I just saw Independence Day 2
9 years ago
General
Ho-Lee Fuck. I have never seen a movie so poorly paced in my entire life. The entire movie is delivered with a density you would expect from a "Last time on _____" montage. I nearly walked out about halfway through because my brain was ready to throw up from not getting 3 continuous seconds to digest anything.
The thing is, I don't even understand why half the stuff the director/writer wanted to stuff into the 2 hour time limit was even there. Remember the old Jewish dad from the first movie? He's in this one. He has a completely separate story thread that gets delivered in bits and pieces through the entire movie until he shows up in the final action scene and does... nothing. Literally nothing. The movie would not have been any different had he not been there. No last minute saving the day. No inspiration for a brilliant plan. Not even so much as an emotional coaching. About 20 minutes of the movie is dedicated to him and he doesn't affect the plot in the slightest.
It might have been a passable movie if they cut about half the characters and actually slowed down to let you breathe once in a while. But as it stands it's just... a clusterfucking headache.
The thing is, I don't even understand why half the stuff the director/writer wanted to stuff into the 2 hour time limit was even there. Remember the old Jewish dad from the first movie? He's in this one. He has a completely separate story thread that gets delivered in bits and pieces through the entire movie until he shows up in the final action scene and does... nothing. Literally nothing. The movie would not have been any different had he not been there. No last minute saving the day. No inspiration for a brilliant plan. Not even so much as an emotional coaching. About 20 minutes of the movie is dedicated to him and he doesn't affect the plot in the slightest.
It might have been a passable movie if they cut about half the characters and actually slowed down to let you breathe once in a while. But as it stands it's just... a clusterfucking headache.
FA+

I'm genuinely angry I spent money on this movie. I'm normally the first person to love a bad action movie but this one is just such an assault on the brain you can't even appreciate it ironically.