Eye Candy once more...

Rating: 1/10 (8 November 2000)

Independence Day drawn out money from pockets everywhere with one recycled plot and that is aliens invade and defeat us, and now we must have the strength to take back what's ours. Anyone expecting any sort of patriotism from this film should have their eye's and mind rechecked. It doesn't offer enough for you to feel any sympathy for the characters. It DOES offer enough action and special effects to thrill you however. So this begs the question. Does all of the technical know-how and eye candy substitute dialogue? Should every film in the future like Godzilla, Battlefield Earth, Start Trek: Generations, The Phantom Menace, continue to exist where the only reason why they were even made is to a) exploit the audience's weakness for mind-blowing FX, or b) build on an ego?
ID-4 had some good moments, when the invading aliens were in the picture and they use their weaponary. Then we're involved with the heroes. Harry Connick Jr. for lack of better words was retarded in this film and had no place in it. Hence the ego statement earlier. At times the people in the movie were frightened from the alien experience, then zany, then happy, then sad again. Do they even know that nearly a third of the world is in ruins? Does Will Smith even remember that his "so we are led to assume" buddy Harry Jr. died just seconds ago when he pulled out a tacky one liner "Welcome to Earth." at the aliens?
ID-4 is a brainless movie attempting to bring out good feeling of patriotism just like Armageddon. The fun factor isn't all too well with this one. Some characters were just a bit too dissappointing and annoying for me to bear. Watch this is under mute and then it'll score points.