Deeply miss the humanoid hormone Will Smith

Korey 2022-03-25 09:01:08

Before watching the movie, I didn't have high expectations for "Independence Day 2". After all, the freshness on Rotten Tomatoes is only 52%. After all, classics are not what you want to shoot, you can shoot them if you want - just take "Terminator" for example , the second part can surpass the first one is as rare as being struck by lightning, we can't ask everyone to be Cameron, right? "Terminator 3 and 4" can also be made to make do. It is either tense or intense, and there is always something that can make the audience sit still. But if you want to make a fortune just by relying on a greasy and powdered old face like "Terminator 5", you can only ask the dog to lead it! "Independence Day 2" is a sequel that doesn't even bother to fry cold rice. It is difficult for the main creator to do all-round regression. The gap with the previous work may be farther than the distance between the alien's hometown and the earth in the movie, even commercial films. The passing line is difficult to reach.

In fact, "Independence Day" was not released in the country. China officially opened the door to Hollywood poisonous weeds in 1995, and the audience was fortunate enough to meet Hollywood New Year. The ten blockbuster films introduced that year were not for nothing, including "Red Zone", "True Lies", "The Lion King" , "Forrest Gump", "Bridge Bridge", "Jumanji", "Toy Story", etc., the film list is absolutely gorgeous. The following year's global hit "Independence Day" was not introduced. Promoting American dominance to save the world? The naked peaceful evolution must be shot. However, gold always shines. With the popularization of digital audio and video products, "Independence Day" finally has a more straightforward and universal translation name "Shenzhen - Earth Strikes Back" to moisten things silently, from VCD to DVD to Blu-ray to network sharing Times, more and more Chinese audiences have become fans.

The feeling after watching more than ten years ago is still fresh in my memory: it's too awesome!

The story of "Independence Day" is so exciting and precise. Several clues are advanced and intersected precisely, just right to make the audience curious, sad, angry, excited, excited... After the death of the president's wife, the president and his youngest daughter embraced silently Weeping, grief and grief, the audience empathizes; Will Smith slaps the aliens after the bloody battle, and people applaud them; Shu Mi drove a fighter jet into the enemy ship and sacrificed himself to open the door to victory.

Even in science fiction films, the characters are still the finishing touches. This is the first time I saw Will Smith in "Independence Day". The madness and coolness of hanging the sky is really lacking. With a nine-headed body and military uniform, this is 100% walking hormone. , upright humanoid stallion! All the characters are either weird or beautiful, and even the president's wife, who received a box lunch not long after the opening, is too beautiful! The supporting roles are all shining brightly, and a few scenes appear on the paper, and even the golden retriever jumping in the sea of ​​fire attracts countless attention.

The special effects of Independence Day are obviously excellent, but the artistry and impact of the set design is even more important. The destruction of New York by an alien spaceship is a good example. The whole scene is like a volcanic eruption. In the night, the shock wave spreads in a circle with the spaceship as the center.

The rhythm of the previous work is also very bold, with a lot of slow motion and unhurried emotional rendering, which brings an epic feeling to the film. In the final analysis, it is confidence in quality.

Speaking of the previous work, it's really hard to stop the car, but in the end, I still have to waste my words on "Independence Day 2", which is the continuation of the dog tail.

Twenty years of computer special effects technology has changed dramatically, but the development of the main creative brain has not advanced but retreated. The sequel draws on the concept of "more than big" in Apple's advertisements. I can't find a better way to express it. I can't wait to enlarge the alien mothership to be shoulder to shoulder with the earth, and paste a piaji like a dog skin plaster next to the United States. There is no rhythm or pattern in the aliens destroying the sky and destroying the earth. And the climax of the final confrontation with the alien "Queen Bee", under the setting of the monotonous salt lake background, the visual effect is not as good as the latest "Godzilla", "Alien vs. Predator", etc. Is it to save money in the later stage? ...

It is said that the investment of 200 million US dollars is estimated to be used for special effects. There is no shortage of fine and macro nature, but the piles of gold and silver mountains are nothing but computer game cutscenes.

Actors are especially overwhelmed. The casting assistant director didn't know whether it was because he received money or because of endocrine disorder. In a hot-blooded action blockbuster, he found so many protagonists who were colder than one! Can the black kid who played Will Smith's pilot's son be any more obedient? It is more suitable for him than a fighter or a pacifier!

Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is dignified and lively enough, but in the setting of "Thor" it is just right, but his younger brother is even more boring than him! A bitter poker face! Every minute feels like an ancient Greek tragedy! Or the heavy theme of "The Hunger Games" suits him.

I understand that global box office pressure requires a multi-national cast, and I also know that Charlotte Gainsbourg is a good actor (I also like how she doesn't wear much clothes in "Women Addicts"...), but such a mouth The bitter gourd face that is drooping down to the corners of the eyes is really the feeling of mourning attending a funeral as soon as it appears! Does my sister have a premonition that her motherland is leaving the European Union, so she is mourning in advance? !

There are also a lot of characters coming back this time, but everyone is doing boring things and saying boring things, except for Jeff Goldblum who is struggling with his acting skills. Especially the president in the previous work is a relatively boring character. There are so many scenes this time that he really has to breathe a sigh of relief when he hangs up, like the strange Shu Mi who died with the aliens in the previous work. The radiant image that every pores are glowing is really heaven and earth!

Let's talk about the plot. Although Ang Lee said that the story is not important, that is for Ang Lee, the movie is already a means of self-expression for him. For a commercial film whose purpose is to serve the audience, the success of the storytelling and the appeal are an important indicator. Independence Day 2 clearly failed. The whole movie is full of clumsy sensationalism and boring background descriptions of characters. Perhaps in pursuit of rich content, all the characters have tried their best to put a background or obsession or regret, the love triangle between pilots + the Sino-American cooperation that comes with Yang Ying’s baby has a strong sense of disobedience, and they join the show every minute to youth idol dramas inside. The alien attack did not have the rhythm and ingenuity of the formation of troops, and the mother ship Pia turned into a drilling worker after it was on the earth. Drilling through the core of the earth, a small design in "Star Trek" in 2009, has become a big framework for "Independence Day 2" to support the overall situation. "! The U.S. government feels like it is being run by a bunch of clumsy bureaucrats. Having experienced 20 years ago, this response is completely unprofessional, quick and predictable. It is difficult to justify it. Come and rush, and rush, and rush, the aliens are also inexplicably defeated, and there is no climax or splendor. The third-party life forms the key to solving the problem, which is as bad as "not enough ghosts and gods" in domestic thunder dramas.

This time, there is basically nothing to do with other countries (at least there is a lack of performance space), which led to the introduction of the acting president's sensational broadcast to the world in a Qiong Yao style. It's no wonder that Angelababy's line "From now on, July 4th is no longer just the Independence Day of the United States" was cut in the mainland. We didn't have anything to do with us, we couldn't be tied up as husband and wife, and we couldn't resonate with deadlifts, right?

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Independence Day: Resurgence quotes

  • David Levinson: I've had years to get us ready. We never had a chance.

    President Whitmore: We didn't last time, either.

  • President Whitmore: We convinced an entire generation, that this is a battle that we could win. We sacrifice for each other no matter what the cost. And that's worth fighting for.