politics of independence day: my 5 disappointments

Therese 2022-04-22 07:01:19

very entertaining movie. and made me think a bit. realized that I was disappointed by 4 things, not flaws in the plot, but what the plot represented:

1. humans can only be banded together and let go of our 'minor' differences, such as faith, race, and nationality, only if there is eminent, and indisputable destruction of our whole race, like aliens drilling into the earth core and stealing it in 2 hours, but not global warming, are we really that self-centered and short sighted?

2. female president makes tough decision to protect the planet, yet it was wrong and she gets killed with all her successors, no recognition after that, then male military general new president saves the world, really?

3. we left aliens in Africa and didn't help the people there for 10 years, sounds like us and poverty or aids, but way more than 10 years of inaction!

4. Okay, China had risen, we get it, but is that a true sign of globalization? Or just globalization of Chinese products, like qq and moon milk? again, am disappointed

5. almost forgot, what's with the two older gentlemen, 'who is going to take care of my orchids', really? mainstreaming gay relationships so much that it became two old dudes hugging? not acceptable!

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Independence Day: Resurgence quotes

  • Jake Morrison: He's meeting the President and I'm stuck on the moon.

  • President Lanford: [rehearsing her speech] The countless lives that we lost in the war of '96 did not perish in vain. They inspired us to rise from the ashes as one people of one world. For 20 years the world has seen no armed conflict. Nations have put their petty differences aside. United, we rebuild our families, our cities, and our lives. The fusion of human and alien technology not only enable us to defy gravity and travel with unimaginable speed, it also made our planet finally safe again.