Independence Day Was Better

Rating: Null/10 (28 January 2006)

Firstly, I viewed this movie with an open mind. I have always enjoyed Spielberg's work, mostly all of it. While Tom Cruise has gotten on my nerves lately with the coach jumping and scientology tirades, I think he is a good actor and have enjoyed his movies.
This movie does not work, it has all the parts that should make it work, but there are so many gaping plot holes that it doesn't work.
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1. In the beginning when the aliens first take away power it clearly shows that Tom Cruis's watch stops working, his cell phone stops working, all of which are battery operated, yet in a scene seconds later it shows a man video recording the aliens. If batteries aren't working how is this possible?
2. The makers of this movie were trying to avoid Independence Day so much, that they failed to take into consideration that some of the points in Independence Day would have to be shown. For instance, why didn't our military go nuclear, I'm pretty sure D.C. would have gone nuclear a soon as New York was hit. This was never explained in the movie. Where were the GEEKS? The geeks that would have explained a lot of stuff like Jeff Goldblum's character.
3. Needless and wasted scenes: Tim Robbins scenes were totally unnecessary and I wondered if Spielberg intentionally wanted the rest of the world to think American's are creepy and psychotic.
The subplot with the son, didn't need to happen and stalled the movie. I assume that was in the script to give emotional undercurrent, it seemed out of place and I questioned why the son was doing this.
4. The Ending Boston Scene So the aliens destroyed everything in sight except the street in Boston where the little girls grandparents live. They all come out of the house like they are having a dinner party. Are the aliens Red Sox fans maybe that is why Boston not destroyed.
5. The biggest plot hole The aliens buried there technology before humans existed, okay, but how did they know what are technology would be, our weaponry etc. Yet they knew that but not about the microbes in the water that have existed it it for millions of years?
6. Personal Gripe Just once in one of these movies I would like a woman to save the world, just once.