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Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2001)

Independence Day. It is a very good sci-fi-action movie with great special effects. It is still #4 in the box office. A few years ago ( about 1997 ) I watched this film with my little sister about 3 times a week. Till now I have seen this movie about 25 times, at the moment there is no film that I have seen more often, but during the following weeks Jurassic Park will catch ID4 up. Maybe Independence Day is brainless, but who cares? It wants to be an entertaining action movie, and it is. Maybe it is the best sci-fi-movie ever.
I have two favorite scenes : the first : the aliens attacking New York and Los Angeles and so on. The second : "Y'know, this was supposed to be my weekend off, but noooo. You got me out here draggin' your heavy ass through the burnin' desert with your dreadlocks stickin' out the back of my parachute. You gotta come down here with an attitude, actin' all big and bad... and what the hell is that smell? I could've been at a barbecue! But I ain't mad."
Good points : these two scenes, action, fun, special effects, sound, story, characters, actors, style, Will Smith, beginning, directing.
Bad points : sometimes the score, some goofs.
All in all, I rate Independence Day 9.5/10. A few years ago it was my favorite film, but today it is just #24.