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Pauljt1980

Awful, as if I didnt think this film could be as bad as it was. Was really looking forward to a sequel-the aliens had 20 years to prepare, the humans had 20 years to prepare and the script writers took 20 minutes
7 years 4 months ago
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chunkylefunga

Should not have been made; everything about it is wrong.
7 years 5 months ago
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acoltismypassport

Horrendous. I went into more than willing to tolerate a few boners; but this just went far beyond the pale of shitty film-making.

I'd say 5.9 is generous. VERY generous.
7 years 8 months ago
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ALifeOfArcticSounds

Hot garbage!
7 years 9 months ago
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KuroSawWhat

The most interesting aspect of ID42:R, for me, was how heavily it reminded me of cheesy Japanese monster/alien movies. And from the way this develops, it looks like Fox is throwing their hat in for making this a recurring Godzilla-like franchise. This type of thing would be nice to have in the US, but it's definitely not the follow-up that fans of the original Independence Day were hoping to see. This is, very much so, a B-Movie.

Speaking of Godzilla, ID42:R does have a lot in common with some of the more recent Japanese entries in that series. This includes the comically one-note characters that you can't begin to care about, cartoonish neon-glowing future-tech, tiny battle machines speckled across the screen that don't accomplish much, obvious green-screen sheen on all of the characters, and a plot that doesn't go anywhere. But at least there's still some cool practical effects in the Godzilla flicks!

What ID42:R certainly does not have is a sense of occasion or gravity. As one of the founding Summer "event" movies, Independence Day felt BIG. It felt massive and important, even if it was cheesy as can be. When the giant ships arrived, you felt like an ant. When the humans were fighting a losing battle, you felt despondent along with them. In ID42:R, everything is bigger, yet also boring. You have no reason to root for anyone, because there's been no character development. You can't feel the destruction, because it's all shown from afar in extreme long shot. No scene feels any more important than the rest, because they all have the same pacing. This is the Star Wars prequel problem in spades: More stuff on screen does not make it better; it makes it jumbled and messy.

Several times during ID42:R, I recalled watching Space Battleship Yamato, and how much better a genuine cheesy Japanese alien movie, based on a cartoon, and made for a fraction of the cost, can be. Check out <this scene>. The acting, pacing, clear shot composition, sense of stakes and danger, and great character focus--it's all simply better.

Would I watch ID42:R again? Nah..
7 years 9 months ago
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arrbrr

shite!
7 years 3 months ago
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BLJNBrouwer

The best part of this horrible movie is when the credits start rolling and the original theme music starts playing to your nostalgic desire.
7 years 7 months ago
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Rude117

Nice effects, but a cliché story, problem, solve it with the simply logic attack, fail, new solution, try to solve it, fail again, end is near, last hope and end of man kind is near unless .. whoopdie fukking doo wubbalubadubdub we can just save ourselfs in the last minute.. the movie is full of errors on a major scale, and i mean a big big scale. Like something that big touching down as big as the pacific and after touching earth it gives a small tsunami and destroys almost everything it touches and that's it.. if something that size would impact, i mean i'm not a scientist, but i think the planet would evaporate or split or earthquakes would rupture immensily and ah i don't even wan't to begin, about all the other errors and bs.. but yeah, american dream victory hoorah, let's wait another 20 years for a sequel that's gets worse with another 90%
7 years 8 months ago
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Cthulhu1

The worst movie I've seen at the theatre in years. The original was a fun action film, this was a tired, retread snorefest.
7 years 8 months ago
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lahiru

Another disappointing sequel. very very disappointing one
7 years 5 months ago
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Cadeicus

So many stupid cliches
7 years 9 months ago
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Earring72

Terrible sequel. Really like the Original. This movie is a complete waste of time and money. Too bad.....
5 years 9 months ago
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Siskoid

Independence Day: Resurgence doesn't seem to know it came out 20 years after its predecessor. It says it does, as it takes place 20 years later, presumably in a world devoid of landmarks, but director Roland Emerich (part of my trifecta of unwatchables, with Michael Bay and Zack Snyder) is pretty sure you JUST saw ID4, because he fails to put any of the relationships back in context. We meet a billion characters, and some might have a relationship to the ones from the first movie, I'm not always sure. In any case, ID4-2 keeps cutting from thing to thing, with characters popping up without so much as a word as to how they got there, the plot lacking so much linking material, you can hardly feel it's there. And if the original was physics-optional, this one doesn't even GIVE you the option. The alien ship is literally as big as the moon and sits itself down over the entire Atlantic Rim. A lot of shooting and destruction porn ensue. To be fair, ID4 INVENTED destruction porn, so it makes sense for this one to indulge, and while those moments are sometimes imaginative, the characters characteristically look on with a faint smile as if millions of people weren't being killed. I guess that's the essence of destruction porn. A few crazy/cool moments aside (the city bombing, the kaiju queen), this is just one big impenetrable mess.
5 years 10 months ago
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DisneyStitch

Is it possible that it makes the original look like a doggone masterpiece in comparison? Yes, yes it is. It's hard to describe how pointless and totally unnecessary this movie is. To make it even worse, it's a near carbon copy of the last movie down to the plot points. I mean come on, didn't the characters learn from their mistakes the first time that they decided to repeat them point for point 20 years later? It's a shame because with a group of dedicated writers they could have turned it into something worth watching. Instead they decided to go the traditional Hollywod route of money first and making a good movie dead last. It's a shameless cash grab, it literally doesn't even try to hide it.

I have this overwhelming urge to go watch and enjoy the first film...
7 years 3 months ago
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marcelosacchi

Horrible, just horrible. One of the worst movies I have watched in my entire life. It's 2012-level of bad, or even worse.
There is no coherent story, just a blur of clichés and pointless action scenes. The characters are not merely forgetful as is common in the genre, but plainly annoying: from a certain point I was actually cheering for the aliens! I would at least have the pleasure of seeing them die!
Do yourself a favor and don't spend your money and time on this piece of garbage.
7 years 8 months ago

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