Independence Day: Resurgence probably isn't even the worst movie I've seen, but I was pissed as hell during and after, because at the very least I expected a loud, clumsy, jingoistic romp that I could somehow let myself enjoy, ie. the first one. Instead, I felt like my intelligence was being actively insulted over the full duration, and it was filled with minor references to the first with zero wider analysis of what made it enjoyable.
ID4 is a dumb, oafish, bad movie, but it's likable in the same way that a child's crayon scribbles are, and switching your brain off to the point where you can enjoy it isn't a HUGE chore. ID4:R felt like your company hired a professional artist to paint a depiction of the "Aristocrats" joke, hung it up in your office, and raided your pension fund to do so. Like, "fuck you" on every level.
The premise was really cool, too. So they had to fuck THAT up because major studios are incapable of doing nice things.
Independence Day: Resurgence probably isn't even the worst movie I've seen, but I was pissed as hell during and after, because at the very least I expected a loud, clumsy, jingoistic romp that I could somehow let myself enjoy, ie. the first one. Instead, I felt like my intelligence was being actively insulted over the full duration, and it was filled with minor references to the first with zero wider analysis of what made it enjoyable.
ID4 is a dumb, oafish, bad movie, but it's likable in the same way that a child's crayon scribbles are, and switching your brain off to the point where you can enjoy it isn't a HUGE chore. ID4:R felt like your company hired a professional artist to paint a depiction of the "Aristocrats" joke, hung it up in your office, and raided your pension fund to do so. Like, "fuck you" on every level.
The premise was really cool, too. So they had to fuck THAT up because major studios are incapable of doing nice things.
"What if we just did the same movie again but bigger? Also Brent Spiner's character survived even though he looked PRETTY dead."
The worst thing is how much I wanted to like it, based on the concept. And then I watch it and it's like, "srsly, what did you expect?"