As bad as Titanic

Rating: 3/10 (30 June 2000)

As with James Cameron's Titanic, this movie is more an exercise in emotional manipulation than a work of cinematic art. The script is more an attempt to satisfy audiences than to tell a story. Obviously pandering to the politics of today, Emmerich repeatedly chooses to either distort or completely ignore the cultural reality of Colonial America. Even worse, he follows Cameron's lead in employing sophomoric, pandering plot devices in order to make sure the bad guy comes across as bad and the good guy is good.
However, he has created a product very palatable to todays movie consumer. Many people will see this movie and find it 'good', leaving the theater happy (not unlike ID4). Not every movie needs to be art. I just wish he'd stick to aliens and not propagandize history.