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In reply to the discussion: Cliches in film you are sick of? [View all]Tommy Carcetti
(43,166 posts)Jeff Goldblum and his dad have to get from New York to DC to warn the President the aliens are about to attack.
There are giant spaceships over both cities and everyone is panicking and trying to get out.
His dad takes his beat up old car and drives it at 40 mph.
Somehow he is able to get to DC in time, make his way into the White House, successfully convince the President to leave the White House, get on a helicopter to Andrews and then take off on Air Force One just in the nick of time before the aliens blow up the city.
And the amount of time all of this is supposed to happen?
Four hours.
He drives below the speed limit over 200 miles, presumably through Philadelphia and Baltimore, and through two cities that millions of people are trying to evacuate.
AND he is able to successfully convince the President of the United States to leave the White House and get on Air Force One.
All in four hours.
In real life he and his dad would probably have been blown up while stuck in traffic on the George Washington Bridge. If they were even that lucky.
Dont get me wrongIndependence Day is one of the most fun and enjoyable movies I can remember.
But its logic is so absurdly ridiculous.