THIS IS NO INDEPENDANCE DAY

Rating: Null/10 (28 May 2004)

Sad to say, after seeing the film today, I thought it didn't live up to the greatness of Independance day. They spent way too much time on one storyline, and not enough on the storms, or the government. I always feel in a disaster movie when they show the government involvement it makes for heavier drama. You only see the president a few times, so you never know what we as a nation, or Canada, or anybody, is doing about it. Movies like Independance Day and Deep Impact showed more of this and for that were better pictures.
The acting is good, the special effects are great, the trouble with those is everything you have seen on the trailers, is ALL THERE IS really. You never see what's happening anywhere but New York or the short Tornado scene in L.A. where in Independance Day they showed effects all over the world.
I think it was worth my matinee price of $6.00, but I won't buy the dvd, it hust isn't a movie I would sit and watch many times. I had high hopes of a great event film, and ended up really with a drawn out drama with good special effects scenes. The duo can do better. I am not sure why they went the route they did when they had a formula that once before worked extremely well. Seems they didn't learn complete lesson after Godzilla. I question whether this will hold up at the boxoffice after word of mouth hits.
It's not bad, but I had hoped to watch it and leave saying WOW. That just didn't happen.