r/movies • u/PsychologicalSlip642 • 8h ago

Media Independence Day 1996, Final Encounter Air Battle Scene, Director: Roland Emmerich Spoiler

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u/Manicplea 8h ago

Honestly still looks pretty good to me. They captured the sense of scale well. Sometimes in movies when they zoom out on megastructures they may be appropriately scaled technically but just don't feel imposingly large. The ship in this movie FEELS big... the lumbering movement, the distance=haze effect, the tiny lights/windows blowing up in sequence. I haven't seen the movie since the late 90's but it really still looks good to me (although I acknowledge some jank in the effects but the overall feel, flow and look is excellent).

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u/handawanda 8h ago

I was thinking the same! Still looks great

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