

What else is there to do?In an industry that can't stop copying itself and can't seem to do 'serious' without being trite, just embrace their general failure and roll with them in this new self-aware comedy dressed up as a sci-fi action movie called "Independence Day". At one point I asked myself "Why does the Alien hate the school bus so much?" Answer: BECAUSE IT CAN.This is entertainment at a higher level than I'm used to. The first movie was still taking itself seriously and a little cornball but this one frequently deadpans 'yes this is a joke' without flinching. This is both a salute and a slap in the face to its predecessors. Awesome scene This is where Hollywood needs to go more often. People are saying it's not original but I have never seen an alien as tall as a skyscraper chase around a school bus.

This was like actually fun to watch just to see the various cliche's employed.I could be wrong but I think EVERY SINGLE SCENE IS A TIRED Cliché.And that was actually interesting. It is in fact a long sequence of overused cliche's, and yes I believe the filmmakers knew that, and yes I believe it was intentional.This is like a dead pan version of tropic thunder. Yes every single one of them is in this movie. Trot out every movie trope known to mankind in a single film.
