I'm always puzzled that Independence Day makes it onto lists like this one. I consider it one of the absolute worst movies I've ever seen in my whole life! I could say something similar about Armageddon. On the other hand, I really liked "Deep Impact".

There is an important thematic difference between the last film and the previous two, I think. (I despise American flag-wavers and I like films about international cooperation on an equal basis...so there you go. I've never been taken with the notion of American good-ol'-boy-football-gridiron-culture saving the world...when in fact it is set on buying it out and conquering it.)

- LH