Not JUST fun and exciting

Rating: 8/10 (11 September 1998)

I have seen and heard people say that this movie has bad acting, bad writing and bad everything except for special effects. Frankly I wasn't impressed with the special effects. I was impressed with the writing, directing and believe it or not the acting. Bill Pullman's performance was outstanding and Will Smith, who always has a huge screen presence and intense charisma acted very well. All sci-fi/action flicks get tons of criticism for acting. Why? Because most of those people don't like sci-fi/action, that's why. Also because a retarded element of this world seem to dislike movies that have a big budget and sci-fi/action films often do. Independence Day has better acting than most films that are nominated for Oscars. Just because a film is boring enough and stage play like enough to be an Oscar contender doesn't mean it has good acting. Maybe one day the Academy and others will start to give sc-fi films the respect they deserve. Perhaps they will look back at Independence Day and shake their heads at their close-minded ignorance.