Wow! This movie was off the charts awful. Like I expected garbage but what I got was like hot steaming garbage that was covered in a massive layer or poop. It was literally that bad. I loved Independence Day. I remember seeing that and it feeling like an event. You couldn't help but get hooked and enjoy the crazy ride. This sequel to that is downright insulting and should never have been made. It had nothing in it that made the first movie awesome except for the pointless returning characters. But even they were awful because they were just there and pushed on you. If they were trying to hook the next generation of viewers, those viewers have no idea who these characters are or why what they are saying should be considered funny. The new characters were even more forced. Will Smith said no to the movie (Side note - probably should have pulled the plug on this right then and there) so you kill his character off in memorial and have his son be a fighter pilot now? UGH!!! A huge part of what made Independence Day a successful movie was because it was us (current world society) verses them. This movie took place 20 years later - which would make it the current time period we are in but the world had made much more sci-fi related advances and we were fighting them with their technology. This pretty much caused an immediate disconnect with the audience that was the root of the first one's event feel. And the ending? All I will say is that the main action scene at the end was a huge mother alien chasing a school bus full of kids. Yes. You read that right. That was the finale chase. School bus vs alien.
I would only recommend people seeing this to take in how god awful it was. It is easily the worst movie of the year so far and will go down as one of the sequels that absolutely should never have been made.
