Independence Day: Resurgence

GENERAL INFORMATION

Release Info: 24 June 2016
     Watched on iTunes 22 Oct 2016

Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer: Nicolas Wright, James Woods, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, James Vanderbilt and others.
Running Time: 120 Minutes

Staring: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman Sela Ward, William Fichtner, Judd Hirsch, Brent Spiner and Vivica A. Fox

Rating? PG-13

SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS

IMDB: 5.4 of 10

MY RATING: 2

STORYLINE

Two decades after the freak alien invasion that nearly destroyed mankind, a new threat emerges. This alien mothership is more than twice the size as the last one and once again, the world's armies must band together to save the world. Do they have enough firepower or will this battle change and will the aliens take over?

MY REVIEW

I almost feel like making a post on the Reddit feed for "Today I Learned" and it would have gone a little something like this..

Today, Reddit users, I spent two hours of my life watching a movie. It was supposed to be a big budget action movie and well, Today I learned that action movies can be pretty boring.

I remember in 1996 going to see the original in theaters when it came out. I did like it and I feel pretty bad about saying this, but this was a pretty terrible movie.  It was just missing something that the original didn't have. So, I give it a 2 for the pretty bad acting (Except for Bill Pullman), horrid writing and dialog, lack of a good story and just nothing redeemable in my eyes.

What I DID LIKE about this movie:

• Some of the CG was not that bad.
• The first 10-15 minutes were not too bad, it's the rest of the movie that just lets your down. There is no soul here!!
• Thanks for bringing back Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman and Brent Spiner. But it felt like they were there, but they were half of what they could have been. Bill Pullman really pulled out a great performance despite the bad concept and basic writing.

What I DID NOT LIKE about this movie:

• Will Smith, however you play it, was the star of the original. With him  not there, even though the concept that they came up with for why he wasn't there was not bad, he was missed.
• Did not treat the audience like intelligent humans. I do not need to be spoon-fed the plot by bad dialog and mediocre actors.
• I should have known better since the writer/Director Roland Emmerich was also responsible for 2012, a smorgasbord of the absurd and quite a bad movie.

On a more personal note..... Had some awesome time with the kittens in the backyard today. Pretty awesome photo shoot! Then Taylor came over for me to put on her face paint for a Halloween party. I am pretty proud of how it turned out! Then I made dinner... Boneless Pork ribs in a Soyaki Sauce with rice and veggies...