Timers in film piss me off

[sega4life]

That scene in Independence day is is a good example of time-scenes.

You want the most out of the exciting parts in a movie.. saying you have 5 minutes on the clock doesn't really seem to thrilling...

So in the scenes as they are flying away, (before the bomb goes off) you see them talking then you see them flying.

Now that is the same scene of time.  They are showing you while they are talking they have aliens chasing them.

Now they can't make the movie split screen, were there is a bar in the center of the scene and they are talking on one side and it shows them getting chased on the other side.

That takes away from the excitement because people want to focus on one thing at a time, not move their heads from one side to the other to see whats going on.