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* Let's just face it, this alien invasion movie was, is & still a CrowningMomentofAwesome for RolandEmmerich, the actors, and the film itself; not to mention ''every'' TV channel aired it mostly every month. ''ESPECIALLY'' the Visual Effects, '''HOLY freakin' SHIT!'''
** The White House Destruction ''is'' the movie's trope! Literally.


** The part when the
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* WillSmith taking an alien ship down using his jet's parachute, which leads to him opening the ship and punching the alien in the face. "Welcome to Earth!"

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* WillSmith Creator/WillSmith taking an alien ship down using his jet's parachute, which leads to him opening the ship and punching the alien in the face. "Welcome to Earth!"



*** Even more awesome if you imagine that it's [[{{Chuck}} John Casey]] shooting the alien dead. Or [[{{Firefly}} Jayne Cobb]]. Or [[Franchise/MassEffect Kal'Reegar]]. Let's just say that Adam Baldwin has been gloriously type-cast as a gun-toting badass.

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*** Even more awesome if you imagine that it's [[{{Chuck}} [[Series/{{Chuck}} John Casey]] shooting the alien dead. Or [[{{Firefly}} Jayne Cobb]]. Or [[Franchise/MassEffect Kal'Reegar]]. Let's just say that Adam Baldwin has been gloriously type-cast as a gun-toting badass.



** He follows up this epic speech with [[PresidentAction jumping into an F/A-18 to dogfight aliens]].

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** He follows up this epic speech with [[PresidentAction [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent jumping into an F/A-18 to dogfight aliens]].
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Already on the list, and a CMOA page doesn\'t need a graph saying how much a bunch of people don\'t like it.


* Whitmore's RousingSpeech. [[DoNotGoGentle "WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT!"]] Not universally accepted as one; [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/nov/03/filmnews.film Empire Magazine]] as the [[{{Narm}} cheesiest movie line of all time]] (a sentiment shared by many of the movie's critics). [[NarmCharm Still others find it awesome]] ''[[NarmCharm in spite]]'' [[NarmCharm of the Narm]].
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-->'''President Whitmore:''' Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live - to exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday but as the day when the world declared in one voice ''we will not go quietly into the night'', we will not ''vanish'' without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today we celebrate our [[TitleDrop Independence Day]]!

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-->'''President Whitmore:''' Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live - to exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice ''we voice: ''We will not go quietly into the night'', we night! We will not ''vanish'' vanish without a fight. fight!'' We're going to live on. on! We're going to survive. survive! Today we celebrate our [[TitleDrop Independence Day]]!
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* The one that everyone ''agrees'' about, though? "'''HELLO, BOYS! I'M ''BAAAAAAACK!'''''"
** [[spoiler:Even better in the novel - he flew his old bi-plane into the ship with a gigantic bomb tied to the back.]]
*** [[spoiler:This was also a deleted scene as shown on the DVD.]]
**** [[spoiler:It was deleted so they could ''[[ShowDontTell show]]'' him choosing to make a HeroicSacrifice after the missile jammed.]]
**** [[spoiler: Also, because test audiences reacted poorly to that resolution. Probably because it's very stupid.]]
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* [[spoiler:"Awesome" is still the best word that can describe the scene where people are trying to [[OutrunTheFireball outrun the ginormous fireballs]] created by the alien ships. The audience in theaters were screaming for the people to escape. When the sequence ended with the screen's abrupt switch to black immediately followed by the date showing up with the imposing doom sound, the audience in a number of theaters cheered, a true complement in how the film had gripped them to the edge of their seats.]]

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* [[spoiler:"Awesome" is still the best word that can describe the scene where people are trying to [[OutrunTheFireball outrun the ginormous fireballs]] created by the alien ships. The audience in theaters were screaming for the people to escape. When the sequence ended with the screen's abrupt switch to black immediately followed by the date showing up with the imposing doom sound, the audience in a number of theaters cheered, a true complement in how the film had gripped them to the edge of their seats.]]]]
* The gigantic fireballs that appear in the sky when the city destroyers are entering Earth's atmosphere.
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* Whitmore's RousingSpeech. [[DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight "WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT!"]] Not universally accepted as one; [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/nov/03/filmnews.film Empire Magazine]] as the [[{{Narm}} cheesiest movie line of all time]] (a sentiment shared by many of the movie's critics). [[NarmCharm Still others find it awesome]] ''[[NarmCharm in spite]]'' [[NarmCharm of the Narm]].

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* Whitmore's RousingSpeech. [[DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight [[DoNotGoGentle "WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT!"]] Not universally accepted as one; [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/nov/03/filmnews.film Empire Magazine]] as the [[{{Narm}} cheesiest movie line of all time]] (a sentiment shared by many of the movie's critics). [[NarmCharm Still others find it awesome]] ''[[NarmCharm in spite]]'' [[NarmCharm of the Narm]].

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* The President firing the Secretary of Defense.

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* The President President's firing of the Secretary of Defense.Defense:
-->'''Albert Nimzicki:''' I understand you are upset over the death of your wife, but that's no excuse for making another fatal mistake.\\
'''President Whitmore:''' No, the only mistake I ever made was to appoint a sniveling little weasel like you as Secretary of Defense!\\
'''Albert Nimzicki:''' I don't think you understand --\\
'''President Whitmore:''' However, that is one mistake, I am thankful to say, that I don't have to live with.\\
'''Albert Nimzicki:''' Mr. President --\\
'''President Whitmore:''' Mr. Nimzicki...you're fired.

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--> Now that's what I call a close encounter.

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--> Now "Now that's what I call a close encounter."



*** [[BigDamnHeroes Sorry I'm late, Mr. President!]]

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*** [[BigDamnHeroes Sorry "Sorry I'm late, Mr. President!]]President!"]]



*** Even more awesomer if you imagine that it's [[{{Chuck}} John Casey]] shooting the alien dead.
*** Or [[{{Firefly}} Jayne Cobb]]
*** Or [[Franchise/MassEffect Kal'Reegar]]. Let's just say that Adam Baldwin has been gloriously type-cast as a gun-toting badass.

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*** Even more awesomer awesome if you imagine that it's [[{{Chuck}} John Casey]] shooting the alien dead.
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dead. Or [[{{Firefly}} Jayne Cobb]]
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Cobb]]. Or [[Franchise/MassEffect Kal'Reegar]]. Let's just say that Adam Baldwin has been gloriously type-cast as a gun-toting badass.



** He follows up this epic speech with [[PresidentAction jumping into an F/A-18 to dogfight aliens]].*

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** He follows up this epic speech with [[PresidentAction jumping into an F/A-18 to dogfight aliens]].*



* Will Smith's "WELCOME TO EARTH!" line deserves mention as well.



* Will Smith's character again, when he flashes VSign and shouts "[[PreMortemOneLiner peace!]]" and rams the nuke into the alien mothership's hangar control room.
* "Is that glass bulletproof?" "No sir!" BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG almost dead alien. Then a few moments later, BANGBANGBANG dead alien.
** This moment is helped by the fact that the man who finishes the alien is Creator/AdamBaldwin pre-''Series/{{Firefly}}'', complete with unflinching, badass pose.

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* Will Smith's character again, when he flashes VSign and the VSign, shouts "[[PreMortemOneLiner peace!]]" Peace!]]" and rams the nuke into the alien mothership's hangar control room.
* "Is that glass bulletproof?" "No sir!" BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG almost dead alien. Then a few moments later, BANGBANGBANG dead alien.
** This moment is helped by the fact that the man who finishes the alien is Creator/AdamBaldwin pre-''Series/{{Firefly}}'', complete with unflinching, badass pose.
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** He follows up this epic speech with [[PresidentAction jumping into an F/A-18 to dogfight aliens]].

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** He follows up this epic speech with [[PresidentAction jumping into an F/A-18 to dogfight aliens]].*
* Whitmore's RousingSpeech. [[DoNotGoGentleIntoThatGoodNight "WE WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT!"]] Not universally accepted as one; [[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/nov/03/filmnews.film Empire Magazine]] as the [[{{Narm}} cheesiest movie line of all time]] (a sentiment shared by many of the movie's critics). [[NarmCharm Still others find it awesome]] ''[[NarmCharm in spite]]'' [[NarmCharm of the Narm]].
* The one that everyone ''agrees'' about, though? "'''HELLO, BOYS! I'M ''BAAAAAAACK!'''''"
** [[spoiler:Even better in the novel - he flew his old bi-plane into the ship with a gigantic bomb tied to the back.]]
*** [[spoiler:This was also a deleted scene as shown on the DVD.]]
**** [[spoiler:It was deleted so they could ''[[ShowDontTell show]]'' him choosing to make a HeroicSacrifice after the missile jammed.]]
**** [[spoiler: Also, because test audiences reacted poorly to that resolution. Probably because it's very stupid.]]
* Will Smith's "WELCOME TO EARTH!" line deserves mention as well.
* The President firing the Secretary of Defense.
* Will Smith's character again, when he flashes VSign and shouts "[[PreMortemOneLiner peace!]]" and rams the nuke into the alien mothership's hangar control room.
* "Is that glass bulletproof?" "No sir!" BANGBANGBANGBANGBANG almost dead alien. Then a few moments later, BANGBANGBANG dead alien.
** This moment is helped by the fact that the man who finishes the alien is Creator/AdamBaldwin pre-''Series/{{Firefly}}'', complete with unflinching, badass pose.
* Julius telling Nimziki off for chewing David out, reminding him that his son's the only reason they're still breathing.
* [[spoiler:"Awesome" is still the best word that can describe the scene where people are trying to [[OutrunTheFireball outrun the ginormous fireballs]] created by the alien ships. The audience in theaters were screaming for the people to escape. When the sequence ended with the screen's abrupt switch to black immediately followed by the date showing up with the imposing doom sound, the audience in a number of theaters cheered, a true complement in how the film had gripped them to the edge of their seats.]]
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*** Or [[Franchise/MassEffect Kal'Reegar]]. Let's just say that Adam Baldwin has been gloriously type-cast as a gun-toting badass.
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***Or [[{{Firefly}} Jayne Cobb]]
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** He follows up this epic speech with [[PresidentAction jumping into an F/A-18 to dogfight aliens]].
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*** [[BigDamnHeroes Sorry I'm late, Mr. President!]]
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** As well as this, moments before: "In the name of my generation, UP! YOURS!" Most. Badass. Sacrifice. Ever.

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** As well as this, moments before: "In the name words of my generation, UP! generation - UP...YOURS!" Most. Badass. Sacrifice. Ever.
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--> Now that's what I call a close encounter.
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*** Even more awesomer if you imagine that it's [[{{Chuck}} John Casey]] shooting the alien dead.
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-->'''Capt. Steven Hiller:''' "Wait 'til I get another plane! I'm gonna line ALL your friends up RIGHT beside you!"

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-->'''Capt. Steven Hiller:''' "Wait Wait 'til I get another plane! I'm gonna line ALL your friends up RIGHT beside you!"you!



-->'''Major Mitchell:''' No, sir! '' (He and several others pull out their guns and start blowing the shit out of the lab window and the alien behind it)''

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-->'''Major Mitchell:''' No, sir! '' (He ''(He and several others pull out their guns and start blowing the shit out of the lab window and the alien behind it)''
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-->'''Major Mitchell (Adam Baldwin):''' No, sir! '' (He and several others pull out their guns and start blowing the shit out of the lab window and the alien behind it)''

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-->'''Major Mitchell (Adam Baldwin):''' Mitchell:''' No, sir! '' (He and several others pull out their guns and start blowing the shit out of the lab window and the alien behind it)''
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--->'''General Gray:''' Is that glass bulletproof?
--->'''Major Mitchell (Adam Baldwin):''' No, sir! '' (He and several others pull out their guns and start blowing the shit out of the lab window and the alien behind it)''

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--->'''General -->'''General Gray:''' Is that glass bulletproof?
--->'''Major -->'''Major Mitchell (Adam Baldwin):''' No, sir! '' (He and several others pull out their guns and start blowing the shit out of the lab window and the alien behind it)''



--->'''President Whitmore:''' Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live - to exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday but as the day when the world declared in one voice ''we will not go quietly into the night'', we will not ''vanish'' without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today we celebrate our [[TitleDrop Independence Day]]!

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--->'''President -->'''President Whitmore:''' Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live - to exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday but as the day when the world declared in one voice ''we will not go quietly into the night'', we will not ''vanish'' without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today we celebrate our [[TitleDrop Independence Day]]!
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Mentioned below and quite frankly, if you\'re going to quote, it should be quoted right.


** Yeah, I got five words in argument against that: "THIS IS OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!"
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* Russell's crowning moment after realizing that his final missile has jammed, says good bye to his children before flying into the alien ship's primary weapon, gleefully screaming "Hello boys! I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!!" And the aliens promptly learn they fucked [[strike:with]] the wrong race.

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* Russell's crowning moment after realizing that his final missile has jammed, says good bye to his children before flying into the alien ship's primary weapon, gleefully screaming "Hello boys! I'm baaaaaaaaaaack!!" And the aliens promptly learn they fucked [[strike:with]] with the wrong race.
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Whine elsewhere, please. Or don\'t.


** YMMV with the international ValuesDissonance. The speech was described as "the most jaw-droppingly pompous soliloquy ever delivered in a mainstream Hollywood movie" in a BBC review and in 2003, readers of the United Kingdom's most popular movie magazine Empire voted the scene that contained the speech as the "Cheesiest Movie Moment of All-Time". Likewise, a 2006 viewers poll by UK's Channel 4/Film Four network poll voted this as the cheesiest speech ever delivered in cinema history.
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--->'''President Whitmore:''' Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live - to exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday but as the day when the world declared in one voice ''we will not go quietly into the night'', we will not ''vanish'' without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today we celebrate our [[TitleDrop Independence Day]]!

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--->'''President Whitmore:''' Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live - to exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday but as the day when the world declared in one voice ''we will not go quietly into the night'', we will not ''vanish'' without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today we celebrate our [[TitleDrop Independence Day]]!Day]]!
** YMMV with the international ValuesDissonance. The speech was described as "the most jaw-droppingly pompous soliloquy ever delivered in a mainstream Hollywood movie" in a BBC review and in 2003, readers of the United Kingdom's most popular movie magazine Empire voted the scene that contained the speech as the "Cheesiest Movie Moment of All-Time". Likewise, a 2006 viewers poll by UK's Channel 4/Film Four network poll voted this as the cheesiest speech ever delivered in cinema history.
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*** "Gentlemen, ''LET'S PLOW THE ROAD!''"
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* President Whitmore's entire Independence Day speech. It is on a great many blogs and lists as one of the top 5-10 (depending on the blogger/writer's scale) of the greatest movie speeches of all time.

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* President Whitmore's entire Independence Day speech. It is on a great many blogs and lists as one of the top 5-10 (depending on the blogger/writer's scale) of the greatest movie speeches of all time.
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* President Whitmore's entire Independence Day speech. It is on a great many blogs and lists as one of the top 5-10 (depending on the blogger/writer's scale) of the greatest movie speeches of all time.

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* President Whitmore's entire Independence Day speech. It is on a great many blogs and lists as one of the top 5-10 (depending on the blogger/writer's scale) of the greatest movie speeches of all time.time.
--->'''President Whitmore:''' Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution...but from annihilation. We're fighting for our right to live - to exist. And should we win the day, the Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday but as the day when the world declared in one voice ''we will not go quietly into the night'', we will not ''vanish'' without a fight. We're going to live on. We're going to survive. Today we celebrate our [[TitleDrop Independence Day]]!
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* Finally being able to hit the aliens. A moment summed up nicely in one line: Payback's a bitch!

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* Finally being able to hit the aliens. A moment summed up nicely in one line: Payback's a bitch!bitch!
* President Whitmore's entire Independence Day speech. It is on a great many blogs and lists as one of the top 5-10 (depending on the blogger/writer's scale) of the greatest movie speeches of all time.
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--->A moment summed up nicely in one line: Payback's a bitch!

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--->A * Finally being able to hit the aliens. A moment summed up nicely in one line: Payback's a bitch!
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--->A moment summed up nicely in one line: Payback's a bitch!

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