There are few filmmakers working today that I so thoroughly
despise as much as Roland Emmerich. The jester pretending to be the king of the
modern disaster film, his understanding of science and history is matched only
by his ability behind the camera; i.e. he fails at all of them. Ever since the
late 90’s, the man has maintained a steady reputation for absolute garbage,
latching onto conspiracy theories (or, in the case of The Day After Tomorrow, what
the popular consciousness has warped into a conspiracy theory despite the
reality of things) to create stories about that honestly feel like an alien’s
attempt to understand humanity, relating to the common man only through the broadest
and laughable of stereotypes.
People give Michael Bay crap for making money out of dumbing down his own audience, but Emmerich is far guiltier of the same sins while not getting nearly as much widespread loathing. His 1996 work Independence Day, the first real taste the world got of how he thinks the world works, is held in relatively high regard but, quite frankly, I don’t see it. I’d say that I welcome the chance to proven wrong in thinking that this sequel is going to suck, but let’s be honest: There’s no chance of that happening.
People give Michael Bay crap for making money out of dumbing down his own audience, but Emmerich is far guiltier of the same sins while not getting nearly as much widespread loathing. His 1996 work Independence Day, the first real taste the world got of how he thinks the world works, is held in relatively high regard but, quite frankly, I don’t see it. I’d say that I welcome the chance to proven wrong in thinking that this sequel is going to suck, but let’s be honest: There’s no chance of that happening.
