Independence day

A sign of a good movie is when you’ve watched the movie ten years ago and then you watch it again and it’s still a d**n good movie.

The cast was stellar and the directing top notch.

I think this was Will Smith’s break out movie and Will always reminds me of Nigeria’s Dbanj. The Nigerian star mannerism will always remind me of Will Smith especially the Fresh Prince of Bel Air's Will Smith. This also reminds me of a good friend of mine Gbolahan Balogun . Vivica Fox (while she was still hot) plays Will Smith’s romantic interest.  Bill Pullman plays the American president and he rocked. Jeff Goldblum is also in it and I have to say this: Jeff is tall; He made Will Smith look like a dwarf.

Enough about the cast.

Independence Day is about Aliens attacking planet Earth at about around July 4^th, America's Independence Day. You have to give it to the Americans, they made a movie about aliens attacking the whole world and  made it all about America and yes once again the Americans saved the day.

Anyways I'm getting ahead of myself.

The movie centers on a couple of individuals and how the alien attacks brought them all together. Notably among them are the American president, a jet fighter pilot played by Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum,  a scientist whose divorced wife works with the President.

Oh, I forgot, and my favorite character was a drunk crop duster pilot who claimed he was abducted by aliens when he was young. He was the butt of the town's jokes and a shame to his children. The alien attack vindicated him. And during the last battle, he was shown crashing his plane against the aliens' spaceship shouting: “Helloo boys, I’m backkkkkk!” I found that scene marked indelibly in my memory.

The special effects and photography were exceptional. The angle from which the shot of the spaceship covering the city of New York and others was taken, was outstanding.

The movie plot was simple but brilliant. I liked the way the popular Area 51 was incorporated and it was discovered that aliens had visited the earth before and were held secretly in that facility. Just the way the UFO rumor mongers had been advocating all these years. There was a scene where the president declared amazement and anger at being kept in the dark about the facility and the CIA director replied ," possible deniability".

The sequel is coming out this year. Independence Day Resurgence.