Watching Independence Day for the Fourth Of July | Movie Review & Commentary

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  • @caseywatson621
    @caseywatson621 8 днів тому +50

    When I was in the military, every year we were away on the July 4th, many of us would also yell "I could have been at a barbecue!"

    • @reactswithjax
      @reactswithjax  8 днів тому +16

      That's awesome!

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine 8 днів тому +10

      And what the hell is that smell?!

    • @alistairgrey5089
      @alistairgrey5089 2 дні тому +2

      I was in Afghanistan for a fourth. I can attest to that. It was an ongoing joke.

  • @coldflamebluedragon196
    @coldflamebluedragon196 9 днів тому +131

    Bill Pullman gives genuinely one of the most inspirational speech moments ever. I would fight beside him with no question

    • @Dizzy473
      @Dizzy473 8 днів тому +10

      I personally love the human touch that he had the mic the wrong way around when he first tried to speak. Makes me smile everytime.

    • @alexd0617
      @alexd0617 37 хвилин тому

      I heard that this speech was improvised but it was so powerful that they left it in the final cut.

  • @4iMRyan
    @4iMRyan 9 днів тому +33

    "Either we are alone in the universe or we are not, both are equally terrifying".

  • @cbergg1
    @cbergg1 9 днів тому +59

    "Penetrate them with your hand", and then the uncontrollable smirk lol

    • @michaelgregory1584
      @michaelgregory1584 8 днів тому +9

      I nearly died in that moment, it was so devilishly naughty without being vulgar. My favorite kind of humor!

    • @thewheatharvester9156
      @thewheatharvester9156 8 днів тому +3

      Deadpool has now ruined the angel that is Jax

    • @michaelgregory1584
      @michaelgregory1584 8 днів тому +1

      @thewheatharvester9156 nah she still an angel, she just let us see that even angels got a Lil devil in them

    • @iJeshu
      @iJeshu 7 днів тому

      I saw her face 😂

    • @ArmandandGregs
      @ArmandandGregs 7 днів тому

      thought the exact same thing you saw the light bulb above here head light up just as she was saying the last word 😏

  • @letsgobrandon5809
    @letsgobrandon5809 9 днів тому +42

    I like how Davids laptop greats him “Good Morning Dave” take back to Hal from 2001 a space odyssey 🤣

  • @TerryAllenSwartos
    @TerryAllenSwartos 9 днів тому +83

    42:56 Jeff Goldblum: “Must go faster!”
    Also, in Jurassic Park: “Must go faster!”

  • @blakewalker84120
    @blakewalker84120 9 днів тому +66

    20:40 "Is the president allowed to override this facility?"
    Absolutely.
    it's a military base and the president is the commander in chief of every bit of the U.S. military, even the secret bits.

    • @patrickdeporte289
      @patrickdeporte289 9 днів тому +4

      Is that what you really think? Politicians are there to make you think you have choice. you don't. They get told what to do.

    • @sumelar
      @sumelar 8 днів тому +1

      Which, if true, would mean he'd have been told what was going on there.

    • @skyhime
      @skyhime 8 днів тому +1

      Even tho the pres is com in chief, I think the president is on a need to kno basis.

    • @BubbaCoop
      @BubbaCoop 8 днів тому +2

      The real question is if he can override Jayne Cobb

    • @SilentBob731
      @SilentBob731 8 днів тому +1

      @@BubbaCoop It depends on if Jayne is wearing that cunning hat. If not...absolutely. If so....arguable.

  • @raulportela3039
    @raulportela3039 9 днів тому +44

    "Why wasn't I told about this place?"
    "Because you would have contaminated it!"
    Lmao I'm dead

    • @ronfehr7899
      @ronfehr7899 8 днів тому +2

      I've never understood the response. Plausible deniability. What exactly did he mean by that? Why not just speak plainly?

    • @raulportela3039
      @raulportela3039 8 днів тому +11

      @@ronfehr7899 It's a legal phrase which means the President would never be held liable for anything that happened there because he was never made aware of the facility in the first place.

    • @ronfehr7899
      @ronfehr7899 8 днів тому +2

      ​@@raulportela3039Thank you.

  • @jerrykessler2478
    @jerrykessler2478 8 днів тому +10

    The actor that played Jimmy, the pilot, was Harry Conick, Jr. He was a lot more famous for his music than his acting.

    • @andreadeamon6419
      @andreadeamon6419 4 дні тому +1

      He's fabulous at both. So many don't realize that he can do both. He's like a perfect crooner

  • @dragonforce627
    @dragonforce627 8 днів тому +31

    Will Smith punching an alien while saying "welcome to earth" will forever be iconic!

  • @tiphanieshaw2535
    @tiphanieshaw2535 8 днів тому +15

    The $300 an hr in the 90's for the therapist was a pop culture reference/joke. The therapist was Dr. Katz, who is a mediocre yet overpriced cartoon therapist who had many celebrity clients. It was a popular show in the early-ish/mid 90's.

  • @toeloop1963
    @toeloop1963 9 днів тому +35

    It was real: they left a refractor that can be hit with a laser amdyou will get the light back, and if you, calculating the time it takes, will know that is from the moon :)

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK 9 днів тому +1

      It was real: they left a book and when you read it then it must be true. /s

    • @SubterrelProspector
      @SubterrelProspector 9 днів тому +11

      ​@@PROVOCATEURSKthat's not even close to the same thing.

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine 8 днів тому

      I think the moon is fake, but the landing was real.

  • @daveemerson6549
    @daveemerson6549 9 днів тому +15

    I really enjoyed the fact that you gave us the context of what Russell's character arc in the novelization and comics was. Great little bit of research.

  • @estephens13
    @estephens13 9 днів тому +28

    I think Bill Pulllmans speech is my all time favorite movie speech.

    • @DarkPaladin24
      @DarkPaladin24 8 днів тому +8

      It truly is an epic speech. It gives me chills every time. Now why can't we can't have a president like him in real life?

    • @jasonturner2206
      @jasonturner2206 8 днів тому +2

      Nah, it’s American patriotic garbage..

    • @gainz4dayz576
      @gainz4dayz576 8 днів тому +2

      ⁠@@jasonturner2206It’s literally about the entire world coming together to save the human race and changing the holiday to celebrate that. How the fuck is that American patriotic garbage?

    • @LucianDevine
      @LucianDevine 8 днів тому +5

      @@jasonturner2206 You must be fun at parties.

    • @yessum15
      @yessum15 8 днів тому

      ​@@LucianDevine Hits different outside the US. Bill Pullman was telling the world what we already knew:
      The (Cold) War is over. In the age of America Inc. you will either accept the empire's birthday as your own or get the blue laser.

  • @MGower4465
    @MGower4465 8 днів тому +13

    Hotshot pilot and NASA hopeful Hiller never actually *lands* anything except a helicopter, and he *stole* that.

    • @seanwilson5516
      @seanwilson5516 7 днів тому

      Maybe he was involved in 9/11. Too soon?

  • @sumelar
    @sumelar 8 днів тому +17

    "Who to call" is just the chain of command. Doesn't matter what the issue is, the people you call doesn't change. The briefing to the President would be easy too, just the facts. A massive object has been detected passing the moon and slowing down to enter orbit, it's this size and currently this far away moving at this speed, at which rate it will enter orbit in this many hours. And the person giving the briefing would have the same detached, calm demeanor as they would briefing the weather.

  • @SYLTales
    @SYLTales 8 днів тому +35

    As regards Russell Casse: he gets to men as well. He's the flawed, unlikely hero with whom we can identify.
    When the missile jammed while armed, we all knew there was only one option left.
    As men, we like to hope that given those circumstances, we'd make Russell's choice.
    We're also terrified that we'd turn tail and run.

  • @spenserriley9277
    @spenserriley9277 9 днів тому +45

    The president's speech is one of the best 👌 👍 😊

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK 9 днів тому +2

      The natives disagree with you.

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron 8 днів тому +6

      @@PROVOCATEURSKomg stop being so triggered

  • @Jumpman67
    @Jumpman67 9 днів тому +13

    No David going to DC was not pointless. He was going there to show them that there was a countdown embedded in our satellite systems leading to a coordinated global attack. Not to prove they were hostile.

  • @theylied1776
    @theylied1776 9 днів тому +79

    Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee gave their lives to see that the Apollo program succeeded.
    When people suggest that the moon landing was fake, it' sort of bothers me.
    In 1969 the USSR used a series of satellites to track the Apollo capsule to the Moon and back.
    From 1969 -1977 the USSR had a lunar surface mapping program called (LUNOKHOD). They recorded, photographed, and mapped the entire surface of the Moon with a series of lunar rovers and orbiting satellites. Keep in mind, the United States was in a space race with the USSR. Had the USSR not found the actual Apollo landing site, the Russians would have gladly and gleefully exposed the United States with their photographs in 1969.
    In order to believe that the moon landing was faked that means ALL of the engineers and technicians at NASA and ALL of the engineers and technicians in the Russian Space program have covered it up for 54 years.
    It's difficult to keep a secret between two people let alone thousands of people.

    • @locutus9956
      @locutus9956 8 днів тому +4

      @@adion24 To be fair she didnt say she thought they were faked she just joked about it briefly. If she HAD said she thought it was fake Id have unsubbed on the spot myself tbh. As it is she gets a sternly worded comment and a 'warning' :P

    • @locutus9956
      @locutus9956 8 днів тому +1

      To say nothing of Elliot See, Charlie Bassett and a few others who's names I cant quite recall at the moment who dies in training flights etc... Claiming they faked it is just flat out disrespectful for the the folks that gave their lives in the pursuit of one of mankinds finest achievements!

    • @MGower4465
      @MGower4465 8 днів тому

      Much respect to the men, but Grissom, White and Chaffee were killed because NASA was being dumb and complacent. There was *no* need for the hatch to have been clise on Apollo 1 that day. But, yes, if the landings were faked, the Soviets would have been all over each other to blow the cover off and embarrass the US.
      Plus, of course, the Chinese released photos of at least a CV ouple of landing sites with the descent stage vlearly recognizable. No way China is putting that info out there if its not real. They are not US allies.

    • @metoo7557
      @metoo7557 8 днів тому +4

      "It's difficult to keep a secret between two people let alone thousands of people"
      And yet that's been done for centuries, and still is today.
      People believe what they want to believe. no matter which side of the fence you sit on, evidence to the contrary is discarded when emotion rules reason.

    • @theylied1776
      @theylied1776 8 днів тому

      @@metoo7557No, that has never been done. What secrets exactly are you referring to which thousands of people have kept? You're beyond the moron if you believe the USSR in 1969 would keep a secret for the United States like faking the moon landing.

  • @marvel-ousre-grind8724
    @marvel-ousre-grind8724 5 днів тому +1

    As a person who has witnessed death first-hand, and experienced the loss of friends who were considered family I must say, the part where the president tells his daughter that "Mommy's sleeping" brings me to tears every single time I watch it...

  • @NCC-72545A
    @NCC-72545A 4 дні тому +2

    The extended edition of this movie makes it even better.

  • @bbtank3000
    @bbtank3000 9 днів тому +19

    "HELLO BOYS! I'M BAAAAAAAACK!"

    • @PROVOCATEURSK
      @PROVOCATEURSK 9 днів тому +2

      2024: Hello two spirited dragon wolves, my pronouns are xe/zhem.

    • @nathancruz9172
      @nathancruz9172 8 днів тому

      To me: hello, grade school teachers! I’m not going back!

    • @Metzwerg74
      @Metzwerg74 7 днів тому

      he said, he would not let them down, and he did not let them down.....
      with all his flaws, he is the one, you want to watch your back, when the sh!t really hits the fan...

  • @LokRevenant
    @LokRevenant 8 днів тому +2

    "I’m a combat pilot, Will. I belong in the air."

  • @spazbog123
    @spazbog123 9 днів тому +6

    Life will Find a Way is indeed a quote but also Must go Faster from the same movie also finds its way into this movie.

  • @davidward9737
    @davidward9737 6 днів тому +2

    I also wanna say if a life is broken, dont quit on them. There is a hero in all of us. Russell showed us that.

  • @iKillerZombie
    @iKillerZombie 9 днів тому +20

    19:37 Fun fact, that line was improvised, Will Smith was legit reacting to the smell of rotting shrimp in a nearby lake

    • @Redbikemaster
      @Redbikemaster 4 дні тому

      Yup, the Great Salt Lake. I live near it. That scene was filmed on the Bonneville Salt Flats

  • @LunaDragon1000
    @LunaDragon1000 8 днів тому +6

    The scene in which Will Smith drags the unconscious alien across the desert was filmed on the salt flats near Great Salt Lake in Utah. Smith's line, "And what the hell is that *smell*?" was unscripted Great Salt Lake is home to tiny crustaceans called brine shrimp. When they die, the bodies sink to the bottom of the lake (which isn't very deep) and decompose. When the wind kicks up just right, the bottom mud is disturbed and the smell of millions of decaying brine shrimp can be very, very bad. Apparently, nobody warned Will.

  • @NathanMalnaa
    @NathanMalnaa 8 днів тому +5

    I love this movie it's 28 years old and still looks incredible lol
    14:30 the white house explosion is an iconic shot
    15:12 the audience in theaters cheered at that part for obvious reasons lol
    18:00 the best welcome ever lol
    19:29 that was mostly improv by Will and the smell he's asking about is actually coming from the dry lake bed they're on lol
    32:48 one of the best speeches in cinema history
    42:55 Jeff Goldblum and the Director were talking about his line from Jurassic Park "must go faster, must go faster, must go faster" and thought it would fit in well here so they added it in lol

    • @reactswithjax
      @reactswithjax  8 днів тому +2

      Definitely ine of the best speeches in cinema!! ❤️ This was fun to read!!

    • @NathanMalnaa
      @NathanMalnaa 8 днів тому

      @@reactswithjax oh thanks, new subscriber here too lol

  • @k.delpino1124
    @k.delpino1124 9 днів тому +11

    One of the greatest summer blockbusters ever.
    Meant for a July 3rd release.
    But then it was pushed back to July 2nd for huge demand.
    A cast of this size well built for a film this size and the actors they casted were all enjoyable to watch.
    dir. Emmerich & writer. Devlin, who are producers under the imprint of CENTROPOLIS Entertainment had prior hits (Universal Soldier, Stargate) and this was their biggest one yet.
    The teaser trailer had everybody losing it.
    Especially with The White House getting torched.
    The speech by Bill Pullman as president Whitmore to the last line of defense is one of the great movie speeches ever.
    The merchandise was crazy.
    Toys, video games, prequel publications (novel and comic) etc.
    The cropduster's character was actually abducted in Independence Day #0 from Marvel Comics and the novel 'Ground Zero'.
    No.1 film of 1996 and Academy Award winner for Best Visual Effects.
    As for the 2016 sequel aka Resurgence........
    You'll have to see that for yourself.

    • @Jeff_Vader
      @Jeff_Vader 9 днів тому +2

      It was "brought forward" if the release went from the 3rd July to the 2nd July. It would have been pushed back if it went from 3rd to the 4th.

    • @mikes1487
      @mikes1487 7 днів тому

      @@Jeff_Vader it could have been pushed up though.

    • @Jeff_Vader
      @Jeff_Vader 7 днів тому

      @@mikes1487 It couldn't though, because "Pushed up" doesn't mean anything.

    • @VanArchon
      @VanArchon 7 днів тому +1

      @@Jeff_Vader American English uses "pushed up" instead of "brought forward", when referring to shifting events in time. So yes, the movie was indeed pushed up from the 3rd to the 2nd as my friends and I were all at a sold out late night showing of it on the 2nd.

  • @LibrarianMichael
    @LibrarianMichael 9 днів тому +6

    Cousin Eddie saves the universe.

    • @VanArchon
      @VanArchon 7 днів тому +1

      "Real tomato ketchup, Eddie?"

  • @MCalgar1
    @MCalgar1 9 днів тому +3

    Imagine seeing this movie in the theater when you were 15 years old. It blew my mind.

  • @BillTheScribe
    @BillTheScribe 8 днів тому +2

    Fun fact: "What the hell is that smell?" was not acting. This was filmed on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The flats are what was left after Lake Bonneville dried up 30,000 years ago. The only part that's still a lake is the Great Salt Lake, which is so salty nothing can live in it except Brine Shrimp. What he was smelling was 4 billion dead brine shrimp. When the wind is right, that smell washes over the city. It's woken me up twice.

    • @Redbikemaster
      @Redbikemaster 3 дні тому

      20 years ago when my family first moved to the Wasatch front we kept thinking the city sewage was having issues for the first couple of weeks

  • @MrAlBester
    @MrAlBester 2 дні тому

    The "Independence Day" speech by Bill Pullman was written as a placeholder, but Emmerich and Devlin forgot to work on it until Bill Pullman started rehearsing on set. His performance was so bombastic that the extras and crew were cheering, causing the speech to be left as it was.‬

  • @NathanMalnaa
    @NathanMalnaa 8 днів тому +1

    One of the best quotes i heard about this movie was, "we should beam Independence Day into space and say it was a true story, that way no aliens start shit" lol

  • @MrTech226
    @MrTech226 9 днів тому +5

    Jax
    Military Reverend was played by Rance Howard, late father of Ron and Clint Howard, grandfather of Bryce and Paige Howard, daughters of Ron Howard.

  • @JustGrowingUp84
    @JustGrowingUp84 9 днів тому +7

    Okay, before watching those scenes, I wanna make a prediction:
    Lamby will love the explosions!
    Edit: Okay, so I think Lamby did love the explosions, that smile doesn't lie, but refrained from showing it clearly out of respect for the victims.
    P.S. I'm so glad you loved the film, Jax!
    And make sure to properly punish that tissue box!
    Also, nice joke at the end, heh.

  • @GoodOldGamer
    @GoodOldGamer 9 днів тому +22

    "Penetrate em with your hand." Jax 2024

    • @vkdeen7570
      @vkdeen7570 9 днів тому +5

      a message for the movie and for life!! 😂

    • @Milleniumlance
      @Milleniumlance 9 днів тому +3

      Giggity

    • @marvinsarracino116
      @marvinsarracino116 9 днів тому +3

      The look on her face... Her eyes rolling.... Priceless!!!

    • @vkdeen7570
      @vkdeen7570 9 днів тому +4

      @@marvinsarracino116 I'm telling you jax is saucy asf

  • @matthewhanrahan9085
    @matthewhanrahan9085 8 днів тому +1

    @43:14 I used to count along in my head too. Drove me nuts. Then I realized that cutting between scenes in the movies are showing things happening concurrently, not consecutively, as a story device. I was older than I should have been when I had that realization.

  • @PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm
    @PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm 8 днів тому +1

    "That voice sounds familiar". That's Harry Connick Jr! You may have seen him in Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock, but most of the time he is a singer, mostly of standards like Michael Buble. He was also a judge on American Idol for a few seasons a decade ago.

  • @enigmamz
    @enigmamz 7 днів тому

    For those of us who saw this in theaters, we know the original line was "F*** my lawyer", which you should be able to tell was dubbed out in future versions.

  • @RX-12
    @RX-12 3 дні тому +1

    You might want to do War of the Worlds soon, it makes a pretty good companion piece to this. It even makes a veiled reference to this movie early on when Tom Cruise's character tries to calm his daughter by saying it's like the 4th of July.

  • @DavidStebbins
    @DavidStebbins 6 днів тому

    I love it when Jeff Goldblum's character says "Must go faster" on the way out of the mothership, as it is a direct callback to when he was in the jeep being chased by a T Rex in Jurassic Park a few years earlier.

  • @ShimmerPicturesYT
    @ShimmerPicturesYT 9 днів тому +3

    It's cool how you picked up on the signal's meaning immediately

  • @demonofelru3214
    @demonofelru3214 3 дні тому

    In the novelization the nuclear blast did in fact affect the ship and weakened their shields to 10%. The aliens didn't expect earth to have nuclear weapons and were readying a counterattack that never came.

  • @bluris1711
    @bluris1711 9 днів тому +3

    On your comment about being alone or not: "“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying” ― Arthur C. Clarke

  • @mogwiawolf4354
    @mogwiawolf4354 7 днів тому +1

    Grew up watching it and love it and love the big speech at the end and the hello boys I'm back line

  • @karthiksubramanian2279
    @karthiksubramanian2279 9 днів тому +3

    Jeff goldblum, Bill Pullman, Will Smith, Margeret Colin, Judd Hirsch, Randy Quaid...1996...what a movie! what a nostalgic time!...❤❤
    And to answer your question on How we would say to the President?..😂..
    "Well, Mr.President, we are totally f**ked up!!" 😂

    • @ninipookie
      @ninipookie 8 днів тому +1

      We had a young Raphael Sbarge too and we had Derek Webster and Richard Speight Jr.

    • @karthiksubramanian2279
      @karthiksubramanian2279 8 днів тому

      @@ninipookie wait...Richard Speight Jr?? Gabriel from Supernatural!?..WTF!?...i have watched the movie for god knows how many times and i never identified him

    • @VanArchon
      @VanArchon 7 днів тому

      @@ninipookie Also Mae Whitman!

  • @mexi72
    @mexi72 8 днів тому

    This movie established Big Willy as the king of the 4th of July Box Office. With movies like Independance Day, Hancock, Men in Black, Wild Wild West, Bad Boys II and I, Robot.

  • @MareTranquil
    @MareTranquil 3 дні тому

    1:08
    I must have seen this opening a hundred times, and only now do I realize that, judging by the shadow, the spaceship must be travelling with like 20 miles per hour.

  • @user-eh3fj4mv3e
    @user-eh3fj4mv3e 9 днів тому +3

    I liked this movie, when it first came out I saw it twice in the cinema, the sense of scale they give the ships in the opening sequence really hits you on the big screen. The only other time they have had a massive ship on screen was Star Wars. Episode 4: A New Hope which inspired this opening scene, though extra credit for the audio with Neil Armstrong's words from the moon landing (which was very real).
    Yes, the military has protocols for everything. It's Defcon 5 = Peacetime Defcon 1 = We're F****D!
    "I live in Los Angeles." As the Dad says 'Nobody's perfect'. 😋
    LOL! I love your jump scares. 🤣🤣
    The daughters little "Is mommy sleeping now?" is the biggest gut wrencher in this movie.
    "Penetrate them with your hand." Kinky!
    The speech was damn good, I always like it when they get a good one in.
    What a lot of people don't realise is that this is basically a re-imaging of War of the World's with the computer virus substituting for actual viruses, I saw the 1960's version when I was a kid and I still love it.
    If you want another good action flick I'd recommend The Rock with Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage.

  • @The-Real-aPOC
    @The-Real-aPOC 8 днів тому +1

    We can't even get our own operating systems to work together, yet David interfaces with an alien system and uploads a virus in minutes. Sure thing Hollywood. Now watch the sequel.

  • @warner13faulk28
    @warner13faulk28 8 днів тому +2

    Loved your review. Independence Day is just a fun sci-fi movie that still stands up today.

  • @gothnate
    @gothnate 8 днів тому +3

    Fun fact: The US Government refused to assist with any of the military scenes, because the filmmakers insisted on using Area 51 as a mid-film backdrop. At that time (1996), Area 51 was still Top Secret and wouldn't be officially confirmed by the US Air Force until 1998, and in 2013 by the CIA. The base only started appearing on aircraft navigation in 2007, and later on civilian maps (Google Maps) around 2009(ish?).

    • @Dizzy473
      @Dizzy473 8 днів тому

      Another fun fact about Area 51. Before it "came out" to the public officially the science magazine Focus ran a big article about Area 51. As it said in the article "Who do you go to when you need satelite imagery of a top secret US installation? The Russians of course!! All satelite images used in this article were supplied by the Russian government on request."
      It's not like the US government could do anything.....the place didn't exist according to them. Sometimes you screw yourself. 😀

  • @alexd0617
    @alexd0617 Годину тому

    I bought the extended version of this recently. It's a treat to see those extra scenes.

  • @williamrobinson4513
    @williamrobinson4513 9 днів тому +13

    In my opinion, I personally miss films like this. The STORY has EVERYTHING in an ACTION/ADVENTURE film (from comedy to tender and emotional moments). I was kept on edge my first time seeing this movie.

    • @Heru3005
      @Heru3005 9 днів тому +3

      They don't make em like they used to, as they say.

    • @WyattoonsComics
      @WyattoonsComics 9 днів тому +2

      Pointless Hub posted a solid video essay about this movie. Admittedly some of it is nostalgia but he mentions there is a bit of a difference between 90s schlock and 2010s. A lot of the movies back then had a fun charm to them. Even if they weren’t good movies you could still have fun. Newer schlock is overly serious and just dull.

  • @ricocampos1331
    @ricocampos1331 7 днів тому

    Jax !! "Penetrate with your hand ?!" haha LOL What an inspired girl !! LOL

  • @mmtoyota18
    @mmtoyota18 8 днів тому +1

    I'll always remember watching this on Independence day when it released. When the president finished his speech the whole theater stood and cheered and applauded.

    • @reactswithjax
      @reactswithjax  8 днів тому +2

      That's amazing! What a great memory!

  • @drigerdranzer7514
    @drigerdranzer7514 7 днів тому

    24:45
    That was just the armor of the biomechanical suit.
    The icky part is the suit itself.
    Since it's biomechanical it's a hybrid of biologic and mechanical aspects making it like a second skin.

  • @penguincgm489
    @penguincgm489 8 днів тому

    "Let's get some fog in here, I want your deaths to be super cinematic"
    I love your commentary so much🤣🤣

  • @kingjellybean9795
    @kingjellybean9795 4 дні тому

    I always likend england and usa's relationship like england is a tough short older brother who can throw down, but he had a younger brother who grew into a 7ft tall 400 pound crusher lol so england is a wiser sibling who wait for his lil brother to make the move and go "oooh okay yanks here we got this now"

  • @alistairgrey5089
    @alistairgrey5089 2 дні тому

    To answer your question about Area 51:
    Area 51, actually called Groom Lake Air Force Research Facility was and still is a testing ground for various air technologies. The most commonly known of which is the invention of stealth aircraft. There are obviously other research projects there as well but with how famous it has become I'm sure most of those were relocated a long time ago.

  • @GreenCrim
    @GreenCrim 8 днів тому +1

    "You should be sorry, and your punishment is death." OMG savage 🤣🤣🤣

  • @babalonkie
    @babalonkie 9 днів тому +7

    Happy Independence Day...
    From Britain... please don't throw it away...

  • @jaykay3784
    @jaykay3784 8 днів тому

    This is your funniest reaction yet. It's nice to see kitty have some claws in these videos. Also, you've never looked prettier. Great video! 😊

  • @Bolvar4dragon
    @Bolvar4dragon 7 днів тому

    "The people who built the pyramids have returned." Oh, that's the other Roland Emmerich movie (and one of my favorite shows of all time). ; )

  • @arraymac227
    @arraymac227 8 днів тому

    Fun fact: the soundtrack over 'kidnapped by aliens..' also over the 'uncomfortable silences' of 'Pulp Fiction'

  • @Lone-wolf-1982
    @Lone-wolf-1982 2 дні тому

    "Penetrate them with your hand"
    I know you liked saying that. 😂

  • @stevetanner3019
    @stevetanner3019 День тому

    You had me at “Love Actually” 😁

  • @realmetatron
    @realmetatron 4 дні тому

    I saw this movie at the theater 4 times when it came out and it was a blast every time seeing this spectacle on the big screen

  • @arraymac227
    @arraymac227 8 днів тому

    The 'we keep it static free' military guy, actor born on same day as I was.

  • @RM2011ish
    @RM2011ish 3 дні тому

    11:15
    Apparently there was a Prequel Novel to the movie that DID depict Russell Casse being abducted by the Aliens.
    *Also this is one of my favorite movies of all time. I'm happy you're enjoying it! 👍

  • @karuux
    @karuux 8 днів тому

    Jax's tissue box putting up a fight makes me think the aliens got to it first

  • @Billinois78
    @Billinois78 8 днів тому

    14:14 My theory about "office guy" was that he was doing something crooked and "Watergate-y".

  • @sword_of_light
    @sword_of_light 8 днів тому

    Bunch of trivia on this movie: the Empire State Building was blown up by the same practical fx guy that blew up the Death Star, but the shot is geographically impossible as no street terminates at the ESB. The White House model that was blown up was originally built for the movie Nixon. And the reason why an early 90's Apple can talk to alien software was that in a scene cut from the movie, it was explained we got a lot of tech from the crashed alien ship, including Macs.

  • @LibrarianMichael
    @LibrarianMichael 8 днів тому

    This movie has a treasure trove of sci-fi actors. Characters from Firefly, Stargate SG1, new Battlestar Galactica, Men in Black, etc.

  • @jameyperez9547
    @jameyperez9547 7 днів тому

    I remember watching this in theaters with my parents back in the 90s when I was a kid and I got all 2 on dvd

  • @Runescope
    @Runescope 9 днів тому +9

    One of the best speeches by a President in a movie was in "The American President" (1995). It's a bit slow, but good and the speech at the end pays off wonderfully well.

    • @hafeya
      @hafeya 8 днів тому

      My name is Andrew Shepherd, and I AM THE PRESIDENT!

  • @TriarchVisgroup
    @TriarchVisgroup 8 днів тому

    This is my birthday movie. I watch it every year on the 4th of July. It's such a fun movie.

  • @josephmellen7052
    @josephmellen7052 8 днів тому

    100% the best presidential speech! I usual try to start this movie around 11pm on the 3rd, so I hit that speech at midnight

  • @JDMunoz-ct9xn
    @JDMunoz-ct9xn День тому

    The Constance Spano character never experiences a moment of remorse that she didn't take her ex's warning seriously and evacuate the cities. Strange.

  • @sovereign23-1
    @sovereign23-1 8 днів тому +1

    For the Lamby Points 21:40, 28:25 that's tiny Mae Whitman

  • @CanadaDan
    @CanadaDan 8 днів тому +2

    That look when you said that line.... you know which one, 😂😂 seems there's more to you than the cute, innocent looking/sounding reactor lol

  • @pamelapasechnick6899
    @pamelapasechnick6899 6 днів тому

    Great Reaction! I agree that "Independence Day" is one of the best (if not "THE BEST") movie ever--in SO many ways! As you mentioned ... casting, special effects, writing (especially the way so many different character story lines were so expertly woven together, the musical score, and the overall photography/directing. And there was a perfect mix of action, romance, humor, danger, despair and victory! I have watched this movie more times than I can count (and thoroughly enjoyed it every time). I would have sworn that by now I would have picked up on every detail--but I don't think I ever really noticed that Boomer went along to welcome the Heroes back! That WAS a really nice touch. I'm glad you noticed and said so! (I'm sure that was Lambie's favorite part of the movie too!) I thoroughly enjoy watching your reaction videos and I look forward to seeing more!

  • @nicholaswilkerson4394
    @nicholaswilkerson4394 8 днів тому

    We can prove we actually went to the moon. They left reflective panels on the moon that, when zeroed in with a high-powered laser, will reflect back to us.

  • @rickwoodham4570
    @rickwoodham4570 8 днів тому

    The first time I saw this was in the theater on july 4th, when it came out. Yes, it was as awesome as that sounds, but it was also kinda terrifying too. It almost felt like it was very real and happening outside in the real world. We walked outside, looking at the night sky, wondering if they were up there.

  • @aaronklansek8160
    @aaronklansek8160 8 днів тому

    This movie holds the world record for most miniatures used in a movie with almost everything from the alien ships to the White House to the cities being miniatures in the film. With the heavy use of CGI in films, it is widely believed that the record will never be broken.

  • @terrysilverthorn4582
    @terrysilverthorn4582 7 днів тому

    Will Smith's partner is Harry Connick Jr hence his singing with the cigar and Dr Oaken is Data from Star Trek (Brent Spiner)

  • @MrTille
    @MrTille 3 дні тому

    I love all Jax sarcasm!

  • @arnebjrnebekk
    @arnebjrnebekk 5 днів тому

    Oh well Jax, if we get invaded by aliens I am confident that Lamby will protect us and retaliate 10 fold. 😆🤭

  • @callmeshaggy5166
    @callmeshaggy5166 8 днів тому

    "You think they have any idea what about to happen to 'em?"
    "Not a chance in hell. Good night!"

  • @bobogus7559
    @bobogus7559 8 днів тому

    17:56 Parachutes are meant to make the landing survivable, not necessarily comfortable. It's fairly easy to break legs if you don't land just right.

  • @Billinois78
    @Billinois78 8 днів тому

    The holy trinity of great movie battle speeches: Bull Pullman in Independence Day, King Theoden and Aragorn in LOTR: Return of the King, and Mel Gibson (William Wallace) in Braveheart.

    • @reedcockrell8126
      @reedcockrell8126 День тому

      Kenneth Brannagh in Henry V (Pullman's Independence Day Speech is basically the Saint Crispin's Day Speech).

  • @williambryan3346
    @williambryan3346 9 днів тому +1

    @9:25 I think Dylan and Lamby would make an unstoppable duo. Dylan definitely knows how to shoot the aliens. But, let’s not forget Boomer. He’s a tough, loyal companion. 😁

  • @arthurcamargo8416
    @arthurcamargo8416 8 днів тому +1

    The movie Poltergeist has Heather O'Rourke saying "They're here!" in the same way that Russell says "I'm back" Only she was referring to ghosts, not aliens! And she was also bathed in the same kind of light (only from a TV set) as Russell was. Are you going to watch the sequel next year?

  • @EScoglio
    @EScoglio 7 днів тому

    32:17 I won't lie, every time I watch this scene, I keep thinking how hilarious it would have been if Connie had just reached over and yanked off David's wedding ring and thrown it away. I would be laughing to this day!

    • @faisalmemon285
      @faisalmemon285 7 днів тому

      Something like that happened in the Abyss.

  • @Sherman1fan
    @Sherman1fan 8 днів тому

    Harry Connick Jr. Steve's buddy. Lamby got me again!

  • @Redbikemaster
    @Redbikemaster 4 дні тому

    My family watches this movie every 4th.

  • @jeffthompson9622
    @jeffthompson9622 8 днів тому

    I greatly enjoyed "Independence Day" in the theater, and several times since then. Randy Quaid's(Russell Case) brother, Dennis, has been a few science fiction films, also.

  • @Mirikal
    @Mirikal 8 днів тому +1

    Thank you for making this the Love, Actually of action movies in our minds, Jax. Happy 4th!

    • @reactswithjax
      @reactswithjax  8 днів тому +1

      Haha! You're welcome! Happy 4th! 🎉