If any movie would benefit greatly from a longer director’s cut, it’s this one.
It’s been so tightly edited that there are no scenes, just a series of moments. I should applaud Emmerich for avoiding a bloated running time but strangely, making Resurgence two hours was a mistake. Emmerich’s movies are fun carnival rides, though he’s spent the past two decades helming turkeys that aim to top ID4 (like 2012) but never come close. He’s better at creating memorable visuals than crafting a consistent story with solid acting and disciplined screenwriting. Again.Įmmerich is still stealing from Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, George Lucas and himself. The world has rebuilt itself, put “petty differences” aside and established world peace when those tentacle-wielding monsters from outer space return to trash the Earth.
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Jeff Goldblum returns as the scientist who cracked the alien code the first time out. Roland Emmerich’s belated sequel is much bigger and, somehow, even more colossally stupid than the original.
The film frequently plays on basic cable and maintains its popularity. It was like holding a license to be a patriotic moviegoer. Some movie buffs liked to brag how they saw ID4 on July 2-4, 1996, when the film took place and proudly displayed their ticket stubs for proof. During my freshman semester of college, it seemed every male dorm room I visited had either a poster of ID4 or Jenny McCarthy (I had a poster of Keanu Reeves in Feeling Minnesota because… it was 1996 and I was edgy, I guess). The first Independence Day (or ID4, its more popular label) came out the summer I graduated and became the year’s biggest hit.
The weekend Independence Day: Resurgence opened, I was enjoying a sequel of my own: my 20-year high school class reunion.
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