Second Thoughts On The Fourth

Like It's A Wonderful Life on Christmas, Independence Day is made for July Fourth TV, especially if you get the Fox Movie Channel. I didn't like it when I saw it in the theatre--it seemed kinda dumb. But I enjoyed it more this time around. I still think it's filled with melodramatic cliches occasionally relieved by preposterous plot twists, but the film is so unashamed about the hokiness, after you've accepted the plot for what it is, it's not half bad.