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

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  • @MaryCherryOfficial
    @MaryCherryOfficial  2 роки тому +35

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    • @unlimited971
      @unlimited971 2 роки тому

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

    • @texasrattlesnake31637
      @texasrattlesnake31637 2 роки тому +1

      Ei, great reaction M! Nice movie!

    • @StalKalle
      @StalKalle 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @nathancline4000
      @nathancline4000 2 роки тому

      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 2 роки тому

      area 51 is actually on Google Maps

  • @TheDeadStretch
    @TheDeadStretch 2 роки тому +419

    "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 2 роки тому +24

      for me, in the top 10 movie monologues

    • @JakeBourne13
      @JakeBourne13 2 роки тому +11

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

    • @Jpew2007
      @Jpew2007 2 роки тому +19

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

    • @NetAndyCz
      @NetAndyCz 2 роки тому +9

      One of the best movie speeches for sure.

    • @davidhasselblad2898
      @davidhasselblad2898 2 роки тому +13

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

  • @Enrique-Garcia
    @Enrique-Garcia 2 роки тому +636

    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 2 роки тому +99

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

    • @0predaking0
      @0predaking0 2 роки тому +62

      They mixed practical models and CGI

    • @jacob4920
      @jacob4920 2 роки тому +32

      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 2 роки тому +31

      @@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 2 роки тому +14

      @@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.

  • @cheekyboomboom8973
    @cheekyboomboom8973 2 роки тому +241

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

    • @mikegoodwin2386
      @mikegoodwin2386 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @TheBTG88
      @TheBTG88 2 роки тому +5

      @@ponczi Bill Pullman did an interview somewhere here on UA-cam 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 Рік тому +1

      @@mikegoodwin2386that’s awesome 😂

  • @waveymattdavey
    @waveymattdavey 2 роки тому +133

    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 2 роки тому +8

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

    • @MrXMysteriousX
      @MrXMysteriousX 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @NeelTheSphynx
    @NeelTheSphynx 2 роки тому +81

    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 2 роки тому +12

      DAVID DAVID DAVID!

    • @NeelTheSphynx
      @NeelTheSphynx 2 роки тому +13

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

    • @dancingmonkey08
      @dancingmonkey08 2 роки тому +8

      @@NeelTheSphynx DDDDAAAAVVVVIIIDDDDD!

    • @rimasmuliolis1136
      @rimasmuliolis1136 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +8

      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.

  • @thedoctor4327
    @thedoctor4327 2 роки тому +130

    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

    • @nathancruz9172
      @nathancruz9172 2 роки тому +4

      Indeed.

    • @johnsensebe3153
      @johnsensebe3153 2 роки тому +4

      It's pretty much all miniatures, with digital compositing and death rays.

  • @Eiglayn_Misthios
    @Eiglayn_Misthios 2 роки тому +74

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

  • @thebigbop5866
    @thebigbop5866 2 роки тому +28

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

  • @Rex-rr7dv
    @Rex-rr7dv 2 роки тому +173

    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 2 роки тому +17

      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 2 роки тому +16

      @@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 2 роки тому +21

      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 2 роки тому +13

      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 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @MaxLadik
    @MaxLadik 2 роки тому +32

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

    • @MaxLadik
      @MaxLadik 2 роки тому

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

    • @fakecubed
      @fakecubed Рік тому +1

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

  • @idhunepijl1404
    @idhunepijl1404 2 роки тому +57

    That “Welcome to Earth” punch scene was hilarious!

  • @JoeCensored
    @JoeCensored 2 роки тому +38

    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.

  • @Shritistrang
    @Shritistrang 2 роки тому +25

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

    • @Falconer1128
      @Falconer1128 2 роки тому +1

      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 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 2 роки тому +4

      To cats, Alf is basically a xenomorph.

    • @jerryfick613
      @jerryfick613 2 місяці тому

      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.

  • @thepodbaydoorshal
    @thepodbaydoorshal 2 роки тому +107

    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 2 роки тому +2

      what's your boggle?

    • @jacob4920
      @jacob4920 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @stevenlgreco
    @stevenlgreco 2 роки тому +44

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

    • @normie2716
      @normie2716 2 місяці тому +2

      Lol that's a good one.

  • @ueno1
    @ueno1 2 роки тому +32

    Bill Pullman's speech in this was Epic!

  • @thedoctor4327
    @thedoctor4327 2 роки тому +56

    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 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @w1975b
      @w1975b 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @user-zb3yl1wu8u
    @user-zb3yl1wu8u 2 роки тому +11

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

  • @Nemophilist850
    @Nemophilist850 2 роки тому +34

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

  • @karlsmith2570
    @karlsmith2570 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @1980cuzo
    @1980cuzo 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @sb9350
    @sb9350 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому

      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 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +1

      Wow...

  • @chefskiss6179
    @chefskiss6179 2 роки тому +27

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

  • @WolfPlaysGames2
    @WolfPlaysGames2 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @godzillarwby1755
    @godzillarwby1755 2 роки тому +17

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

    • @nathancruz9172
      @nathancruz9172 2 роки тому +1

      24:34 same thing.

    • @Rellj16
      @Rellj16 2 роки тому

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

  • @BlackSheep703
    @BlackSheep703 2 роки тому +4

    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.

  • @johnposada6703
    @johnposada6703 2 роки тому +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.

  • @dang3r611
    @dang3r611 2 роки тому +16

    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 2 місяці тому +1

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

  • @PhilHug1
    @PhilHug1 2 роки тому +22

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

    • @Billinois78
      @Billinois78 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @retromania8269
      @retromania8269 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @ShortyLongstrokin
      @ShortyLongstrokin 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @paulchaisson8301
      @paulchaisson8301 15 днів тому

      ​@retromania8269 it's what happens when you have access to a robust public transportation system.

  • @christophercurtis4131
    @christophercurtis4131 2 роки тому +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.

  • @thomaswilliamson298
    @thomaswilliamson298 2 роки тому +2

    Bill Pullman (President) had to give his "big speech" on one of the earliest days of filming, and he was terrified because he didn't know how "big" to make the speech. Roland Emmerich told him to make it as big as he could, and now it's a classic.

  • @GenerationWest
    @GenerationWest 2 роки тому +192

    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 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @christopherconard2831
      @christopherconard2831 2 роки тому +11

      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 2 роки тому

      @@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 2 роки тому +1

      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 Рік тому +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.

  • @BellevueGhostbuster
    @BellevueGhostbuster 2 роки тому +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.

  • @pokemaniac05
    @pokemaniac05 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @ericwatson54
    @ericwatson54 2 роки тому +23

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

    • @TheBraunMachine2011
      @TheBraunMachine2011 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому +1

      #2 is Harrison Ford.

    • @cobbler88
      @cobbler88 Рік тому

      So in THIS instance, we applaud that. 🤣

  • @shadowfire_08
    @shadowfire_08 2 роки тому +24

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

  • @Pothos969
    @Pothos969 2 роки тому +44

    "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.

  • @RyoHazuki224
    @RyoHazuki224 2 роки тому +11

    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!!

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @tomkvideo
      @tomkvideo 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +2

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

    • @shainewhite2781
      @shainewhite2781 2 роки тому +3

      @@AshrafAnam It showed New York getting blown up.

    • @UTU49
      @UTU49 2 роки тому +3

      @@shainewhite2781
      And the White House.

  • @karlsmith2570
    @karlsmith2570 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +2

      Nothing fun about that.

    • @Caseytify
      @Caseytify 2 роки тому +2

      Decaying shrimp have a _distinctive_ aroma...

  • @rachelhatton3233
    @rachelhatton3233 2 роки тому +14

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

  • @Jeremy_theGent
    @Jeremy_theGent 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +1

      Me too.

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron 2 роки тому +6

      why would you feel guilty about liking this movie?

    • @JakkFrost1
      @JakkFrost1 2 роки тому +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?

  • @AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj
    @AgustinRodriguez-dd6mj 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @CronoCarGuy
    @CronoCarGuy 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +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.

  • @ghostspider2056
    @ghostspider2056 2 роки тому +27

    The “welcome to Earth” part is always iconic.

  • @phillytothej4001
    @phillytothej4001 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @greymatters6555
    @greymatters6555 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +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.

  • @SatNavDan
    @SatNavDan 2 роки тому +33

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

    • @kenlangston3451
      @kenlangston3451 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @Hortonfantastic4
      @Hortonfantastic4 2 роки тому +7

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

    • @scottrabie
      @scottrabie 2 роки тому +1

      me too

    • @fakereality96
      @fakereality96 2 роки тому

      Same.

  • @coldflamebluedragon196
    @coldflamebluedragon196 2 роки тому +10

    The movie with the greatest motivational speech of all time

  • @platinumangel7446
    @platinumangel7446 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @platinumangel7446
      @platinumangel7446 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому

      I always thought his voice was cool. Still do.

    • @cobbler88
      @cobbler88 Рік тому

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

  • @lunalavender5027
    @lunalavender5027 2 роки тому +5

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

  • @StalKalle
    @StalKalle 2 роки тому +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.

  • @blackpowder99
    @blackpowder99 2 роки тому +21

    Am I the only one getting so over with her always complaining about older movies CGI and special effects that's what happens in life we improve, but I can watch "The wizard of Oz" and still appreciate the movie for what it is great storytelling is what it's all about quit being so narrow-minded and repetitive.

    • @brianlafrazia8237
      @brianlafrazia8237 2 роки тому +8

      Agreed 100%. I find it disrespectful. Nevermind that so many of these movies still look great, and the effects sell the scene and movie really, really well.

  • @lesliechan6242
    @lesliechan6242 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому +3

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

    • @JohnWilson-zh3il
      @JohnWilson-zh3il Рік тому

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

  • @Cwebbussenterprise
    @Cwebbussenterprise 2 роки тому +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.

  • @Latinofire202
    @Latinofire202 2 роки тому +3

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

    • @bothlatimer7638
      @bothlatimer7638 2 роки тому

      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!!!"

  • @truththruthespirit2659
    @truththruthespirit2659 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +7

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

  • @imustbreakyou2170
    @imustbreakyou2170 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @adamclifton29
    @adamclifton29 2 роки тому +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

  • @peju2789
    @peju2789 2 роки тому +11

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

  • @lassesipila6418
    @lassesipila6418 2 роки тому +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. :)

  • @hotmail305
    @hotmail305 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @azrael3758
    @azrael3758 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron 2 роки тому +1

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

  • @Octaslash08
    @Octaslash08 2 роки тому +10

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

  • @Gandorhar
    @Gandorhar 2 роки тому +9

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

  • @JTDimino
    @JTDimino 10 місяців тому +2

    Will Smith was already famous from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, but IMO this is what really solidified his career as an actor and earned him international awareness and appreciation.

  • @Jantzku
    @Jantzku 2 роки тому +37

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

    • @w1975b
      @w1975b 2 роки тому +13

      and then she sang some of No Scrubs by TLC

    • @eschaton
      @eschaton Рік тому +15

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

    • @joshr8666
      @joshr8666 Рік тому +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 Рік тому +1

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

    • @manoz6194
      @manoz6194 Рік тому

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

  • @zbennalley
    @zbennalley 2 місяці тому +1

    It's so interesting to rewatch this reaction because of how much reallife context Mary had when she saw this film.

  • @woobbryant
    @woobbryant 2 роки тому +7

    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.

  • @cvdm9663
    @cvdm9663 2 роки тому +15

    Dissing the cgi is off-putting.

    • @jeremyfrost2636
      @jeremyfrost2636 2 роки тому +3

      Especially since there wasn't any.

    • @andrewtillman7605
      @andrewtillman7605 Місяць тому

      I agree, especially when she probably wasn’t even born at that time or very young.

  • @dantespears713
    @dantespears713 2 роки тому +26

    1996 CG is better than the mess we got today

  • @jamesedwards2483
    @jamesedwards2483 2 роки тому +6

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

  • @samuelshingleton3869
    @samuelshingleton3869 2 роки тому +8

    UA-camr awkward Ashley and I were just discussing how much we both love your channel on her live chat yesterday

  • @Ringking-ws7bz
    @Ringking-ws7bz 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +1

      Men in Black came out in 1997.

  • @williamrobinson4513
    @williamrobinson4513 2 роки тому +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.

  • @godzillarwby1755
    @godzillarwby1755 2 роки тому +4

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

  • @Hortonfantastic4
    @Hortonfantastic4 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +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 Рік тому

      @@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 Рік тому

      @@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

  • @jessewilson5510
    @jessewilson5510 2 роки тому +9

    This was HUGE when it came out. The marketing for this was unlike anything I'd seen before it. Crazy. Changed the whole meaning of Blockbuster.

    • @Theomite
      @Theomite 2 роки тому +1

      TWISTER came out the same year so we'd had a taste of that kind of movie beforehand, but ID4 had a HUGE lead.

  • @jscan4442
    @jscan4442 2 роки тому +12

    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 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @andrewtillman7605
      @andrewtillman7605 Місяць тому

      I was looking for this comment. I agree.

  • @FatLittleButterfly
    @FatLittleButterfly 2 роки тому +1

    the president's speech still gives me chills after 2 decades

  • @rodolfohernandez3303
    @rodolfohernandez3303 2 роки тому +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

  • @martinbraun1211
    @martinbraun1211 2 роки тому +15

    Please give STAR TREK a chance! 🖖

    • @joshuacampbell7493
      @joshuacampbell7493 2 роки тому +1

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

    • @martinbraun1211
      @martinbraun1211 2 роки тому +4

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

    • @AshrafAnam
      @AshrafAnam 2 роки тому +1

      J.J.'s Star Trek?

    • @pleutron
      @pleutron 2 роки тому +1

      @@AshrafAnam any of them

  • @WilliamMoses355
    @WilliamMoses355 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +6

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

    • @stvdagger8074
      @stvdagger8074 2 роки тому +15

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

    • @johnsimonson1207
      @johnsimonson1207 2 роки тому +5

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

    • @chrisrw453
      @chrisrw453 2 роки тому +5

      Stargate is pretty good, definitely worth a watch

    • @Milner62
      @Milner62 2 роки тому +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.

  • @CDRhammond
    @CDRhammond 2 роки тому +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.

  • @williamwoods5592
    @williamwoods5592 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +2

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

  • @ISavant
    @ISavant 2 роки тому +9

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

    • @thorstrebla980
      @thorstrebla980 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @ownlee8891
    @ownlee8891 2 роки тому +11

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

    • @Davemented
      @Davemented 2 роки тому

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

    • @rikmoran3963
      @rikmoran3963 2 роки тому +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 2 роки тому +2

      What about Weta Workshop in New Zealand?

    • @cobbler88
      @cobbler88 Рік тому

      @@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.

  • @Moricant
    @Moricant 2 роки тому +5

    I can never separate this film from my memory of the audio cutting out in the cinema, followed by a friend swearing loudly and proceeding to make his own sound effects for Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith taking off in the alien fighter until the sound returned.

  • @kennethstevenson4817
    @kennethstevenson4817 2 роки тому +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.

  • @fireeaglefitnessmartialart935
    @fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 2 роки тому +2

    The president's speech gets me every time.

  • @snack_bar2474
    @snack_bar2474 2 роки тому +10

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

  • @AshrafAnam
    @AshrafAnam 2 роки тому +34

    Happy 4th of July 🎆🎇 to Americans 🇺🇸

  • @chickenmama7615
    @chickenmama7615 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for reacting to this one! Love Independence Day. 🤓 Such a classic that I never get tired of watching. Also, just wanted to say I thought it was cute how you hold your cat like she’s a baby… lol! I can tell she adores you. 🥰 I have a gray tortie that I carry around the house like that. Cats can be so loving and sweet. It’s heartwarming to see you interact with your cat like that.

  • @alejandrobarboza2004
    @alejandrobarboza2004 2 роки тому +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....

  • @jacoblofthus7908
    @jacoblofthus7908 2 роки тому +1

    I think we can all agree this movie has one of the all-time greatest taglines:
    "Don't make plans for August."

  • @DeadmanDave
    @DeadmanDave 2 роки тому +3

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

  • @sam-jf6cq
    @sam-jf6cq 2 роки тому +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.

  • @odemusvonkilhausen
    @odemusvonkilhausen 2 роки тому +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.