A great fun destructive film

Rating: 8/10 (23 June 2016)

With the sequel resurgence coming out I thought I would watch the original independence day and this film is just allot of great fun. The premise of the film sees an alien invasion that forces the whole world to unite to stop them. Jeff goldblum is a brilliant actor and he is really good in this film. I found hid character pretty interesting and I found him really entertaining throughout the film. Will Smith was an unknown at this point but he just oozes charisma in this film. I also liked his character and how he and goldblum interacted. Bill Pullman plays the president of the United states and he is possibly the coolest president in film history. He has a pretty emotional journey throughout this film and I really cared about him. I thought the two love interests were good as well as they worked and I bought there romance with smith and goldblum. The story has some decent character moments and depth to its characters. Unfortunately, the film is a little simple and it comes across with a few plot holes and clichés that don't help the decent run time. The script has some decent drama and humour in it but it just has quite a bit of ridiculous cheese in it. The style is great especially considering that this film is 20 years old I thought all the action scenes and special effects were great. Overall I really enjoyed this film and I hope the sequel is just as good.