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Independence Day: Resurgence is the summer’s worst movie — and its most boring

At least Jeff Goldblum (left) and Bill Pullman are back. For all the good that does. In the span of my entire existence to date, when was my last chance to have lived a life in which I wouldn’t have to review  Independence Day: Resurgence , the new sequel to the 1996 alien invasion/disaster movie mash-up? Was it when I chose to leave my home for the movie theater, instead of spending the evening watching TV with my wife? Was it a week ago, when Fox announced it  wasn’t screening the film for critics ? Was it two years ago, when I convinced my bosses that Vox should review major movie releases? Was it when I was born? Independence Day: Resurgence  is the worst kind of bad movie: one that seems indifferent about its own existence. Everything about it feels as if it just doesn’t give a shit about the audience watching it or the people who made it or even the fact that it’s unspooling before us. All it cares about is making as much money as possible. So let’...