The Ultimate Popcorn Flick

Rating: 7/10 (1 August 2015)

Independence Day has everything you need for a summer blockbuster: big stakes, exotic location, and larger than life characters.
It has the big stake in the form of aliens coming to destroy the Earth. It has the exotic setting of exploring Area 51. And it has larger than life characters, as well as average Joe heroes.
The larger than life characters include the President of the United States (Bill Pullman) and the First Lady (Mary McDonnell). The average Joe heroes consist of: computer expert David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum), Pilot Steven Hiller (Will Smith), single mother Jasmine (Vivica Fox), and single father Russell (Randy Quaid).
Independence Day is arguably one of the best summer blockbusters to have come out in the last 20 years. It has even deemed itself a spot on the endless list of sequels and remakes being done today. Before you watch the new ones or the remakes its always worth checking out the originals. Be sure to catch this one if you missed it and throw it on again even if you haven't because this film has made its name as one of the ultimate popcorn flicks.