Ridiculous

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2007)

Independence Day has little to no redeemable qualities about it. The acting, directing, editing, and writing are all absolute crap. Moreover, this movie is one hundred and forty five minutes long. I have nothing against long movies; most of my favorites run over two hours long, but when a piece of crap like this, a film that relies completely on special effects, thinks it has enough of a story to last that long? PLEASE! The only reason I'm giving this more than one star is the special effects. They probably pleased some simpleton minds who went to see yet another 'AMERICA SAVES THE WORLD' movie. Don't even get me started on Emmerich, a man responsible for crap like the American remake of "Godzilla", the even worse "Universal Soldier", and the ridiculously bad "Moon 44". Sure, the guy made a decent film in "Stargate", but nothing else I've seen from him is worth anything at all. Moreover, I can't even laugh at his crap, unlike stuff by directors like Uwe Boll. Well, he makes money for the studios, I guess.
The script remains the worst part however. It's like "Armageddon" only even more overly sentimental and even worse acted, and even more cliché-packed if that's possible. So many people go after Michael Bay, but Emmerich should be the target. At least Bay made one good movie (The Rock), Emmerich is just rubbish all the damn time.
Ugh, do yourself a favor, and do not watch this movie. 2/10