CLICHE

Rating: 5/10 (1 July 1999)

Hmmm.... Saw this quite a while ago. Loved the special effects!
Great for the time it was out!!!
However, the characters are a bit cliched, especially the President of the United States Of America - I cant see Clinton jumping in a fighter jet and taking off to shoot a giant muthar of an alien ship! The bit that really made me wince was the Presidents Presidential Speech - I mean - the whole world accepting an American holiday as their national holiday? Yeah, right!
There were bits that could've been edited out - they mostly involved Ye President of the Mighty U.S.of A. ie when he figures out the aliens plans for us poor Simians, his jumping in a fighter jet to take on the Bad Guys, when Mommy dies and he says "Mommy's sleeping now", that sorta thing. It was all one largish Cliche
I liked Jeff Goldblum, he's a cool actor, I found his acting better than ole Will Smith, but I did like Will's one-liners.
My favourite line in this movie is jeffs dad saying "Look at me, I'm not even wearing a tie. I look like a Schlimeal" or something to that effect. I get a laugh out of that every time I watch this flick. Dont know why, maybe its just my sense of humour!
Aside from that, I do think it could've been better handled, maybe a bit less of the patritism, not that i have anything against the good ole US of A of course!!