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Title: War of the Worlds this isn't.
Review: Here is another example of a movie that can be mildly diverting despite its single-minded desire to pluck the brain right out of its audience's collective head. Big, loud, and VERY dumb, Independence Day does have some pretty cool aliens and some decent spfx scenes. However, it has so many lame one-liners that we are left to ponder whether we are watching a sci-fi flick or Amateur Night At the Apollo. Good actors are wasted in roles that are sketchy and cliched at best. The score is pretty bad as well; all noise and no emotion. Its sad to see so much money wasted on something so lousy. Perhaps films like this exist solely to entertain. Maybe the critics should just lighten up, shut off their brains and enjoy. But, then again, maybe we, as an audience, should stop pouring our time and cash into movies that are slapped together without a trace of thought or creativity. This is definitely one of them.
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