FIRST TIME WATCHING Independence Day (1996) Movie Reaction & Review

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[@unlimited971]

Wtf. Nukem iscthe only way. " nuke them from orbit. Only way to be sure..." Ripley

[@texasrattlesnake31637]

Ei, great reaction M! Nice movie!

[@StalKalle]

That's not CGI, that's practical effects.

[@nathancline4000]

Not sure if you are a Star Trek Person or not, or if you recognised him, but the wild haired scientist at Area 51 is played by Brent Spiner, who plays the Android Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[@robertsmith3883]

area 51 is actually on Google Maps

[@Enrique-Garcia]

Those weren't "graphics", they built actual models of all those buildings and city blocks and blew them up on film. They actually built the spaceships, the aliens and alien suits, even the canyon that the fighter jets flew through. That's why everything looked so good, because it was real.

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

I much prefer this kind of film making over the modern method of CGI.

[@0predaking0]

They mixed practical models and CGI

[@jacob4920]

The alien ship models were actually fifteen miles wide, too! 😆 That wasn't easy to pull off. And it was expensive, which is why they only ever made one, and shot it as the model for ALL the space ship scenes. Repairing New York and Los Angeles after brutally blowing them up practically bankrupted America! Needless to say this was an expensive flick! lol

[@Enrique-Garcia]

@@0predaking0 the CGI was very minimal tho, I think it was mostly the energy blasts. Compositing doesn't actually count as CGI, that's only a visual effect.

[@darkamora5123]

@@Enrique-Garcia You are MOSTLY right but lots of the small stuff in the battles was actual CGI, small as in scale of individual items in large scenes not necessarily if you saw them in real life lol. So when they had the hundreds of small non-organic fighters, both alien and fighter jets the individual elements were CGI not miniature models. The alternate versions of scenes showcase that when they had Randy Quaid show up in his crop dusting biplane with a missile strapped to it for the climactic scene where they escort him to the big ship. The plane with an 80 knot top speed makes more sense moving so slowly in that scene than the fighter jet taking so long to climb 80 feet, but I am so glad they changed that CG model as it looked so silly.

[@TheDeadStretch]

"We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!" That deliverance gives me goosebumps every time.

[@pleutron]

for me, in the top 10 movie monologues

[@JakeBourne13]

This part always had me in my feels, what a speech!

[@Jpew2007]

My favorite part of the speech is, “We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore…”

[@NetAndyCz]

One of the best movie speeches for sure.

[@davidhasselblad2898]

I did this monologue as my first theatre piece in highschool. Still one of my favorite monologues ever. thanks for addressing it.

[@waveymattdavey]

I haven't watched this since my daughter was born and hearing the "Is Mommy sleeping now?" line and imagining myself in the fathers shoes was a real gut punch.

[@jwr6796]

Having kids has totally changed how I watch movies. There are some things that just land differently now...

[@MrXMysteriousX]

Trust me, it's worse.I hope you never find out. All I'll say is, cherish your loved ones everyday.

[@cheekyboomboom8973]

Bill Pullman's Presidential speech is still one of the best moments in film. Best delivery of a speech.

[@mikegoodwin2386]

I've read that if you get a couple beers in him, you can get him to do that speech. He still knows it.

[@ponczi]

Moreover, this speech is improvised. At least that's what I read from the curiosities for this movie.

[@TheBTG88]

@@ponczi Bill Pullman did an interview somewhere here on KZbin where he confirms that this was written in the script and he did it multiple times - as opposed to another myth that said he did it in one take.

[@rokaanalzeer7148]

@@mikegoodwin2386that’s awesome 😂

[@thedoctor4327]

This was one of the last films to rely heavily on minature models which is one reason the special effects hold up despite some aging 90s CGI because the CGI was used to supplement the practical effects

[@nathancruz9172]

Indeed.

[@johnsensebe3153]

It's pretty much all miniatures, with digital compositing and death rays.

[@NeelTheSphynx]

The guy with the voice is Harvey Fierstein and he is a treasure and an icon. That is his real and natural voice. Everybody has two sets of vocal cords, we just often use only one. It's not hard to talk through both of them. When his voice "dropped" as a kid both of his got permanently activated so he has that dual voice all the time.

[@dancingmonkey08]

DAVID DAVID DAVID!

[@NeelTheSphynx]

@@dancingmonkey08 WHY DID I JUST SEND MY MOTHER TO ATLANTA!?

[@dancingmonkey08]

@@NeelTheSphynx DDDDAAAAVVVVIIIDDDDD!

[@rimasmuliolis1136]

He's in Robin Williams' "Mrs. Doubtfire" and Disney's animated Milan. My son was born in '96 and now he's retired U.S. Navy.

[@timreno72]

I can relate. My voice is 2X deeper than his and it changed @ 12yo. A little hard calling girls on the phone and explaining to parents that I'm not 40yo.

[@Eiglayn_Misthios]

"Forget the fat lady, you're obsessed with the fat lady" XD Great banter between those two

[@Falconer1128]

I love that line!

[@galandirofrivendell4740]

Also, Goldblum's "Oops" speech was taken from a Bill Cosby routine.

[@Eiglayn_Misthios]

@@galandirofrivendell4740 thanks for sharing?

[@stevenlgreco]

"Movies of today are improved and more immersive now than in the '90's"........ummm, what????

[@JoeCensored]

Fun fact, the city burning flames early in the film were not cgi. Too early for that. They built city models, flipped them on their side, and sent flames through them recorded with a high speed camera.

[@Pothos969]

"It could have had some comical moments"? There were many funny lines and situations in the movie. How about when Will Smith first encountered an alien, said "Welcome to Earth" and then punched it in the face?... I always get a laugh out of that one.

[@bobbymariani2839]

I could've been at a Bar B Q!!!

[@Rex-rr7dv]

It’s crazy people outside of the US haven’t heard of Area 51. As kids we always figured aliens were being experimented on. Lol

[@scorp77snake]

I just don't think its talked about as much anymore , in the UK most kids i knew in the 80's knew about area 51

[@CChissel]

@@scorp77snake yeah I was going to say, Area 51 has been a thing for a long time, over 30 years, how has she not heard about it before 2018 lol

[@lauradawson7964]

I grew up in the 90s in the UK and I knew what Area 51 was. Then again I was a big X-Files fan.

[@UTU49]

Hmm, interesting. It's definitely my impression that Area 51 used to be talked about a lot more than it has been in recent years.

[@NetAndyCz]

I knew Area 51 mainly from X-files and Stargate:)

[@Nemophilist850]

"Wow, things existed in the 90's?"

[@Shritistrang]

"It's an alien, what did you expect?" Superman, E.T., Mr. Spock, Chewbacca, Son Goku & ALF: "I take offense to that."

[@Falconer1128]

Lol. I am convinced that Bigfoot is just Chewie trying to get home but Han won't answer his cell. Lol. Ima make a bumper sticker out of that.

[@Billinois78]

"There's a horror movie called Alien!? That's really offensive! No wonder everyone keeps invading you!" - Doctor Who

[@jeremyfrost2636]

To cats, Alf is basically a xenomorph.

[@idhunepijl1404]

That “Welcome to Earth” punch scene was hilarious!

[@thepodbaydoorshal]

A blockbuster classic. It's actually interesting to see people discovering this for the first time. Of course it boggles my mind because when it came out it was the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time. My how times change.

[@pleutron]

what's your boggle?

[@jacob4920]

It's the "Gone With The Wind" effect. GWTW was an instant classic when it was made, and was loved by everybody. But even the kids of adults who watched it can reach adulthood without ever watching it themselves, and so there have been two or three generations of film-watchers that discovered it for the first time, 20-50 years after the fact. Hell, I'm sure there are people today who haven't ever seen it, despite GWTW being one of the biggest classics in Hollywood history by this point. Same phenomenon with this (and every) film. No matter how big a movie is, it always has to make a new impression on each successive generation. Only a fraction of all the movies ever made have ever gotten to do this. Most movies just tend to fade into oblivion after a few decades.

[@logann7942]

I love it when people in their 20s can’t believe anything cool happened before they were born. Yes, the 1990s were the pinnacle of practical effects.

[@vodengc520]

@@pleutron My BOGGLE?? *Throws you through a museum display case*

[@jeremyfrost2636]

@@jacob4920 I haven't seen GWTW. I'm 43, I probably should've seen it by now.

[@MaxLadik]

The "Is mommy sleeping now?" line always leaves me tearbending.

[@MaxLadik]

Looking back on this post less drunk, I feel I could have provided more context.

[@fakecubed]

@@MaxLadik What more context is needed? Everyone loves Avatar.

[@1980cuzo]

I was a senior in HS when this came out and a guy in art class painted the movie poster but replaced the White House with the school. He did such a good job on it though the teacher had no choice but display it during parents night. Every time I watch it now it remind me of that.

[@joenobody5631]

He'd be escorted out of the school in handcuffs today. 🤣

[@chefskiss6179]

"DAVID, TELL HIM!" I still get goosebumps. NICE one, Mary :)

[@thedoctor4327]

Having seen Battlestar Galactica I always found it funny that Mary McDonnell played the President’s Wife here and went on to play the President in BSG

[@Falconer1128]

I have never made that connection. That's cool! Thank you for pointing that out.

[@UTU49]

@@Falconer1128 Well, if it isn't the comedian and national treasure, Mel Smith! I loved Mary McDonnell in Dances With Wolves, Donnie Darko, and Passion Fish.

[@MaxLadik]

Yes, same thought on her journey from first wife to president

[@UTU49]

@@MaxLadik I guess it took her a couple of centuries though.

[@w1975b]

@@UTU49 don't we find out that BG happened way in the past, though, similar to Star Wars?

[@ueno1]

Bill Pullman's speech in this was Epic!

[@user-zb3yl1wu8u]

This, Men in Black, and Armageddon with Bruce Willis were major late 90s movies that will always be considered hit classics

[@sb9350]

The best alien invasion in movie history, the shadows, the rumbling, the panic in the streets. I saw this in theater as a kid back in 96. An experience we will never see again

[@daytonapeanut]

Agreed. This movie just has a different kind of atmosphere/ ambience (?). I get legitimate chills when the ships roll over the cities and then when the destruction begins.

[@karlsmith2570]

The actor who played Jeff Goldblum's dad is Judd Hirsch The actor who's voice was kinda freaking you out is Harvey Fierstein, and that's his normal speaking voice BTW

[@ThePartisan13]

I can't believe he's still alive, dude is 87 years old

[@thebigbop5866]

Best extra in movie history is that guy who gives the salute during the big speech.

[@frohrstrand]

Independence Day was a huge deal when it premiered in 1996. The premiere here in Oslo, Norway was seven screenings in 70mm film in the biggest concert arena at the time, Oslo Spektrum with an audience of 4500 each night. It was completely sold out and tickets on the black market sold for eight times the original price. The screen used had a width of 40.24 metres and ended up in the Guiness Book of Records as the world's largest cinema screen

[@DarthTach]

We had a slightly smaller screen in a theater (the last single screen theatre in my city). And every single showing for the first week was full. They had line ups around the mall during prime time.

[@joenobody5631]

Wow...

[@dang3r611]

Area 51 has been around since the 1950s. However, the Central Intelligence Agency didn't publicly acknowledge the base's existence until 2013.

[@PhilHug1]

9:08 Most New Yorker don't have a driver licenses because they don't need it

[@Billinois78]

"Nobody drives in New York. Too much traffic" 😆

[@retromania8269]

So there are adults in New York that have never driven before? That's actually mind-blowing.

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

@@retromania8269 There are adults in NYC that have lived their entire lives and never driven a car.

[@ericwatson54]

Bill Pullman portrayed the best President ever! He had to make hard decisions for the good of the world.

[@TheBraunMachine2011]

Agreed, still my favorite performance from Pullman. I also really liked Morgan Freeman's President Beck character from Deep Impact, I would put him at a very close second. Underrated performance IMHO.

[@fakecubed]

#2 is Harrison Ford.

[@cobbler88]

So in THIS instance, we applaud that. 🤣

[@WolvesPlaysGames]

Area 51 is also known as Groom Lake. It has been around since the 50s. It's a secret air base used for testing classified aircraft.

[@eddieanderson9399]

I thought it was named for the total number of points scored in Superbowl 54. Go figure.

[@GenerationWest]

Such an entertaining movie, it's not the greatest thing, but it's a classic 90's blockbuster... Anyway, don't watch the sequel, it takes all those good feelings away lol

[@thaddeusskywalker5293]

Hi! I'm still subbed to you! Even after all these years!

[@christopherconard2831]

It's a popcorn movie. Don't expect high cinematic art or grand social commentary. Just turn off your brain and enjoy the pretty colors. And it's excels at that.

[@Dan_Kanerva]

@@christopherconard2831 NEVER turn off your brain... if everyoine turns off their brains , companies realize they can put their feces and add a few CGI and you all will eat it. Have some standards dudes

[@RaderizDorret]

Not just *A* classic 90's blockbuster. It was *THE* 90's blockbuster. What made it so successful is it was basically the first movie of its kind overall.

[@jeffreyweitzman6463]

I have to disagree with you - for me this is a 90's movie that broke records in its era, and to this day in every department still holds up well therefore I would definitely class it as at very least 1 of the all time greats.

[@godzillarwby1755]

"Release... me." Chills, goosebumps and shivers every time.

[@nathancruz9172]

24:34 same thing.

[@Rellj16]

"...diiiiiie". Shiver me fuckin timbers! Haha all the goosies.

[@christophercurtis4131]

This movie has a special place in my heart because it was the very first movie I saw in theaters after I finished Basic Training for the Navy. I graduated June of 1996 in Illinois and was in San Diego the following month when I saw it. It was amazing.

[@johnposada6703]

I enjoy seeing Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum teaming up to take down aliens. Plus I love the president's speech that inspired all fighter pilots to not be afraid but to fight back. Today we celebrate our Independence Day.

[@shadowfire_08]

greatest speech in movie history 🗽🦅🇺🇸 happy 4th everyone 🥳🍻

[@BellevueGhostbuster]

I was 12 when this movie hit theatres and my Dad took me to see it. It was soo cool to see this on the big screen. It has become a holiday staple in our family for the 4th of July and I still love watching it. I wish Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith would do another movie together cause they played off each other very well and they make a cool duo.

[@ghostspider2056]

The “welcome to Earth” part is always iconic.

[@gabagool_and_psychiatry4856]

"welcome to erff"

[@nathancruz9172]

That’s right.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

The movie with the greatest motivational speech of all time

[@RyoHazuki224]

One of the biggest blockbusters of the 90's. Very hard to top, and it has so many iconic scenes, dialogue, set pieces, and special effects!!

[@pokemaniac05]

Mary has been living under a rock never seen or heard of a lot of older tv shows, movies & games.

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie blew me away when I saw this in theaters with my brother and sister. It made $880 million dollars against a $75 million dollar budget. It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. It was going to make it's TV Debut on FOX but due to the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks, it was removed from it's a schedule an replaced by Mrs. DOUBTFIRE.

[@AshrafAnam]

What's 9/11 gotta do with an extraterrestrial invasion?

[@tomkvideo]

Nah, it was on TV before 2001. I got it on VHS tape for Christmas in 1996 and wore that thing out, lol.

[@BDTXIII]

I watched the movie at home for the first time. Preferably, on DVD. The experience is unreplacable!!

[@shainewhite2781]

@@AshrafAnam It showed New York getting blown up.

[@UTU49]

@@shainewhite2781 And the White House.

[@SatNavDan]

Literally just finished Ashleigh Burton's video on this so here's a round two of this film.

[@kenlangston3451]

Same here. I was a little disappointed she cut out one of the best parts. But having never seen the movie I can understand not knowing how iconic it was.

[@Falconer1128]

I'm on my way to hers next. Irony. Lol

[@Hortonfantastic4]

I’m here after as well. Hopefully Mary includes the speech. How could Ashleigh miss that? I was so disappointed.

[@scottrabie]

me too

[@fakereality96]

Same.

[@rachelhatton3233]

I love how you hold Lola and hold her little paws❤️

[@brianboye8025]

So does Lola.

[@phillytothej4001]

This has a top 5 all time movie speech, and I get emotional every time I hear it

[@greymatters6555]

You don't recognize the actor playing the Preisdent? It's Bill Pullman, whom you should remember as Lone Star in Spaceballs.

[@jeremyfrost2636]

Mary needs to watch more horror movies. The Serpent And The Rainbow, Lake Placid, The Grudge... Bill Pullman's best work has been in horror.

[@jcatlin30]

@@jeremyfrost2636 She'd say that the movies needed to be scarier, since she didn't get the fact that this was almost equal parts action and humor, and yet wanted to have more comedic moments.

[@CronoCarGuy]

7 year old me saw this in movie theaters. Was mine and my dad's favorite. Watched it every 4th and 100% excitement every time.

[@Beastly89]

Same for me, saw it when I was 7 and I remember I was talking all the time about the movie on my way home from the cinema. One of my favorite movies for me as well.

[@lesliechan6242]

Kept waiting to see if Mary noticed that Major Mitchell in Area 51 (the guy who shot the alien through the glass) was Jayne from Firefly.

[@ahad2k11]

Oh man! I thought he looked familiar but I didn't recognize him, that's great

[@JohnWilson-zh3il]

He was also in the Patriot with Mel Gibson and Jason Isaacs, and as the XO in The Last Ship.

[@lassesipila6418]

The Roswell incident, which gave Area 51 the UFO conspiracy theory, occurred in 1947, so it's been a thing for a while, yeah. :)

[@karlsmith2570]

Fun Fact for you,Mary: The the line,"And What The Hell's That Smell?" Was an unscripted line by Will Smith The scene was shot near the great salt lake in Utah and with the great salt lake being notorious for having a foul smell, Will Smith was reacting to the stench on the set

[@Jutrzen]

Nothing fun about that.

[@Caseytify]

Decaying shrimp have a _distinctive_ aroma...

[@Latinofire202]

That speech by the president is probably the greatest speech in all of cinema

[@bothlatimer7638]

The speech is so good because Shakespeare wrote it. Clearly a reworded lift from the classic Saint Crispin's day speech. Substitute English archers about to get a serious whipping from French mounted knights, and it's exactly the same scenario. "And gentlemen of England now abed shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap while any speaks that fought with us upon SAINT CRISPINS DAY!!!"

[@imustbreakyou2170]

I was 16 years when this movie was released. I still get chills everytime I see it 😁

[@platinumangel7446]

Fierstein's distinctive gravelly voice is a result of an overdeveloped vestibular fold in his vocal cords, essentially giving him a "double voice" when he speaks. He is best known for his movie roles in Mrs. Doubtfire, Independence Day, and as the voice of Yao in Mulan and Mulan II.

[@MyBlackandRedCZ]

Really? My mom told me his raspy voice developed from way too many cigarettes and cigars!

[@platinumangel7446]

@@MyBlackandRedCZ I think your mom was telling you, don't smoke. Fierstien's voice changed early in life. Too early to have been caused by smoking.

[@TheNativeEngine]

I always thought his voice was cool. Still do.

[@cobbler88]

@@MyBlackandRedCZ I believe she was using "cigarettes" and "cigars" as euphemisms. 🤣

[@AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj]

I saw this movie on the big screen, July 4th, 1996 in a packed theater. One of my favorite movie experiences ever!

[@azrael3758]

That is still the best Presidential speech in movie or real life ever.

[@pleutron]

Check out some old Ronald Regan speeches, JFK had one or 2 good ones too.

[@peju2789]

"True Lies" = the best action and comedy movie by Cameron and with Arnold.

[@Jeremy_theGent]

One of my favorite guilty pleasure films. Whitmore's "We will not go quietly into the night" speech still gives me chills, and most of the production design really holds up.

[@nathancruz9172]

Me too.

[@pleutron]

why would you feel guilty about liking this movie?

[@JakkFrost1]

@@pleutron if I had to guess, maybe because being "patriotic" is somehow equated to white supremacy in America these days, and some people view this as chest-thumping "America, fuck yeah!" type propaganda?

[@hotmail305]

CGI was perfected in the 90s most 90s movies are as good CGI as today’s movies

[@Octaslash08]

I remember watching this in theaters and the scene when they opened up the alien suit made everyone in theater jump.

[@oldscratch3535]

This movie was ridiculously fun to watch in the theater when it came out. I think I saw it twice. The only other movies I've ever went to see again where this one, The Mummy, and Blade.

[@ottocarson]

25:18 “It’s an alien, what did you expect?” If that’s the image you have about aliens, you’re fkcn deep in the matrix, dude 🙄

[@Cwebbussenterprise]

The nice thing about Independence Day is that it came out the same year I was born, and it's been one of my childhood favorites, also Mary, there's also an extended version of Independence Day with over 9 minutes of extended scenes.

[@jamesedwards2483]

Dr Oaken Was Played By Brent Spiner, Better Known As Lt Commander Data On Star Trek: The Next Generation!!

[@adamclifton29]

I remember when this first came out back in 1996. It was quite an event movie very similar to when Jurassic Park first came out in 1993. These days there's a blockbuster every week but back then it was really special

[@martinbraun1211]

Please give STAR TREK a chance! 🖖

[@joshuacampbell7493]

You need to take a break from Star Trek man. Talk about something else.

[@martinbraun1211]

@@joshuacampbell7493 I don't think so! Sorry, I'll stick with STAR TREK! ✌️😊

[@AshrafAnam]

J.J.'s Star Trek?

[@pleutron]

@@AshrafAnam any of them

[@dantespears713]

1996 CG is better than the mess we got today

[@MrPerthglory]

Totally agree. Today’s stuff is so cartoony.

[@DerekHartley]

There isn't any ;-)

[@deckzone3000]

Not MCU.

[@kevingomez2470]

1996 CG sucks

[@dantespears713]

@@kevingomez2470 so does yo mama

[@Ringking-ws7bz]

It's upsetting how people keep saying there using a green screen in this movie. Except for the Volume and Disney people are still using green screen. For a long time this movie was one of the biggest Sci Fi movies until the MCU and Transformers came along. Only think alien for years was This Movie, STAR Wars, Star Trek, Fith Element, Alien , ET and Predator

[@w1975b]

Men in Black came out in 1997.

[@ISavant]

Wow area 51 was a thing in the 90s? No. It was a thing at least back in the 50s.

[@jonalberts980]

Apparently, things don't exist until she's heard about them.

[@CDRhammond]

That "you can't bank at that speed" scene gets me laughing every time. I have personally taken a F/A-18 off a runway lifted off the ground, hit the afterburner and just pulled back on the stick and just went straight up. Pulled about 6.5 G's doing it but other than that A ok. During air shows the Blue angel pilots pull the same type of maneuver as seen in the film and they don't have what came down to a panic attack. Even in the event of having symptoms of hypoxia there are emergency steps to counter it. One of the things no military pilot would ever do is pull his or her mask off in that type of situation. As Marine Captains (O-3) they have probably been in an active squadron well out of flight school for at least at a min a year at this point and would know better.

[@Gandorhar]

Love the movie and that speech the president gave, probably one of my favorite speeches in any movie. Its so damn good.

[@Jantzku]

"He doesn't have a license, no wonder his wife left him." Wow, just wow.

[@w1975b]

and then she sang some of No Scrubs by TLC

[@eschaton]

Yeah this chick has shown how shallow she is in several videos now. Doesn't surprise me.

[@joshr8666]

On one hand I understand what y'all are saying but what 40+ man, who is also a cable repair man, can speak perfect English, doesn't have a license.. I mean how the heck can he do his job..

[@cobbler88]

Says someone from a generation in which fewer people know how to drive than we've had in decades.

[@manoz6194]

@@cobbler88 Failure of younger generation is caused by the older generation

[@BlackSheep703]

Yh so I don't think everyone quite appreciates how long ago 26 years was in visual effects, this is less than a year on from Toy Story. This movie won the academy award for visual effects at the time.

[@snack_bar2474]

This is a great movie, not just for Americans. This is one of those movies that I have to watch sober.

[@kennethstevenson4817]

The Chaplan marrying them is Ron Howard's father and Bryce Dallas Howard's grandfather. And also they were using Blue Screen back in the nineties.

[@lunalavender5027]

I’ve never heard anyone say that this movie needed more comedy; that was a first.💜

[@godzillarwby1755]

The president's actor also plays in Lake Placid. I recommend it.

[@Hortonfantastic4]

It’s interesting how people will show shock at something feeling the same from the late 90s yet be completely comfortable with something from 2002. Do they realize yet that there’s only 6 or so years difference? 6 years ago was 2016. How much has changed since then? I swear, having the century change really made people forget that the 90s were not very long ago. At least for Miss Mary here. She probably remembers the 00s pretty well. ‘96 was only 4 years before that.

[@Milner62]

Yep for those of us that grew up in the time period it doesn't feel that long ago but number wise it wasn't yesterday. Still in the big picture, 20 30 or even 40 years isn't that long when you consider many of us will live to be 90.

[@hkiller57]

6 years is a pretty long time in computer development as well as developing new techniques, there is a reason LOTR holds up while Matrix and Star Wars do not for early 2000s movies. Another 6 year period would be your end point of 02 and 08, movies were looking quite a bit better in terms of cgi at the end of the 00s instead of the beginning

[@cobbler88]

@@hkiller57 And yet, I wouldn't walk across the street to watch any of those franchises. At least they got some of the computer stuff right. The rest just put me to sleep.

[@hkiller57]

@@cobbler88 considering it's been 120 out for the past 3 weeks, ya I wouldn't walk across the street to watch any of them either when I can instead watch h the masterpiece that is Lord of the Rings from my air conditioned couch

[@truththruthespirit2659]

"I have to realize the CG was 26 years ago" LOL To be fair a herd of dinosaurs probably just ran by creating a bit of chaos for the editors

[@DerekHartley]

There's also no CG in it, it's mostly miniatures and a bit of compositing.

[@williamrobinson4513]

I'm so GLAD you reacted to this film. This really brings me back to when I first purchased the VHS copy. 📼 I have the DVD and I still haven't watched it yet. I'll be watching it real soon. Glad you enjoyed it, MARY.

[@FatLittleButterfly]

the president's speech still gives me chills after 2 decades

[@WilliamMoses355]

For more historical Independence Day movies, for next year, check out The Patriot and 1776. My favorite Roland Emmerich film is probably Stargate. It has any number of problems, but it's a much more creative premise than his various movies about natural disasters.

[@thaddeusskywalker5293]

The Patriot! Such an emotional movie, but well acted by Gibson, Ledger (R.I.P.), and of course Isaacs!

[@stvdagger8074]

using the word Historical to refer to "The Patriot" is an unpardonable sin.

[@johnsimonson1207]

Please do Stargate, I think you will enjoy Stargate very much.

[@chrisrw453]

Stargate is pretty good, definitely worth a watch

[@Milner62]

Star Gate was a great movie of it's time. It how ever doesn't stand up that well anymore due to the TV series it created and follow up movies from said TV series. Still it was a good movie of it's time.

[@DeadmanDave]

Independence Day is my number 1 favorite movie. I don't know entirely why, but it just is.

[@williamwoods5592]

The very first time I saw this movie was at the movie theaters with my Mom, my Dad and my Grandmother when I was only 19 years old.

[@w1975b]

My mother and I saw it. I was either 20 or 21, depending on what day (my bday is July 22).

[@woobbryant]

41:49 ??? There are lots of comedic moments in this movie, especially with Will Smith's character, and Randy Quaid's character (in fact Quaid is almost completely comic until the very end). Jeff Goldblum has several funny moments with Judd Hirsch, and the Harvey Fierstein character's sole purpose in the film is for comic relief. And that's an abridged list.

[@sam-jf6cq]

I don't think I remember exactly but ... I think one interesting thing was that when they were at the table opening the alien suit, you not only have the actor that played Data from Star trek. But... it also had the actor that was conducting the autopsy on the girl in Silence of the Lambs AND the guy that played a captured person that an alien baby was placed in... in Alien Resurrection.

[@rhondahale5694]

True that nutty professor is Data

[@thaddoria7687]

Roland Emmerich has made a lot of “human civilization is destroyed” movies. So many that I think we can all say it’s a fetish.

[@NuclearFridge1]

Reminds me of an old joke... "What's the biggest threat to the world? "Roland Emmerich with a movie budget and a camera!" 😲

[@rodolfohernandez3303]

Independence Day was my first movie that i saw for the time in a cinema theather when i was 6 years old back in 1996 my mom and dad take me to see it the three of us

[@jacoblofthus7908]

I think we can all agree this movie has one of the all-time greatest taglines: "Don't make plans for August."

[@sca88]

'El Toro has been completely destroyed'. My friends and started laughing when we heard that line in the theater...in El Toro.. We grew up in El Toro CA right next to the Marine Base. Navy jets were constantly flying in and out of it. The town is called 'Lake Forest' now (We refuse to call it that) and they closed the base down in the late 90's. The high school is still called El Toro.

[@AshrafAnam]

Happy 4th of July 🎆🎇 to Americans 🇺🇸

[@odemusvonkilhausen]

This was the first movie I ever watched twice in the theater. And if you feel old, I was 16 when it was released.

[@thomaswilliamson298]

Bill Pullman (President) had to give his "big speech" on one of the earliest days of filming, and he was terrified because he didn't know how "big" to make the speech. Roland Emmerich told him to make it as big as he could, and now it's a classic.

[@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935]

The president's speech gets me every time.

[@jessewilson5510]

This was HUGE when it came out. The marketing for this was unlike anything I'd seen before it. Crazy. Changed the whole meaning of Blockbuster.

[@Theomite]

TWISTER came out the same year so we'd had a taste of that kind of movie beforehand, but ID4 had a HUGE lead.

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

The reason David didn't have a driver's license was because he lives in NYC. A lot of people that live in the city don't have a driver's license because they don't need one.

[@liannebiggar1557]

Pretty sure it’s more part of his environmentalist values. He rides his bike

[@eaglescott17]

In America, there was a president that was elected for 4 consecutive terms. Franklin D Roosevelt came into office soon after the Great Depression started, and he became so popular through his policies that he just kept on being reelected, and he basically made the foundation for America to become the world leader after WW2. After he died in office (I think from polio), a constitutional amendment was passed to put a hard limit so people could only have 2 terms as president.

[@JeffKelly03]

The marketing campaign for this movie is one of the best I've ever seen. They managed to get people incredibly hyped by hiding a LOT of the movie. We all knew it was about an alien invasion, but not much beyond that. Brilliant work by the ad team.

[@Renegade2786]

1996 must be a good year for Brent Spiner as he appeared two blockbuster films. This one and Star Trek: First Contact.

[@cobbler88]

I've always wanted to take a deep dive into character actors to find one who managed to find his way into a LOT of huge films, then declare him the top box office draw of all time.

[@robertwild9447]

Independence Day and Jaws are my go to 4th of July movies.

[@JTDimino]

Will Smith was already famous from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but IMO this is what really solidified his career as an actor and earned him international awareness and appreciation.

[@Ivanesci]

Will: 'I'm gonna go grab the paper..' Mary: '...grab the paper!' Me: RIP Ray Liotta.