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First Independence Day: Resurgance reviews (RT: 33%)

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The Elite

The Elite

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I am more than pleased with those reviews. This is probably the only film sequel I would like at with those kind of reviews and still be ecstatic. I think if it was in the 25-30% range my feelings would differ. Hovering around 60% is about what I expect. It's still early though.
 
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Bobby Roberts

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This one's gonna be interesting in that the reviews really won't be hitting until like, Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Monday morning. By the time a critical consensus is achieved, opening weekend will have already come and gone.

It's almost the exact opposite of what Fox did with Apocalypse.
 
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digitalrelic

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Bobby Roberts said:
This one's gonna be interesting in that the reviews really won't be hitting until like, Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Monday morning. By the time a critical consensus is achieved, opening weekend will have already come and gone.

It's almost the exact opposite of what Fox did with Apocalypse.
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Huh? Reviews are already hitting. That's what this thread is about. There's already 11 reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
 
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Bobby Roberts

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digitalrelic said:
Huh? Reviews are already hitting. .
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The film isn't being screened for critics at all. Anyone who didn't get to their region's premiere of the film isn't going to have a review until after it opens.

Meaning the "critical consensus" people tend to work from when it comes to their blockbuster of choice will be limited to 20+ reviews, probably.

Unless Fox starts letting outlets look at it real fast between now and Thursday afternoon. But that'd take some real nimble scheduling.
 
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Dash_Riprock

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Bobby Roberts said:
This one's gonna be interesting in that the reviews really won't be hitting until like, Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Monday morning. By the time a critical consensus is achieved, opening weekend will have already come and gone.

It's almost the exact opposite of what Fox did with Apocalypse.
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Did Apocalypse's critical thumping scare them off screening ID4-2, or was this decision made long before?
 
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Bobby Roberts

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Dash_Riprock said:
Did Apocalypse's critical thumping scare them off screening ID4-2, or was that decision made long before?
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Lord knows. I can't imagine they went through that Apocalypse thing and came out the other side super-confident in their own ability to predict critical reception. They let critics look at that movie a month early because they were pretty sure critics would like it, and that word of mouth would have a lot more time to build because of it.

So maybe they're just so unconfident in their own internal estimation that even if they do think this looks pretty decent, they're not taking any chances, knowing that not having a critical consensus to speak of before opening weekend can't really hurt the film so long as the marketing is in place.

Of course, I'm not sure their marketing ever took off like it should have, either. It's like a stifled sneeze. Earlier in the year it seemed like this was going to be huge. And then there were a couple big "ah-AH's" from the marketing department, followed by... nothing.
 
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8-Bit Sunset

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Doesn't matter about review scores for a summer blockbuster.
This movie is all about having fun with friends and family on a hot Summers evening.
Bring it on!!
 
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Bobby Roberts

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8-Bit Sunset said:
This movie is all about having fun with friends and family on a hot Summers evening.
Bring it on!!
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Marvel_Swimsuit_Special_Vol_1_4_page_23_Scott_Summers_&_Jean_Grey_(Earth-616).jpg
 
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Strax

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I just came home from a press screening (Europe).
This is a terrible movie. Poor CGI and maybe the worst casting I've seen in years. The new young faces simply can not act well, at least in this movie. DeObia Oparei is the only bright spot in the casting.

4 out af 10.
 
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Jonbo298

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The definition of good is different with Roland Emmerich directed films, for me at least. It's not competing for an Oscar here. I want dumb over the top fun and it's sounding like that's going to happen.
 
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ItIsOkBro

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EdReedFan20 said:
That second link has an interesting scoring model. The rate it by "film" and "movie". "Film" is there rating about the artsy nature of the movie and "movie" is how much of a slam-bang epic, popcorn blockbuster movie it is. They gave ID:R a "Film" rating of 2/5, but a "Movie" rating of 5/5.

Also, does anyone find it weird they didn't wait another week to release it. Had they done so, they could've released it on Fourth of July weekend like the original movie did.
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Tbh, if it's a movie review it as a movie and if it's a film review it as a film.
 
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Spiral Insanity

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Really odd that this isn't releasing on July 4th, I guess without Will Smith they think they need to get word of mouth to draw people in on that day?
 
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razzmahtazz

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Just finished a midnight screening... It doesn't live up to the first one. Pacing and editing is off. Didn't feel the excitement and the highs from the first one. The airplane fights bored the hell out of me when it was one of the reasons I really liked the first one (nitpicky: the new jets don't really "feel" good, even the new alien fighters. They sound like toys. Which what I was afraid of when they were shown in the trailers).

The new generation actors don't really leave a good impression. It's kinda unfair to compare usher to smith but yeh it's bad.

Goldblum and Pullman are still great. Hirsch was fun but his adventure didn't really connect much with the plot.

They were pushing a lot of stuff into the story and it just doesn't come together as well. The stuff that's supposed to be fun is side tracked for plots that don't go anywhere.
 
Aggelos

Aggelos

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I am expecting the general review consensus to be on the average/mixed zone.
This isn't Batman V Superman where critics were expecting to see story/character depth but panned the film for being a nonsensical whirlwind of effect-driven action and only that.

ID Resurgence is probably meant to be a ridiculous-ludicrous somehow-dim-witted effects-driven action flick, that doesn't take itself too seriously. If you can live with that from the get-go, you'll probably walk out of the theater with a smile on your face.


Independence Day: Resurgence | A Candid Conversation | Larger than Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CmSo9jexxY



Rajeev Masand interview with Roland Emmerich on Independence Day: Resurgence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laE1KyRuN1U
 
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yanipheonu

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Looks as delightfully stupid as the original, which was a pinnacle of dumb 90s popcorn flicks. The fact it looks like Xcom the movie doesnt hurt.

I don't actually mind a dumb movie. I just prefer if it isn't stuck up its own ass or filled with awful meanspirited jokes.
 
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DeathyBoy

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brandonh83 said:
Good in an Independence Day way yes

Which everything seems to point at that so far lol
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'They like to hit the landmarks.'

If that line doesn't get you pumped, don't see the film. Because they know EXACTLY what they were doing and what film they were making, and it is absolutely the same tone as the original.
 
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Thezez

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Just got back from this. As a HUGE fan of the first movie (it was my favourite movie as a kid), this felt incredibly "meh".

I'll have to see it again to fully form an opinion on it, but first impressions are not great.
 
DonMigs85

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Thezez said:
Just got back from this. As a HUGE fan of the first movie (it was my favourite movie as a kid), this felt incredibly "meh".

I'll have to see it again to fully form an opinion on it, but first impressions are not great.
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I concur. It just throws too much stuff at you and it drags quite a bit in a lot of scenes. Still pretty entertaining. Perhaps reading some of the expanded universe stuff might help me like it more.
 
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Nokterian

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Got the 20th anniversary on blu ray and watched it a few days ago, still fucking awesome now i can't wait to see this one. Roland Emmerich at what he does great..blowing the whole world up.
 
Aggelos

Aggelos

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Nokterian said:
Got the 20th anniversary on blu ray and watched it a few days ago, still fucking awesome now i can't wait to see this one. Roland Emmerich at what he does great.. blowing the whole world up.
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The 4K version of ID4 seems to be an intense experience with DTS:X sound

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http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Independence-Day-4K-Blu-ray/151490/#Overview




4K of ID Resurgence is on its away apparently.
http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=279003
Hopefully "The Day After Tomorrow" and 2012 will receive a 4K remastering sometime in the future. Such destruction of epic proportions deserves nothing less of a 4K presentation.
 
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casiopao

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Finished watching the movie yesterday here. Well...... kinda liked the movie but the scale of the show kinda slim down closer we are to the end.T_T

The early arrival of the Alien is gigantic destruction porn which make the end game destruction feels....lackluster? The dogfight is bad too as it really become shot beam pew pew pew everywhere.T_T

All in all, a decent movie if you ask me here but with tons of flaws. It is just a silly sci-fi movie for me there. So take that as you guys want.^_^
 
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Busty

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The fact that this appears to be the default OT for this film speaks volumes.

Alien invasion.

Sweet (???) CGI.

Jeff Goldblum.

All things that GAF loves and yet still no one cares enough to actually start an official thread.

It that isn't a giant red flag against this film I don't know what is.
 
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Frumix

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Saw it today and was surprised to like it.
I guess "solid" is how I would describe it? Obviously it's a dumb blockbuster, but it was definitely closer to more thought out early examples of the genre than the loud and obnoxious likes of Transformers and 2012.

I dunno. I just couldn't hate it.
 
The Elite

The Elite

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Frumix said:
Saw it today and was surprised to like it.
I guess "solid" is how I would describe it? Obviously it's a dumb blockbuster, but it was definitely closer to more thought out early examples of the genre than the loud and obnoxious likes of Transformers and 2012.

I dunno. I just couldn't hate it.
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"I just couldn't hate it."

- Frumix

I'm sold.
 
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