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Rating: 1/10 (5 April 2009)

Once upon a time, Americans liked to elect morons as their presidents. This rather unfortunate phenomenon had the effect of prompting other morons to make films that justified the reign and actions of their moronic mentors. Independence Day, together with it's token tweeisms, heavily polished action - hero presidential figure, thinly disguised propagandist speeches and even the final 'We Wuz WRONG!' speech, the pretentiousness of which even an eight year old could see through, is a strong example of this. Humungous amounts of money were poured into this white elephant of a film - making project. $100 million I understand. No doubt financed by the kind of people whose interests it serves to nurture moronic qualities in the American public, these people had very clear ideas about how to use their bloated bank balances for the greater good. Hey guys, lets build some new, affordable social housing for the decent, hard - working (overworked) people of our nation. No. Okay. Lets build some new hospitals to provide the best possible care for the least privileged. Definitely not. Right. What about some more schools? How about channelling some funding into the most deprived, over - worked inner city schools? Don't be an ass. Err... okay. How about making an over - hyped, no - brainer scripted, shameless piece of hegemonic republican propagandist trash and wrap a bit of science fiction around it so all the geeks go? Why, that sounds like a swell idea!