"Independence Day" had its premiere in London (England) precisely on July 4, 1996, although in the United States it had already been screened since June 25 of the same year.
It was a very effective entertainment product of the science fiction and catastrophe genre, directed by German director Roland Emmerich.
The development of the story is of a choral type, that is to say, with several protagonists, although without a doubt Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith stand out for their charisma, also accompanied by Bill Pullman, playing a heroic and committed president of the United States.
The film has many shocking moments. The scene where the huge ship destroys the White House was considered a visual effects milestone and one of the most memorable sequences of the 1990s.
In a 2010 poll, Entertainment Weekly readers rated the film as the second best film of the last 20 years, second only to Jurassic Park.
However, it should also be noted that many of the same Americans criticized its extremely nationalistic tone, something that was very striking for a German director.
The Presidential speech, coupled with the lack of credible global cooperation, was the most criticized aspect of the film.
In the rest of the world there were similar criticisms.
The UK's Movie Review Magazine described the film as "a mixture of elements from a wide variety of alien invasion films, plus American jingoism".
[Source](https://www.espinof.com/criticas/cine-en-el-salon-independence-day-ridicula-pero-entretenida)
In addition, critic Roger Ebert noted the lack of imagination in the spaceship and creature designs, in a mostly negative review. Not a few criticized the similarity of the motherships to those in "V Alien Invasion" (that great landmark series of the eighties).
Anyway... a movie that can really divide opinions, but that remains in the memory of many nostalgic people.
