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Independence Day: Resurgence
Directed By: Roland Emmerich
The Story
The story is just one big mess. Seriously, the world as we know it has gone, and in only 20 years since the last movie the world has evolved beyond belief. Everything we loved about the first movie has been ripped away. The humour, the coolness, the tention and fear of an Alien attack, everything has gone. No one seems to give a S*** in this movie about Aliens. The young cast just drop bad one liners after bad one liners. Oh, and when the Aliens finally do attack you just don't care.
Soon after the success of the first film, 20th Century Fox paid Dean Devlin a large sum of money to write a script for a sequel. However, after completing the script, Devlin didn't turn in the script and instead gave the money back to the studio, as he felt the story didn't live up to the first film. It was only approximately 15 years later, that Devlin met up with Roland Emmerich to try again, having felt that they had "cracked" a story for a sequel.
The movie has been given a $200,000,000 budget, $125,000,000 more than its predecessor, Independence Day (1996), which had a $75,000,000 budget and had a box office result of $817,400,000, making it the highest grossing movie of 1996.
Will Smith was supposed to reprise the role of Captain Steven Hiller, but Fox refused to meet his request for a $50 million salary for two sequels. Roland Emmerich confirmed Smith would not be returning for the sequel in June 2013 to Daily News, but mentioned that Jeff Goldblum would return to reprise his role as David Levinson.
The movie is dedicated to actor Robert Loggia, who appears in both Independence Day (1996) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), and passed away in 2015. The film's closing credits dedication reads: "In Memoriam: Robert Loggia".
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The Cast
The cast are awful, and even that i think is a compliment. Everything we loved about the characters in the first movie has also gone. Former president Whitmore (Bill Pullman) was my favourite character in the first movie, but it this movie he SUCKS. Oh and guess who else sucks?. Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Jessie Usher, and Brent Spiner. There is honestly no one who i remotely cared about, no one i cared for, or no one i even liked. I was actually cheering for the Aliens.
Movie Highlight
There isn't a movie highlight. Independence Day 2 is one of the worst sequels i have ever seen, and i say good on Will Smith for staying clear of this pile of garbage. If some day Aliens actually do come to earth, i say we give them a bag of popcorn and make them watch this, they will soon F*** off home.
My Verdict
i can't believe i waited 20 years for this pile of crap. Why they couldn't just stick to what made the first movie so successful i'll never know. Awful cast, awful story, and one of the stupidist endings I've ever seen is enough for me to warn everyone away for this movie. Complete disappointment.
Directed By: Roland Emmerich
The Story
The story is just one big mess. Seriously, the world as we know it has gone, and in only 20 years since the last movie the world has evolved beyond belief. Everything we loved about the first movie has been ripped away. The humour, the coolness, the tention and fear of an Alien attack, everything has gone. No one seems to give a S*** in this movie about Aliens. The young cast just drop bad one liners after bad one liners. Oh, and when the Aliens finally do attack you just don't care.
Movie Trivia;
Soon after the success of the first film, 20th Century Fox paid Dean Devlin a large sum of money to write a script for a sequel. However, after completing the script, Devlin didn't turn in the script and instead gave the money back to the studio, as he felt the story didn't live up to the first film. It was only approximately 15 years later, that Devlin met up with Roland Emmerich to try again, having felt that they had "cracked" a story for a sequel.
The movie has been given a $200,000,000 budget, $125,000,000 more than its predecessor, Independence Day (1996), which had a $75,000,000 budget and had a box office result of $817,400,000, making it the highest grossing movie of 1996.
Will Smith was supposed to reprise the role of Captain Steven Hiller, but Fox refused to meet his request for a $50 million salary for two sequels. Roland Emmerich confirmed Smith would not be returning for the sequel in June 2013 to Daily News, but mentioned that Jeff Goldblum would return to reprise his role as David Levinson.
The movie is dedicated to actor Robert Loggia, who appears in both Independence Day (1996) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), and passed away in 2015. The film's closing credits dedication reads: "In Memoriam: Robert Loggia".
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The cast are awful, and even that i think is a compliment. Everything we loved about the characters in the first movie has also gone. Former president Whitmore (Bill Pullman) was my favourite character in the first movie, but it this movie he SUCKS. Oh and guess who else sucks?. Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Jessie Usher, and Brent Spiner. There is honestly no one who i remotely cared about, no one i cared for, or no one i even liked. I was actually cheering for the Aliens.
Movie Highlight
There isn't a movie highlight. Independence Day 2 is one of the worst sequels i have ever seen, and i say good on Will Smith for staying clear of this pile of garbage. If some day Aliens actually do come to earth, i say we give them a bag of popcorn and make them watch this, they will soon F*** off home.
My Verdict
i can't believe i waited 20 years for this pile of crap. Why they couldn't just stick to what made the first movie so successful i'll never know. Awful cast, awful story, and one of the stupidist endings I've ever seen is enough for me to warn everyone away for this movie. Complete disappointment.