Independence day resurgence - non spoiler

[Cykeisme]

As I understand, planets (including Earth) are round only because gravity pulls its mass together, and thus a sphere is the most stable, lowest-energy state (in terms of gravitational potential energy) for a big collection of mass to have.

Thus, wouldn't the gravitational well of such a massive object coming near to Earth destabilize the planet, and cause the entire planet to deform, maybe even parts of it to breaking off to cling to the big alien ship?

The movie makes it look as though Earth is structurally rigid and stiff, almost like a marble or something..

[phred]

Yeah I kinda lost track of my game of "count the ELE's" as that thing was coming in

[Terralthra]

As I understand, planets (including Earth) are round only because gravity pulls its mass together, and thus a sphere is the most stable, lowest-energy state (in terms of gravitational potential energy) for a big collection of mass to have.

Thus, wouldn't the gravitational well of such a massive object coming near to Earth destabilize the planet, and cause the entire planet to deform, maybe even parts of it to breaking off to cling to the big alien ship?

The movie makes it look as though Earth is structurally rigid and stiff, almost like a marble or something..

Yes. At the very least, there would be a very rapid movement of the majority of the Earth's surface water toward the ship. A literal tidal wave, in fact.

[Eternal_Freedom]

So, saw it on Friday.

Was it cheesy? Yes. Was it poorly edited/paced in places? Yup. Was some of theacting questionable at best? Definitely. Were there a bunch of plotholes I spent the train ride back from Cardiff contemplating? Absolutely.

Was it fun and enjoyable to watch? Hell yes. It's an Emmerich film, it's not going to go down as a great thought provoking piece. I knew that going in. But it's a damn sight better than most of his more recent films. But it was meant to entertain me with Humans fighting Aliens with salvaged technolgoy and cool rayguns.

It did that superbly. I did find the ending somewhat abrupt though.

[Cykeisme]

It did that superbly. I did find the ending somewhat abrupt though.

I agree very much, although it does require you to apply a magnitude of "suspension of disbelief" that sometimes actually required conscious levels of effort to maintain

As for the ending, I'm finding that a problem that's been around in movies for some time, but seems to be increasingly common: Movies are made with the intention of there being a sequel, and thus the current movie is made deliberately.. incomplete.
I'm not sure if "incomplete" is the right word, really, but what I can say for sure is that the current movie is left being less satisfying entirely because the makers want to make a sequel.