Independence Day

Review: It’s the 4th of July, I’m ready to pop some firecrackers. Don’t pop em on me. Where the police at? Happy 2024th Birthday America! I watched this movie in your honor. I’ll admit this movie was fairly uninspired and nothing really set it apart from other sci-fi alien invasion movies. Will Smith is cool. So that’s nice. Is it okay to like him again? I’ll also say Will just punching the alien in the face was pretty awesome. ‘That’s what I call a close encounter.’

High: The visuals, specifically of the explosions towards the beginning (a la the White House going boom) were very nice and have aged relatively well.

Low: A tad too many storylines that they try to tie together in the final act. For my personal taste, this is a tad too convoluted for an action flick. Another low is that I can’t vote for Thomas J. Whitmore in the real presidential election.

Rating: 6/10