Review of Bastille Day (2016) by Vadertime — 27 Jun 2016

So, I finally broke down and out of sheer boredom went to see this movie. I know that the critics have been lambasting this movie for a week, but I figured I had now been inoculated against major disappointment and what the heck.

I caught the 1:30 matinee in a mostly empty theater with only a few, elderly retired couples. I guess they had nothing better to do either on a Monday afternoon. I found the movie mildly entertaining, much like a Transformers movie, which also promises wanton, unnecessary destruction on a global scale.

Neither movies, this or the Transformers franchise, makes any pretenses of sophistication, pathos or intellectually redeeming qualities like The Martian or Interstellar. Jeff Goldblum is funny as is Judd Hirsch.

Brent Spiner probably single-handedly carried this movie and of course he sets up the sequel at the end. I just hope they don't take another 20 years for ID4 III. I won't live that long.