Independence Day 1996 123movies

Watch: Independence Day 1996 123movies, Full Movie Online – On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, piloted by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day….
Plot: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped ‘destroyer’ spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.
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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 575,803
	67% | RottenTomatoes
	59/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 8347 Popularity: 33.258 | TMDB

Reviews:

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend.

It’s Will Smith fighting invading aliens, and Jeff Goldblum being almost annoyingly smart.

The alien aspect of the movie and the story are all great, but there is also a lot of humanizing scenes to keep the audience reminded of for what the Terrans are fighting. I’m sure there is a supercut version that reduces the movie to 45-60 minutes of good old alien fighting and investigation, but it’s nothing that’s actually worth skipping.

If you’re into alien invasion / apocalypse movies, then make sure you put this on your to watch list.

forever a classic!

Big and Dumb, but Weirdly Charming, ID4 is a Lasting ’90s Blockbuster
Giant, hostile, alien spaceships appear overnight to move on Earth’s natural resources; humanity’s last, desperate hope is a shaky plan involving a captured UFO from the 1950s and an old PowerBook laptop. Seems like this one was a guilty-pleasure classic from opening day. ID4 isn’t well-written and constantly bathes itself in dense layers of cheese, but it tries hard, most the character arcs connect and the big special effects hold up quite well, despite their age.

For a movie that’s so thoroughly reliant on spectacle, that last point is pretty important. The power of watching the White House or Empire State Building burst into a billion bitty pieces is still there, irresistible, while the magnitude of the invading fleet remains immense, and I think both can be attributed to the production’s choice to eschew then-new CG techniques in favor of a large, intricately detailed stable of miniatures. We get a few hiccups, like the obviously green-screened fighter jets or the absurd visual of a golden retriever leaping to slow-motion safety through a fiery inferno, but for the most part it all looks great and it’s still easy to get sucked into the experience.

Of course, the whole thing is over-acted to death. Roland Emmerich has never been one to bring out nuance from his cast, and this is an awfully shallow effort, even by his standards. Bill Pullman nails the big motivational speech, set to a telegraphed swell of patriotic symphony, but otherwise lacks conviction as a limp, reactive PotUS. Randy Quaid is a cheap xerox of every alien abduction stereotype to ever enter pop culture. Jeff Goldblum is naturally quirky enough to make his role worthwhile, but it takes every bit of his innate charismatic magnetism to overcome the dumb plot developments. Will Smith is the only unequivocal success, barking and fist-pumping his way to bonafide action hero status in a simple but essential role as a beefy marine / pure force of will.

From a critical perspective, this is cinematic junk food. Big bangs and shiny lights to dazzle the box office crowd, with a few easy jokes to lighten the mood. But yet, there’s something else to it, something essential and inexplicable. It’s just raw, simple fun, I suppose, that makes no apologies for how it acts or what it aims to be. It won’t make you think or weep, but you’ll feel, and that’s worth something.

Limited character development and an uncomplicated plot result in a one-shot movie
Independence Day doesn’t stand up particularly well to a second viewing. It is basically a millenial version of The War of the Worlds with grand-scale effects and a cast which probably cost almost as much as the effects. Will Smith, Randy Quaid, Jeff Goldblum, Adam Baldwin and Judd Hirsch help pick up a surprisingly talented (but underexploited) cast and seem to have enjoyed their parts. Unfortunately, the mediocre script allowed few of the other actors to make their roles shine.

The plot is so simple it’s hard to imagine a 140+ minute film about it. The earth is under invasion from a highly advanced and merciless alien culture hell bent on intergalactic conquest. Our most powerful weapons can not pierce their shields and their weapons are capable of incinerating cities the size of Washington DC with one shot. After the first wave of attacks, all seems lost, and humans must find some way to fight back.

Roland Emmerich’s direction is good. There are few dull moments and very little in the way of uninteresting and pointless scenes. Unfortunately, the characters are generally two-dimensional – even Bill Pullman’s brooding, depressed President of the United States comes across as an uncomplicated, uninspired and unemotional individual. Limited character development and an uncomplicated plot result in a one-shot movie.

The best performances in Independence Day are the semi-comedic ones (note the actors mentioned above. This should tell you most of what you need to know about the film. Enjoy it by not taking it seriously, but spare yourself a second viewing unless intoxicated. And, oh yea, don’t see it if you have a problem with American nationalism – the film is full of it.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 25 min (145 min), 2 hr 34 min (154 min) (extended cut)
Budget 75000000
Revenue 817400891
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Director Roland Emmerich
Writer Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich
Actors Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
Country United States
Awards Won 1 Oscar. 35 wins & 35 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix DTS 70 mm (70 mm print), DTS (35 mm prints), Dolby Digital (35 mm prints), SDDS (35 mm prints), DTS (DTS: X)
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1 (70 mm print), 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo Lenses, Clairmont Cameras, Panavision Panaflex Gold II, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 4,035 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 100T 5248, EXR 200T 5293, EXR 500T 5298)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (4K) (2016 remaster), Super 35 (common-top)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic), 70 mm (blow-up) (one print)