If the word Epic was a movie, this would be it!

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2012)

This film is really what brought Sci Fi back in the mid-1990s, bringing together some of the best Special Effects with an all star cast, a soundtrack that was written in gold and a way about it that is not beyond the realms of reality. Independence Day is a real collection of brilliance, combining the typical B Movie story of the 1960s with the technology of the 1990s, and Roland Emmerich's magic wand of directing blends it to perfection!
The story is your typical sort of B Movie thing, Aliens arrive, cause trouble, so we kill them, the end. But the way its executed is what makes it unique to other films of similar genre, and all of these points are entirely plausible. The Aliens seem plausible, the plot seems plausible, the way we destroy the aliens seems plausible, the characters and their backgrounds seem plausible, so generally, this film doesn't stray too far from reality, which makes it better than other films which would have us believe that we destroyed the aliens using pop-tarts catapulted from the side of Mount Rushmore.
Overall, a really good film to watch, although it can be quite scary for some younger audiences as well as the use of bad language and battle violence, its just a great little film to watch, just sit back and enjoy the ride! :D