted with a series of other questions.The picture being a unsupported position can then be asked what is being encouraged if the premise as to the film is ridiculous? For one thing boasting and showing off and for another,power over another is assumed.That is both blatant in its underpinning as well as seductive.The seduction is provided in the scene where the female who is a exotic dancer is preparing to marry Capt.Hillard.She does a seductive zip my dress up with her angel,who is no more than maybe 9 or 10 years old.I think that that kind of suggestion is inappropriate even bordering on improper.Little boys like Little girls are innocent and though it is suggested that the girls grow up faster then boys,it is the boys who are rebellious. That scene is mean as it is suggestive and even provocative because parents should know better and when they do not provide for the child some moral fiber as to conduct they allow for a fast lane idea which allows a deviate basis as to conduct.Though there is more to suggest all I can say that deviant conduct is not about sexual proclivities it is about crime and a problem in society,all stemming from the child's upbringing.This is not a simple idea and neither is what this film is selling.Hollywood is not such that we should know these back-lots and warehouses lest we stumble upon the next academy award. The special edition provided for the actor Harvey Fierstien making like a Pink Flamingo and planting one on Jeff Goldblum,to everyones surprise.Its not too cool and Iam glad it wasn't the special edition that aired in the theaters.It is difficult to judge performance however the main stay of the film seemed to have actors playing parts but that was the jest of it-It was not much more than that and though this may not mean anything it always seemed that when suggestions were finally set in motion they were objected to inappropriately and out of time.There is a disjointed idea about importance,honesty and this picture and never the twain shall meet.Iam not kidding this really is a very stupid film.The timing and appropriateness of certain comments seemed to be emphasized when the aliens are closing in on closing us out and then we learn that we knew all about them.I don't know but things just had a hard time adding up-the aforementioned columns with the errors and details perhaps will shed some light on all the problems this film exhibited.