Independence Day: Resurgence

Let me just say, the fact that I am writing this is not a good sign.  In fact, I'll cut to the chase: the Independence Day sequel is terrible.  Awful.  There's really nothing good going for it.

The worst thing for me was the editing.  It looked like it was cut by someone with the attention span of a 3 year old.  It's like every scene is missing a beat at the beginning and the end.  And, some of the cuts make no sense, going to a character just so they can make a "funny" comment.  But that's another thing, all of the "comedy" falls flat.  Unlike the original, which was greatly aided by Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum, none of the "funny" bits land, at all.

While we're on actors, yeesh.  This is some of the worst acting I've seen in a while, even from some otherwise good actors (Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Brent Spiner, Sela Ward).  The young actors are all terrible.  You can probably find better acting in a SyFy movie.

The plot: what can you say?  It's so rushed you don't really have time to think about it, which is probably a good thing.  It's so full of clichés and false cliffhangers it's ridiculous.  You can tell exactly what is going to happen with each character well before it does.

Should I mention science?  Only because it's so bad it's not even funny.  I'm not an expert (SPOILER) but I'm pretty sure a giant hole drilled into the ocean "a mile wide" that comes within a minute of reaching the core (whatever that means) would cause immense damage, not to mention all of the seawater that would drain into it.  Would there be any left?  I don't know, but it seems like those who made the movie didn't bother to think about it.

It's really not worth it to go into it any more, except that it's so bad it almost made me angry.  That's hard to do, especially since I went into it with low expectations thanks to all the bad press.

Make no mistake, this is one of the worst movies I have seen.  It should not be surprising, coming from the men who have made 2012, 10,000 BC, The Day After Tomorrow, and Godzilla (1998).  Stargate seems like a long time ago.

Grade: 2/10