Movie Review
Siddharth Martis
2.5 / 5
Independence Day: Resurgence is a movie directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Nicolas Wright, James A. Woods, Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich, and James Vanderbilt. It stars Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, and Maika Monroe, along with Bill Pullman and Jessie T. Usher.
After a day of soul-searching, I have come to the conclusion that Independence Day: Resurgence (IDR) is by definition a bad movie. It features uneven performances, horrendous writing, and laughable dialogue. With that said, it also drips with confidence and the bombastic charm that made the original such an entertaining popcorn flick.
That’s probably the best thing I can say about IDR. It’s true is a blue-blooded popcorn flick, and that’s pretty hard to come by nowadays. Most people confuse popcorn flicks with uninteresting, CGI heavy, Micheal Bay feasts when its’ really quite the opposite. Popcorn flicks are light, brainless, unambitious films that only serve to entertain its audience while delivering killer one-liners, cheesy dialogue, and a handful of cool action sequences. It is, by definition, fun.
That’s all IDR is: fun. It is filled to the brim with cheesy moments of genuine charm and badass action sequences accompanied by some killer one-liners delivered by the one-and-only Jeff Goldblum. IDR is also an awesome trip into the 90’s that is incredibly self-aware and proud of its newfound levity that not only holds audience’s attention for its gargantuan 150-minute runtime but also earns it on the journey.
Independence Day: Resurgence delivers the goods to its intended demographic by providing all the bombastic charms of the original while maintaining a heightened sense of levity.
What are your thoughts on IDR? Tell me in the comments section below.
Using recovered extraterrestrial technology, the nations of Earth collaborate on an immense defense program to protect the planet. When the aliens attack with unprecedented force, only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can save the world.In an age where unnecessary and, for the most part, unwanted sequels are churned out constantly, in the hopes of appealing to filmgoers’ misplaced sense of nostalgia, a sequel arises, on occasion, that surpasses the original. Unlike The Conjuring 2 and Captain America: Civil War, however, the bar wasn’t set very high for Independence Day: Resurgence.
After a day of soul-searching, I have come to the conclusion that Independence Day: Resurgence (IDR) is by definition a bad movie. It features uneven performances, horrendous writing, and laughable dialogue. With that said, it also drips with confidence and the bombastic charm that made the original such an entertaining popcorn flick.
That’s probably the best thing I can say about IDR. It’s true is a blue-blooded popcorn flick, and that’s pretty hard to come by nowadays. Most people confuse popcorn flicks with uninteresting, CGI heavy, Micheal Bay feasts when its’ really quite the opposite. Popcorn flicks are light, brainless, unambitious films that only serve to entertain its audience while delivering killer one-liners, cheesy dialogue, and a handful of cool action sequences. It is, by definition, fun.
That’s all IDR is: fun. It is filled to the brim with cheesy moments of genuine charm and badass action sequences accompanied by some killer one-liners delivered by the one-and-only Jeff Goldblum. IDR is also an awesome trip into the 90’s that is incredibly self-aware and proud of its newfound levity that not only holds audience’s attention for its gargantuan 150-minute runtime but also earns it on the journey.
Independence Day: Resurgence delivers the goods to its intended demographic by providing all the bombastic charms of the original while maintaining a heightened sense of levity.
What are your thoughts on IDR? Tell me in the comments section below.