Independence Day [Blu-ray]

Independence Day [Blu-ray]
by Roland Emmerich

Independence Day [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Judd Hirsch, Robert Loggia, Will Smith
Director: Roland Emmerich
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Composer: David Arnold
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Cantonese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 145 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox

DVD Reviews of Independence Day [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: This blu ray is the theatrical not the special edition version
Summary: 3 Stars

I gave this only 3 stars because it is not the longer special edition, but only the theatrical version. The blu ray is terrific, though, in both video and sound quality. There were many scenes that I did not recognize due to the greater detail provided by BD. However, had I realized it was not the SE version, I would have waited. I would suggest saving your $$ for the longer version we all know will be released some day.

DVD Review: Good transfer, but still disappointing
Summary: 1 Stars

I have to say that I'm a big fan of this film, and I already own the DVD. Most of those wanting to buy this film on Bluray are those who have already seen it and liked it, so I won't comment on the movie content itself, but rather the technical and supplemental aspects of this release.

I borrowed a friend's copy of the BD version of ID4 just a few weeks ago, as I was contemplating whether to add this to my small but growing blu-ray collection. The picture and audio are superb, and watching this on my new LCD at 1080p with the lossless DTS-MA audio track really transported me back to the July of '96, when I watched this on the big screen. This movie has certainly aged well these thirteen years, and the special effects are still terrific even today. While watching, I was pretty much set on adding this to my collection.

That is, until after I finished watching the movie and wanted to see the extras in HD.

The DVD version I have contains two discs and a lot of extras, including an alternate ending, making-of feature, trailers, and cast/crew interviews. Sadly, in this BD release there are none, not even in standard definition. The only "extra" is a commentary track, which, as an another reviewer already pointed out, is laughably outdated. At $25, I would expect more than just a movie and nothing else.

The Dark Knight BD had two discs plus a digital copy for the same price- that was justifiable, even in this economy. This... isn't.

FOX is notorious for double-dipping their DVD and Blu-ray releases. I would imagine that a two-disc or dual-layered "special edition" version will come out over the next year or so.

Needless to say, this BD release is quite a disappointment.

DVD Review: Repeatable Fun!
Summary: 4 Stars

Ok--great special effects, good to so-so acting, bordering on bad but with the threat of global extinction, who shouldn't enjoy this film? I have the DVD but hardly pull it off the shelf because it is almost perpetually on cable or regular TV (yuck). I watch it every time it is on unless something else over rides it, which isn't too often. The actors playing the array of characters are priceless...from Robert Loggia's ridicules ill fitting cap and triumphant speech "we got them beat Will, they are going down all over the world" and "tell them how to bring those sons of bitches down!" Now that's great writing and acting! Jeff Gouldblum--I love his quirkiness, delivery and hand gestures but he definitely tries to act way too cool walking with Will Smith after their alien ship crashes back on earth. The only unresolved question is how and where are they going to get ride of all of those city size space ships that were shot down? I really do love this move!

DVD Review: GREAT MOVIE
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie launched Will Smith's career. This movie was also funny, sad, and happy all together.

DVD Review: Awesome movie. Blu-Ray needs improvement
Summary: 4 Stars

This is an awesome movie! I just purchased a new Blu-Ray player (Samsung) and a 73-inch Mitsubishi projection TV. I'm in HOG heaven! This was the first Blu-Ray movie I tried out on the player.

As far as the sound goes, I was blown away (7.1 surround system). For the video, well, it was great in most places, but some scenes were noticeably grainy, especially in the shadows. Other scenes, everything was perfect.

Other than that, a great disc!

Description of Independence Day [Blu-ray]

One of the biggest box office hits of all time delivers the ultimate encounter when mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race. The spectacle begins when massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies. But wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. Now the world's only hope lies with a determinded band of survivors, uniting for one last strike against the invaders - before it's the end of all mankind.

In Independence Day, a scientist played by Jeff Goldblum once actually had a fistfight with a man (Bill Pullman) who is now president of the United States. That same president, late in the film, personally flies a jet fighter to deliver a payload of missiles against an attack by extraterrestrials. Independence Day is the kind of movie so giddy with its own outrageousness that one doesn't even blink at such howlers in the plot. Directed by Roland Emmerich, Independence Day is a pastiche of conventions from flying-saucer movies from the 1940s and 1950s, replete with icky monsters and bizarre coincidences that create convenient shortcuts in the story. (Such as the way the girlfriend of one of the film's heroes--played by Will Smith--just happens to run across the president's injured wife, who are then both rescued by Smith's character who somehow runs across them in alien-ravaged Los Angeles County.) The movie is just sheer fun, aided by a cast that knows how to balance the retro requirements of the genre with a more contemporary feel. --Tom Keogh

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