| Independence Day [Blu-ray] | ![Independence Day [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51uFYbcMj-L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Will Smith, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (664 reviews)
Sales Rank: 31
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Running Time: 145 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 2244423
UPC: 024543444237
EAN: 0024543444237
ASIN: B000WQWPKA
Release Date: March 11, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: July 3, 1996
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Product Description
One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determinded band of survivors uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of all mankind.System Requirements:Run time: 147 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY/ALIEN INVASION Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543444237 Manufacturer No: 2244423
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In Independence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight with a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials. Independence Day is the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day is a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh
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 ID4 never looked so good May 2, 2008
Now when I watch a SD movie it looks washed out, HiDef is the only way for me, compare your old SD ID4 with the Blu Ray ID4, you will see the difference.
 Drivel, I want that hour and a half of my life back April 29, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a really stupid movie. It's not original in any way, a bad montage of tired science fiction and action comedy cliches that make the movie both highly predictable and completely unexiting. The epitome of special effects without sensible plot. Even the talented actors in here go to waste with foolish lines, impossible physics, over the top action sequences, the movie is just bad in every way possible. It's interesting how the high minded science fiction with the cheesy special effects in the 1960s (Star Trek envisioned a future where we somehow cured poverty and racism), and the feel-good triumph of good over evil (Star Wars made us all cheer) of the 70's, gave way to the explosions for the short attention span audiences at the close of the 20th Century. To enjoy any science fiction movie, you have to buy into the fictional science of the movie, it has to seem realistic. Well that wasn't too hard in Alien, because we can all relate to being scared of something we don't really know or understand. Here's a typical problem in Independence Day. You ever rent a car, and find you can't just pull out of the airport parking lot because you can't figure out how the unfamiliar car starts up, gets into gear, where the headlights are, the wipers, the seat controls? And yet, in this movie, you can apparently hop right into an alien flying vehicle and not just take for a spin, but save the planet. The only time I saw this horrendous movie, I saw the "I sure picked the wrong day to give up drinking" line coming from a mile off, and the fact that the script writers would try to pull this off years AFTER "Airplane," well it really makes it clear that Hollywood doesn't think very highly of the typical American moviegoer.
Awesome April 26, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie is my favorite sci-fi end of the world kind of movie. Ive got like 3 versions of it on DVD and VHS and now on blu-ray. I didnt mind that it wasnt the extended version cuz the extra minutes didnt change the movie at all. They were just added moments to a cities destruction or about why the kids father doesnt like him so much or something. In any rate I definatly give this movie a 5 star rating.
wow April 21, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lots of action. Cast of many great actors/actresses. Everyone did a great job. Enjoyed the Earth prevailing over aliens. A Family movie to be sure.
Blu Ray version is a great improvement April 21, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
The sound and visuals are a great improvement over the dvd release. If you are a fan of the movie, worth the upgrade.
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