On what level does this movie not offend?

Rating: 3/10 (25 May 2008)

Some parts can be glossed over. For instance, the parts that look like a sketch based on Henny Youngman bits (a Jew and a gay go into a bar...), are Vader and Solo any less cliché? The parts that strain believable? Metachlorians anyone? Fantasy-based sci-fi, which has the feel of being directed by a German (haven't confirmed this) who pulls his cliché cards the way Capra pulls happy endings out of the tears.
But -- from now on the whole world will celebrate July 4th as Independence Day? It's about bloody time the Americans took the lead while the Earth gets blown to bits? Yay the Americans saved the day? Insulting to the world, and embarrassing to any American with a brain. Needless to say, the flag-waving survivalist Winnebago across the desert crowd wouldn't be embarrassed by this movie.
I often wonder if more Americans have been a broad (transgender) than have been abroad, but regardless I live in a huge multicultural city where you never hear American without bloody in front of it. The world respects you about as much as you deserve it. You don't have to get over yourselves, that's your right, but this movie is a glaring example of why you're on the road to irrelevance.