A friend of mine just saw it and told me it was great. I don't have any plans to go to the theaters anytime soon, but I may make a special trip to go see this.
Pacific Rim. Just shut up and go see it.
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 On 07/17/2013 at 11:35 AM by Chris Iozzi See More From This User » |
I went and saw Pacific Rim on Friday. I know this one wasnt generating the buzz it was hoping to, I think since Transformers went stale after the first movie and Battleship was a bust, people weren't too keen on another giant robot movie. But this one had Guillermo Del Toro behind it. He knows how to do a movie for sure, and the Robots and Monsters look fantastic.
Now, if you love giant robots fighting giant monsters, then you know you don't need much more convincing to see this movie. I went in thinking that, if anything, the fighting will be cool. It was. The robotos are awesome. This movie also had the benefit of having Del Toro's weird vision to spruce things up. Its a nice touch in a movie like this, it keeps it from looking too run of the mill B-Hollywood.
*minor spoilers ahead*
One thing I didn't like.
The giant robots are controlled by syncing up with a human brain and mimicing the actions and thoughts of the piolet. The complexity of these robots became too much for one brain to handle so they would mind link two piolets together to divvy up the thought processes. This requires the two piolets to essentially share one mind. So each piolet shares the thoughts and memories of the other....unless its benficial to the plot not to. :/ They are supposed to be sharing one mind, but exept for the plot points revealed by the meld they don't really react to each others thoughts. They could have gone in really deep with it but they took the popcorn movie approach and cheesed out. I can't help but wonder if this was something the studio wanted, just seems too cookie-cutter for the man who brought us Pans Labryinth.
But overall, the effects alone are worth going to see. I didn't see it in 3D but I would go again just to check it out. The sense of scale is amazing, these bots are HUGE, as are the monsters. I think I was a little 'eh on the design of the monsters themselves, some were a bit too "gooey" looking which really revealed the CGI. I think if they had more substance and weight to them I'd buy them more. But this is minor, the battles and effects, again, are worth the price of admission. I say leave your critcal mind at home and just enjoy the splendor on the screen for once.
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