Independence Day

Carissa Mariz S. Manalo LSL2 INTRELA Independence Day (1996) The basic encounter begins on 2nd of July when inexplicable aliens species launch an invasion against human beings and to destroy the earth. An enormous spaceship appeared overhead, but incredulity turns to terror as they blast down powerful fire beams all over the earth. David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. At this point, a determined group of survivors must unite to defeat the invaders and save mankind. Then 4th of July becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom and became their Independence Day.

In each scene, you can see that President Thomas Whitmore, Captain Steven Hiller, David Levinson and other officials cooperate to each other in order to stop the aliens. The scene where United States of America wants to organize a counteroffensive and they are willing to bring down their shields, aircrafts from Europe, Middle East and Asia will work together with them. The President’s speech is one of the most important scenes in the movie, it states that-- “mankind has a new meaning for them. They can’t be consumed by their petty differences anymore. They will be united in their common interests. They will fight for their freedom not from tyranny, oppression or persecution but from annihilation. When the world will be united and will have one goal, they will able to live on and they are going to survive”. In addition, one of the most important scene in the movie is when the character of Russell Casse, an ordinary citizen of United Staes of America volunteered himself as one of the pilots who will fight against the aliens, he even sacrifice his own life in order to kill the enormous alien species. This movie focused on the theory of liberalism because it shows that they are willing to cooperate with each other in order to survive. The state is not the only key actor, other individuals also participated in the process such as ordinary people join the aircraft to fight against the invaders. They fight for their freedom to live on and in my own opinion, our country needs a president who can rally us like the one in this movie and we should work together. In order to achieve peace we must all think and act diligently. Conflict situations will still be present in any circumstances but as long as we cooperate, we can still managed and we will survive. I learned that we should be open-minded and willing to accept new opinions from others, instead of worrying of our own interest, we should worry about others and watch each other’s back.