Independence Day 2

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Ian974

2,943 posts

199 months

Tuesday 5th July 2016
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I usually go into films with a fairly open mind, but the absolute pointlessness of so many of the characters is probably what annoyed me most about this. It seems like they offered a heap of roles without anything for them to actually do.
Jeff Goldblums Dad? There was no point in him being in it.
Relatives of pilots, schoolkids with dog, really annoying sidekick pilot, really annoying guy lumped with the warlord? All added absolutely nothing to the story.
They somehow also managed to suck any drama whatsoever out of what should have been dramatic sections of the film. The spaceship dashboards must have had cue cards with "vaguely worried yell" plastered all over them.
Jar Jar Binks was a much better developed character than the majority of those in here! hehe

croyde

22,920 posts

230 months

Tuesday 5th July 2016
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What were the drunks on the boat all about? biggrin

wjb

5,100 posts

131 months

Tuesday 12th July 2016
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Worst film I've seen this year.

And I watch some rubbish...

Mansells Tash

5,713 posts

206 months

Tuesday 12th July 2016
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Good Popcorn movie but it failed to build up any suspense, predominantly because the film felt like it was trying to move things along too quick, there seemed very little time to react to what just happened before something else happened. The book is orders of magnitude better which features the Saturn base getting destroyed and goes into the hopelessness of the crews there that knows they're doomed, especially when combined with crucible before hand which sets the back story up nicely.