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

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  • @MaryCherryOfficial
    @MaryCherryOfficial  Před 2 lety +34

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    • @unlimited971
      @unlimited971 Před 2 lety

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

    • @texasrattlesnake31637
      @texasrattlesnake31637 Před 2 lety +1

      Ei, great reaction M! Nice movie!

    • @StalKalle
      @StalKalle Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @nathancline4000
      @nathancline4000 Před 2 lety

      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
      @robertsmith3883 Před 2 lety

      area 51 is actually on Google Maps

  • @Enrique-Garcia
    @Enrique-Garcia Před 2 lety +616

    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
      @mortimerbrewster3671 Před 2 lety +90

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

    • @0predaking0
      @0predaking0 Před 2 lety +58

      They mixed practical models and CGI

    • @jacob4920
      @jacob4920 Před 2 lety +30

      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
      @Enrique-Garcia Před 2 lety +27

      @@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
      @darkamora5123 Před 2 lety +12

      @@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
    @TheDeadStretch Před 2 lety +410

    "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
      @pleutron Před 2 lety +22

      for me, in the top 10 movie monologues

    • @JakeBourne13
      @JakeBourne13 Před 2 lety +10

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

    • @Jpew2007
      @Jpew2007 Před 2 lety +17

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

    • @NetAndyCz
      @NetAndyCz Před 2 lety +7

      One of the best movie speeches for sure.

    • @davidhasselblad2898
      @davidhasselblad2898 Před 2 lety +11

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

  • @cheekyboomboom8973
    @cheekyboomboom8973 Před 2 lety +235

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

    • @mikegoodwin2386
      @mikegoodwin2386 Před 2 lety +8

      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
      @ponczi Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @TheBTG88
      @TheBTG88 Před 2 lety +5

      @@ponczi Bill Pullman did an interview somewhere here on CZcams 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
      @rokaanalzeer7148 Před rokem +1

      @@mikegoodwin2386that’s awesome 😂

  • @waveymattdavey
    @waveymattdavey Před 2 lety +131

    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
      @jwr6796 Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @MrXMysteriousX
      @MrXMysteriousX Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @Eiglayn_Misthios
    @Eiglayn_Misthios Před 2 lety +73

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

  • @Rex-rr7dv
    @Rex-rr7dv Před 2 lety +169

    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
      @scorp77snake Před 2 lety +16

      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
      @CChissel Před 2 lety +15

      @@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
      @lauradawson7964 Před 2 lety +20

      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
      @UTU49 Před 2 lety +12

      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
      @NetAndyCz Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @thedoctor4327
    @thedoctor4327 Před 2 lety +127

    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

  • @stevenlgreco
    @stevenlgreco Před 2 lety +36

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

  • @idhunepijl1404
    @idhunepijl1404 Před 2 lety +57

    That “Welcome to Earth” punch scene was hilarious!

  • @NeelTheSphynx
    @NeelTheSphynx Před 2 lety +79

    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
      @dancingmonkey08 Před 2 lety +12

      DAVID DAVID DAVID!

    • @NeelTheSphynx
      @NeelTheSphynx Před 2 lety +13

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

    • @dancingmonkey08
      @dancingmonkey08 Před 2 lety +8

      @@NeelTheSphynx DDDDAAAAVVVVIIIDDDDD!

    • @rimasmuliolis1136
      @rimasmuliolis1136 Před 2 lety +12

      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
      @timreno72 Před 2 lety +7

      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.

  • @ueno1
    @ueno1 Před 2 lety +31

    Bill Pullman's speech in this was Epic!

  • @thepodbaydoorshal
    @thepodbaydoorshal Před 2 lety +106

    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
      @pleutron Před 2 lety +2

      what's your boggle?

    • @jacob4920
      @jacob4920 Před 2 lety +6

      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
      @logann7942 Před 2 lety +12

      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
      @vodengc520 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @Nemophilist850
    @Nemophilist850 Před 2 lety +26

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

  • @Shritistrang
    @Shritistrang Před 2 lety +21

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

    • @Falconer1128
      @Falconer1128 Před 2 lety

      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
      @Billinois78 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 Před 2 lety +3

      To cats, Alf is basically a xenomorph.

    • @jerryfick613
      @jerryfick613 Před dnem

      From our perspective, although humanoid and very similar to terrans, Luke, Leia, Obi Wan and Han are all alien. They all come from planets in a Galaxy Far Far away.

  • @JoeCensored
    @JoeCensored Před 2 lety +37

    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.

  • @chefskiss6179
    @chefskiss6179 Před 2 lety +27

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

  • @MaxLadik
    @MaxLadik Před 2 lety +31

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

    • @MaxLadik
      @MaxLadik Před 2 lety

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

    • @fakecubed
      @fakecubed Před rokem +1

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

  • @thedoctor4327
    @thedoctor4327 Před 2 lety +55

    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
      @Falconer1128 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 Před 2 lety +3

      @@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
      @MaxLadik Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @w1975b
      @w1975b Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @thebigbop5866
    @thebigbop5866 Před 2 lety +27

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

  • @1980cuzo
    @1980cuzo Před 2 lety +26

    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
      @joenobody5631 Před rokem +3

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

  • @GenerationWest
    @GenerationWest Před 2 lety +191

    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
      @thaddeusskywalker5293 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 Před 2 lety +10

      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
      @Dan_Kanerva Před 2 lety

      @@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
      @RaderizDorret Před rokem

      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
      @jeffreyweitzman6463 Před rokem +2

      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.

  • @PhilHug1
    @PhilHug1 Před 2 lety +18

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

    • @Billinois78
      @Billinois78 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @retromania8269
      @retromania8269 Před 2 lety

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

    • @ShortyLongstrokin
      @ShortyLongstrokin Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @karlsmith2570
    @karlsmith2570 Před 2 lety +38

    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
      @ThePartisan13 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @user-zb3yl1wu8u
    @user-zb3yl1wu8u Před 2 lety +10

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

  • @ericwatson54
    @ericwatson54 Před 2 lety +23

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

    • @TheBraunMachine2011
      @TheBraunMachine2011 Před 2 lety +1

      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
      @fakecubed Před rokem +1

      #2 is Harrison Ford.

    • @cobbler88
      @cobbler88 Před 11 měsíci

      So in THIS instance, we applaud that. 🤣

  • @WolvesPlaysGames
    @WolvesPlaysGames Před 2 lety +24

    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
      @eddieanderson9399 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @godzillarwby1755
    @godzillarwby1755 Před 2 lety +17

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

    • @nathancruz9172
      @nathancruz9172 Před 2 lety +1

      24:34 same thing.

    • @Rellj16
      @Rellj16 Před 2 lety

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

  • @sb9350
    @sb9350 Před 2 lety +11

    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
      @daytonapeanut Před rokem

      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.

  • @frohrstrand
    @frohrstrand Před 2 lety +19

    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
      @DarthTach Před 2 lety +2

      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
      @joenobody5631 Před rokem +1

      Wow...

  • @jscan4442
    @jscan4442 Před 2 lety +9

    17:55 "This President's quite young. So, maybe he just wants to pipe down a little bit annnnnd... just get educated, frankly."
    This coming from the same person that just said, "Wow, Area 51 was a thing back then?"
    The President is THE Commander In Chief. He doesn't "pipe down". He's the one everyone else listens to.
    Get educated, frankly.

    • @English_MoFo
      @English_MoFo Před 2 lety +1

      She doesn't read these comments and she doesn't care.

  • @christophercurtis4131
    @christophercurtis4131 Před 2 lety +18

    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.

  • @shadowfire_08
    @shadowfire_08 Před 2 lety +24

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

  • @Pothos969
    @Pothos969 Před 2 lety +40

    "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.

  • @BellevueGhostbuster
    @BellevueGhostbuster Před 2 lety +16

    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.

  • @dang3r611
    @dang3r611 Před 2 lety +13

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

    • @OverlandOne
      @OverlandOne Před 18 dny +1

      But Bob Lazar blew the lid off it with his tv news interview with George Knapp back in the early 80's.

  • @johnposada6703
    @johnposada6703 Před 2 lety +36

    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.

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 Před 2 lety +42

    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
      @AshrafAnam Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @tomkvideo
      @tomkvideo Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @BDTXIII
      @BDTXIII Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @shainewhite2781
      @shainewhite2781 Před 2 lety +3

      @@AshrafAnam It showed New York getting blown up.

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 Před 2 lety +3

      @@shainewhite2781
      And the White House.

  • @rachelhatton3233
    @rachelhatton3233 Před 2 lety +13

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

  • @RyoHazuki224
    @RyoHazuki224 Před 2 lety +10

    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!!

  • @SatNavDan
    @SatNavDan Před 2 lety +33

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

    • @kenlangston3451
      @kenlangston3451 Před 2 lety +5

      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
      @Falconer1128 Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @Hortonfantastic4
      @Hortonfantastic4 Před 2 lety +7

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

    • @scottrabie
      @scottrabie Před 2 lety +1

      me too

    • @fakereality96
      @fakereality96 Před 2 lety

      Same.

  • @CronoCarGuy
    @CronoCarGuy Před 2 lety +19

    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
      @Beastly89 Před 2 lety +3

      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.

  • @coldflamebluedragon196
    @coldflamebluedragon196 Před 2 lety +10

    The movie with the greatest motivational speech of all time

  • @pokemaniac05
    @pokemaniac05 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @ghostspider2056
    @ghostspider2056 Před 2 lety +27

    The “welcome to Earth” part is always iconic.

  • @karlsmith2570
    @karlsmith2570 Před 2 lety +43

    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
      @Jutrzen Před 2 lety +2

      Nothing fun about that.

    • @Caseytify
      @Caseytify Před 2 lety +2

      Decaying shrimp have a _distinctive_ aroma...

  • @phillytothej4001
    @phillytothej4001 Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @dantespears713
    @dantespears713 Před 2 lety +25

    1996 CG is better than the mess we got today

  • @Jantzku
    @Jantzku Před 2 lety +36

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

    • @w1975b
      @w1975b Před 2 lety +13

      and then she sang some of No Scrubs by TLC

    • @eschaton
      @eschaton Před rokem +15

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

    • @joshr8666
      @joshr8666 Před rokem +1

      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
      @cobbler88 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

    • @manoz6194
      @manoz6194 Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @lassesipila6418
    @lassesipila6418 Před 2 lety +8

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

  • @lesliechan6242
    @lesliechan6242 Před 2 lety +10

    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
      @ahad2k11 Před rokem +3

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

    • @JohnWilson-zh3il
      @JohnWilson-zh3il Před rokem

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

  • @AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj
    @AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @imustbreakyou2170
    @imustbreakyou2170 Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @greymatters6555
    @greymatters6555 Před 2 lety +9

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

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 Před 2 lety +1

      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
      @jcatlin30 Před 2 lety +2

      @@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.

  • @martinbraun1211
    @martinbraun1211 Před 2 lety +15

    Please give STAR TREK a chance! 🖖

    • @joshuacampbell7493
      @joshuacampbell7493 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @martinbraun1211
      @martinbraun1211 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @AshrafAnam
      @AshrafAnam Před 2 lety +1

      J.J.'s Star Trek?

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron Před 2 lety +1

      @@AshrafAnam any of them

  • @ISavant
    @ISavant Před 2 lety +9

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

    • @jonalberts980
      @jonalberts980 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @Jeremy_theGent
    @Jeremy_theGent Před 2 lety +38

    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
      @nathancruz9172 Před 2 lety +1

      Me too.

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron Před 2 lety +6

      why would you feel guilty about liking this movie?

    • @JakkFrost1
      @JakkFrost1 Před 2 lety +1

      @@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?

  • @Octaslash08
    @Octaslash08 Před 2 lety +10

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

  • @platinumangel7446
    @platinumangel7446 Před 2 lety +16

    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
      @MyBlackandRedCZ Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @platinumangel7446
      @platinumangel7446 Před 2 lety +2

      @@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
      @TheNativeEngine Před rokem

      I always thought his voice was cool. Still do.

    • @cobbler88
      @cobbler88 Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @peju2789
    @peju2789 Před 2 lety +11

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

  • @hotmail305
    @hotmail305 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @azrael3758
    @azrael3758 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @Ringking-ws7bz
    @Ringking-ws7bz Před 2 lety +12

    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
      @w1975b Před 2 lety +1

      Men in Black came out in 1997.

  • @truththruthespirit2659
    @truththruthespirit2659 Před 2 lety +5

    "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
      @DerekHartley Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @adamclifton29
    @adamclifton29 Před 2 lety +10

    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

  • @WilliamMoses355
    @WilliamMoses355 Před 2 lety +46

    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
      @thaddeusskywalker5293 Před 2 lety +6

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

    • @stvdagger8074
      @stvdagger8074 Před 2 lety +15

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

    • @johnsimonson1207
      @johnsimonson1207 Před 2 lety +5

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

    • @chrisrw453
      @chrisrw453 Před 2 lety +5

      Stargate is pretty good, definitely worth a watch

    • @Milner62
      @Milner62 Před 2 lety +3

      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.

  • @williamrobinson4513
    @williamrobinson4513 Před 2 lety +6

    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.

  • @snack_bar2474
    @snack_bar2474 Před 2 lety +10

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

  • @Gandorhar
    @Gandorhar Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @Cwebbussenterprise
    @Cwebbussenterprise Před 2 lety +5

    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.

  • @Hortonfantastic4
    @Hortonfantastic4 Před 2 lety +30

    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
      @Milner62 Před 2 lety +3

      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
      @hkiller57 Před 2 lety +3

      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
      @cobbler88 Před 11 měsíci

      @@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
      @hkiller57 Před 11 měsíci

      @@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

  • @oldscratch3535
    @oldscratch3535 Před 2 lety +5

    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.

  • @thaddoria7687
    @thaddoria7687 Před 2 lety +26

    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
      @NuclearFridge1 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @AshrafAnam
    @AshrafAnam Před 2 lety +34

    Happy 4th of July 🎆🎇 to Americans 🇺🇸

  • @jamesedwards2483
    @jamesedwards2483 Před 2 lety +6

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

  • @Latinofire202
    @Latinofire202 Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @bothlatimer7638
      @bothlatimer7638 Před rokem

      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!!!"

  • @davers59
    @davers59 Před 2 lety +12

    I thought this movie had a fair amount of comedy. A lot of it was quiet or just dry, but it was there.

  • @rodolfohernandez3303
    @rodolfohernandez3303 Před 2 lety +3

    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

  • @kennethstevenson4817
    @kennethstevenson4817 Před 2 lety +5

    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.

  • @oliverconway6960
    @oliverconway6960 Před 2 lety +7

    I love this film.
    But I'd stay away from Independence Day: Resurgence if I were you. It falls far short of this one.

  • @alejandrobarboza2004
    @alejandrobarboza2004 Před 2 lety +3

    Oh the summer of 1996...as a teen...the Olympics this movie 6 weeks of summer camp with my girlfriend...lol...really the last innocent summer I had as a young person...then the next year was adult reality...lol....

  • @Renegade2786
    @Renegade2786 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @cobbler88
      @cobbler88 Před 11 měsíci

      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.

  • @CDRhammond
    @CDRhammond Před 2 lety +2

    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.

  • @godzillarwby1755
    @godzillarwby1755 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @williamwoods5592
    @williamwoods5592 Před 2 lety +3

    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
      @w1975b Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @lunalavender5027
    @lunalavender5027 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @woobbryant
    @woobbryant Před 2 lety +6

    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.

  • @obi76ad
    @obi76ad Před 2 lety +2

    "Maybe the world needs a little alien invasion". Sure when Mary Cherry suggests it, it's all nice and cute but when Ozymandias does it, he has "deformed humanity". 😏

  • @DeadmanDave
    @DeadmanDave Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @StalKalle
    @StalKalle Před 2 lety +13

    I highly recommend that you also watch "The Day After Tomorrow" from 2004, by the same director. It's also a great sci-fi movie and not a military movie.

  • @BlackSheep703
    @BlackSheep703 Před 2 lety +2

    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.

  • @lttlejordan23
    @lttlejordan23 Před 2 lety +8

    Man, I remember seeing this in the theater as a youngin'! For the time, this was some of the best effects out there. I agree the CGI looks dated now, but the practical effects still hold up so well because of the models & miniatures used. This movie became such a massive hit and plays on tv every single 4th of July here in the states. A typical Summer popcorn blockbuster! Glad you enjoyed it for what it was !
    Oh, a couple things: David not having a driver's license is pretty common in NYC, especially for that time but even so today. Many don't have cars because parking is limited and expensive, and public transit, taxis/Uber is just more convenient. So alot opt to have IDs, but not drivers licenses. Secondly, Area 51 was actually a much bigger thing back in this time, than that of today. It has been around for nearly 70 years. Just a few tidbits ;)

    • @peterlenham3180
      @peterlenham3180 Před 2 lety +1

      I disagree. I think the CGI that's used still looks good. It was used minimally, so it holds up well.

  • @sam-jf6cq
    @sam-jf6cq Před 2 lety +6

    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.

  • @APieceOfLiquid
    @APieceOfLiquid Před 2 lety +3

    One of my favourite Sci fi films of all time.

  • @ownlee8891
    @ownlee8891 Před 2 lety +11

    Almost 30 years later, there is still no other country that can produce this level of special effects sci-fi.

    • @Davemented
      @Davemented Před 2 lety

      Except New Zealand. They beat the pants off you on a regular basis.

    • @rikmoran3963
      @rikmoran3963 Před 2 lety +3

      You do realise that the UK is the dominant world leader in special effects? From the original Star Wars films to the latest Dune films, many of the big sci-fi blockbusters are made in the UK.

    • @kivimik
      @kivimik Před 2 lety +2

      What about Weta Workshop in New Zealand?

    • @cobbler88
      @cobbler88 Před 11 měsíci

      @@rikmoran3963 Do they ever do it on their own, or is it always at the behest of American film makers? And, obviously, just because a film is shot in a country doesn't make it that country's film.

  • @rnkelly36
    @rnkelly36 Před 2 lety +8

    Judd Hirsch, Harvey Fierstein, Bill Pullman, Brent Spiner and Harry Conick Jr. Mary has watched so much and still doesn't know some of the greatest actors in the movies and TV. Maybe I am just getting old.

    • @dobrajela3032
      @dobrajela3032 Před 2 lety +1

      Who is Brett Spiner and Judd Hurst? 🙂

    • @w1975b
      @w1975b Před 2 lety +1

      @@dobrajela3032 Brent Spiner was Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation for many years.

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 Před 2 lety +1

      @@dobrajela3032 Brent Spiner is the lab coat guy from Area 51, who gets slammed up against the glass. As mentioned above he was also Data on Star Trek. Judd Hirsch is Jeff Goldblum's dad in this movie, and was a series regular in the late '70s/early '80s sitcom Taxi.

    • @dobrajela3032
      @dobrajela3032 Před 2 lety

      @@w1975b Kelly edit post!

  • @ShortyLongstrokin
    @ShortyLongstrokin Před 2 lety +3

    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
      @liannebiggar1557 Před rokem

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

  • @odemusvonkilhausen
    @odemusvonkilhausen Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @carrbender
    @carrbender Před 2 lety +4

    One of my absolute all-time favorites, I watch it every July 4th👽🛸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @iannoelcamilotes1003
    @iannoelcamilotes1003 Před 2 lety +2

    The actual max, through certain circumstances, is 10 years for a US President, but yes a president can only be elected to a max of 2 4-year terms.