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Adaptable and warlike as we are, there will come a time when big green men appear in the skies above us in spacecraft that are lightyears ahead of anything we could even dream about building.
If they're friendly, a la ET, then there's no hassle. If, however, they want to colonise Earth then … well, we be in big trouble and will soon learn what it's like to be a whale trying to escape from a Japanese research-ship's harpoons.
Yup, if they've travelled the galaxies then our puny weapons will have no effect on them, however, there is an answer.
All we need to do is tape Australian commercial-TV shows and play them back ad nauseum.
If that doesn't have them bored to death, or puking into their tirrian gas masks (hopefully, leading to drowning) then they will be impossible to beat and we should give up and offer to serve them drinks and lobster beside the beach.
The last time the aliens arrived it was a close run thing but, fortunately, the Americans led the world in a united battle against the invaders and we saw them off.
The documentary on that conflict, Independence Day, is out on DVD and will show you in glorious detail the arrival of massive alien ships, their unprovoked bid to exterminate mankind and how the good guys eventually prevailed.
It is a terrific piece of film-making that manages to cover the entire struggle from first contact to destruction. In between, we have massive battlescenes involving hundreds of air force planes up against alien fighters, an alien-cam view of the insides of the alien mothership, the intelligence war to crack the enemy codes and the scientific breakthrough that can save Earth.
There are close-up features on US President Bill Pullman - who as a former fighter pilot, fires up the human race to belt the invaders around their five ears - on top boffin Jeff Goldblum - who develops a way that may deal with the enemy's superior techno-wizardry, and pilot extraordinaire Will Smith - who shoots down an alien and whups its ass big time.
Occasionally, the doco drops into sentimental ooze - particularly the Prez's speech about July 4 - but it is generally a rip-roaring tale of danger, humour in adversity and the god-given right of mankind to kill anything it can gets its missiles into.
The imagery is stunning with some bits of film-making that stretch what has previously been thought of as impossible
Will smith as always does himself proud and the sound track is well suited.
This film is worth watching and I enjoyed it throughly, however it wont appeal to everyone, if you want a true original experience check out Final Fantasy at the cinema (check out review for further info).
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
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Aug 15th, 2001
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