Now that's what I call a close encounter.

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2011)

Independence Day has to be one of the best alien invasion movies released in the last quarter century. True the storyline is not very original, it does borrow themes from other sci-fi movies. The thing that is original is that the time line of this movie is between July 2 and July 4. But this movie has marvellous special effects, lots of action and lots of heart. I can not believe it was even nominated for a golden raspberry award. I enjoyed this movie a lot and I do not think it should have been nominated for that award. This movie has excellent performances from Will Smith, Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum. Independence Day was also the top grossing movie of 1996. If you have not seen this movie, watch it right away. It will blow you away.