Enjoyable

Rating: 9/10 (4 August 2006)

Its a popcorn movie. So what? Is there anything wrong with that? I don't quite see that as a reason to downplay something and give it a bad rating. Independence day did deliver what most movie goers wanted and that was a good time. It may be far from a gritty and realistic movie but with so many elements blended into it such as action, air combat, explosions, a huge star cast, a feel good story and totally awesome special effects, it has to be one of the best movie efforts ever made. Despite so much content, the viewer never gets saturated with too much and everything has a major part to play. The only bad thing is that the director got carried away by the success of this movie and went and made a crapfest called the day after tomorrow.