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Old Feb 19, 2019, 5:41 pm
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JPDM
 
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Originally Posted by edsh
Saw it in Boston last week. Probably a great leap forward for China in terms of CGI effects but the story line, to me, wasn't engaging. I moved away from global disaster movies after Independence Day (1996) and its run of predecessors. Maybe there were cultural elements of the story that I couldn't relate to or the subtitles (which fly by very quickly) were distractions and poor translations. In any case, rather than feeling nail biting suspense or emotional attachment to the characters I was a passive spectator.
Watching it I was thinking of "Independence Say" too. Instead of Americans saving the world, it's the Chinese saving the world. Patriotic movie from a different perspective.
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