Independence Day (Five Star Collection)

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Summary: This is a great film.
Review: I like this film. I saw this when it first came out at the theatres. It was funny in parts, and scary in others. Thank heavens this was made before the attacks on us. Anyway! I like the way the alians were made on the film. This is recommended highly to all future sci-fi fans.

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Summary: One of the sci-fi movies of the century
Review: This is one of the best sci-fi movies of the 90's, but i think they should have cut this long extravaganza down.
The earth is again being attacked by aliens, and this time they parade up with undescrible giant UFO's, and now it's up to Will Smith and his crew to exterminate the aliens.
This movie is a must have for the sci-fi lovers!

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Summary: Today is our Independence Day
Review: Take the Fresh Prince, Lonestar from Spaceballs, and a bunch of aleins looking to kill the human race and you get ID4. The special effects reminded me why I thought Star Wars was so awesome when I first saw it. It was simply the fact that I've never seen that before and it set a new standard (like Star Wars) in the use of special effects.

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Summary: This is just a movie
Review: My six year old son watched Indepedence Day and was terrified of the aliens (scenes). The documentary on disc 2 about how the aliens were filmed helped him really understand that this is just a movie. Also the documentary about the minature cities and the White House reinforced the concept that this is just a movie and not real life. He did not have nightmares after the movie. Thank you for showing us how the movie was made.

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Summary: Disengage brain before operating
Review: You're going to love this movie if:
1) You like explosions
2) Head-butting an alien is your idea of humor
3) You know absolutely nothing about computers or data

You'll also probably like it if you're able to completely suspend your thinking processes during viewing.

The acting's not bad, and the effects are top-notch. Too bad the story is so inane.

It would be pretty stirring if the solutions to the plot complications weren't so ridiculous. Everything was fine for the first hour. The closure to the film was just slack-jaw goofy.

I find it hard to believe that there are many people who haven't seen this very hyped film, but if they exist, I recommend you leave this one one the shelf. If you want to see an action movie with humor that is worth suspending your brain for, rent "Big Trouble in Little China".

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Summary: Best Movie ever made!
Review: This will be forever in my Books as the single Greatest Movie ever made and Greatest Movie i've seen in my lifetime! before
Osama Bin Laden destroyed the Twin Towers, there was always Aliens who destroyed other landmarks in this world such as The White House. This 1996 Sci-fi Masterpiece set a huge Success worth of $ 1000,000 at the Box-Office and earning the Academy award for best Visual Effects. The DVD here is awesome and has lots of cool features such as the Trailers, TV Spots, Documentries, Photo Stills and others. So Grab the Best Movie ever made on DVD and it will be a ride you won't forget.

Other similar movies i would suggest: Stargate, The Fifth Element, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi,
The Phantom Menace, Titanic, Starship Troopers, Men in Black,
Armageddon, Con Air, The Rock, The Matrix and Die Hard.

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Summary: Great Modern Sci-Fi
Review: Do not let bad reviews stop you from seeing this movie on DVD. It is the best sci-fi since Alien. War Of The Worlds with a new twist. I do not understand what causes the overpaid reviewers to condemn so many of the sci-fi films of today and praise so many of the so called "movies with a message". If entertainment is what you are looking for this is a great two hours of intense sci-fi action. Once again i have discovered what the reviews say is bad, i seem to enjoy.

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Summary: One of the BEST DVD's on the market
Review: This is one of those DVD's that you can spend all day with watching over and over again.

When 'Independence Day' first came out, everyone was blown away by the special effects...years later we still are. The directors and producers took movie making to the most realistic level ever.

The movie has a fast moving plot, plenty of comedy, plenty of action and...of course...plenty of aliens trying to take over the planet. A perfect mix for any movie fan.

Now enter the DVD...

You get not one, but two DVDs!
The best part is being able to see different scenes...the best one is the alternate scene where the first alien city ship is blown up over Area 51...do you know what other plane they used? Well you'll have to get the DVD and find out. In addition you can turn on the commentary and find out WHY the director decided NOT to use that scene!

The DVD is extremely well designed. Navigating the menu selections is like playing a video game in some aspects...very entertaining to do (for such a boring task).

This is a DVD you must have for your collection...at least to amaze your friends and family with your new DVD player!

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Summary: UNFORTUNATELY NO OPTION OF 0 STARS
Review: I'm ashamed to admit in hind-sight that I was actually fired up about this movie before it was released. We were bombarded with an upsurd advertisement campaign. Every single cast member was invited onto at least one of the talk shows at least once a piece before the movie even hit theatres. Fast food. Action figures. Magazines. It was everywhere. It was supposed to be the movie of the century!!! ... at least that was what we were being told. And it looked like it probably would be.

Then I went to see it ... with eyes-wide and excited; hand buried in popcorn. Then... I realized, about forty minutes in ... I'd been conned. Never in my life did I feel so stupid ... I had fallen for it. I had fallen foolishly for the most hyped movie of all time.

This wasn't the movie of the century... it was a two-hour commercial. It was a scatter-brained, poorly-written, poorly-directed fiasco. Other than the incredible special effects that went to waste on INDEPENDENCE DAY, the movie only deserved to be shown on the DISNEY CHANNEL... once.

A movie that was written so poorly that it went from joking around one second, to nuking Houston the next (anyone know anybody in Houston? ... apparently no one who made this movie did, because they sure didn't care).

An alien movie that was about as scary as your local christian church's haunted house. A movie that couldn't figure out whether it wanted to be a comedy, a thriller, or a UPN movie of the week.

And then came the ... finale ... "I'M BACK!!!" And they all came tumbling down.

Well, I won't be back. And I learned a valuable lesson: Any movie who has to promote as heavily as INDEPENDENCE DAY had to, probably isn't worth the paper they used to write the script. IF THERE WAS A SCRIPT????

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Summary: Old idea, new twist
Review: I may not be the only one who made this observation with this movie. I watched War of the Worlds (that invasion from Mars movie from the 50s) again recently, I saw so many parallels between ID4 and War of the Worlds. ID4 has many new twists though and an expanded story. Overall, ID4 endures as an excellent movie with good acting, superior special effects, and a compelling story overall.