Pacific Rim

[I'm Murrin]

Yeah, it was pretty good. Ain't exactly an intellectual film but what it does, it does well.

It seemed a little too visually busy early on, but that didn't turn out to be an issue. Simple, straightforward, mostly-not-dumb, enjoyable monster action.

I still don't know how that "We are cancelling the apocalypse" line made it to the final cut. Awful line, even in context.

My traditional nitpicking:

- If Gypsy Dancer had a sword that could cut right through that Kaiju, why didn't it use that first, instead of hitting it with the boat? Sword to the face probably would've killed it right then and there. (The answer: Because using a tanker as a baseball bat seemed like a cool idea.)

- Do the two scientists not have mobile phones? Did no one around them? They could get a chopper back to base, but they couldn't call ahead with the urgent news?

- If, as the film seems to say (and show, in flashes), the Kaiju are manufactured by those other aliens to go into the breach, how could one be pregnant?

[sgt.null]

we enjoyed it. good summer fun flick. great visuals.

[wayfriend]

Pretty darn good movie. It has a few poor moments, but it delivers where it's supposed to deliver, keeps you wanting more, and the overall plot scores higher than 'cheese'. Most importantly, the combat scenes - the centerpieces of the movie - aren't extraneous, they are important to the plot, and you are invested in the outcomes. I'd call this movie "the Jurassic Park of 2013".

[aTOMiC]

I missed PR at the theater and as it turns out I wish I hadn't since the home viewing experience seemed to leave something to be desired. I have a great system at home, 60" LED smart tv with a very good add on sound system, Blu ray player...what's not to like?
However the film had some gaping flaws that overshadowed the cool Jager vs Kaiju battles. My biggest issue was with casting, acting and characterization. Idris and Miko were the exceptions. Most everyone else seemed...off.
I especially disliked the two bickering and bizarre scientist characters. They did nothing but weaken the film's credibility in my opinion.
However it was generally pretty fun so I liked it okay but not nearly as much as I thought I would and that's a bit disappointing.

[wayfriend]

Oh, it was that way at the theatres, too. If giant robots fighting giant monsters isn't satisfying in and of itself, you won't find satisfaction in the connective material between the fighting.

[Cail]

Oh, it was that way at the theatres, too. If giant robots fighting giant monsters isn't satisfying in and of itself, you won't find satisfaction in the connective material between the fighting.

Finally saw this, and the above statement nullifies any possible criticism of the film.


Really wish I'd seen it in the theater.

[Ananda]

Saw this last night. It was predictable and the end was stupid, but I liked it. It had some funny scenes and a shirtless charlie hunnam. This was way better than the godzilla film we saw recently.

[wayfriend]

PACIFIC RIM 2 might stay on the other side of The Breach!

Because PACIFIC RIM only grossed just over $100 mil stateside, a lot of us were skeptical when Legendary and GDT continued talk of a sequel, and only slightly less so when that sequel was actually greenlit for a 2017 release.

And, perhaps unsurprisingly, it seems to have indeed been too good to be true.

THR posted a report today about Warner Bros. plans now that they’re the ones footing the bill for KONG: SKULL ISLAND. Apparently, the idea is to follow up KONG with a GODZILLA 2, and then a DESTROY ALL MONSTERS with all of the monsters from both series butting heads.

And that leaves no room (read: money) for our dear, sweet PACIFIC RIM sequel.

[...] I’m getting increasingly nauseous from the repeated dilution and recycling of old brands and properties, and PAC RIM, as cemented as its roots might’ve been in Japanese Kaiju films, was something new, with a unique world that was fun to dig into and explore for 2 hours (or more, if you read the tie-in comic and played the video game). It seemed like something that warranted a franchise, so you would see the battle between humans and these Kaijus on a worldwide scale instead of just around Hong Kong (and maybe, once, in daylight...). [link]

Damn. That's a shame.

[sgt.null]

that is too bad, a fun film.

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https://www.yahoo.com/movies/v/pacific- ... 06758.html

Saw this by chance while searching for some movie trivia info.

[wayfriend]

Yes. Delayed, not cancelled. [link]

And the title's gonna be Pacific Rim 2: Chinese Democracy.