Pacific Rim

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Old school Robot vs Monster tale that remembers that a good aventure needs some schmaltz, some mythmaking, and lots of good monster bashing.

 

Pacific Rim is not subtle. There is a crisis that could end human civilization if not the world itself and only GIANT FREAKIN' BATTLEBOTS can save the day. This movie defines Summer Blockbuster. Gelarmo Del Toro got this one perfectly right - balancing the huge set pieces with the human touches that we need to care about the characters. I especially liked the relationship between Indris Elba and Rinko Kikuchi.

I also liked many of the side characters including two twitchy scientists (Burn Gorman and Charlie Day) who help save the day with crucial information at a crucial time. They were unlike the usual scientists guys we usually see in these type of movies. They are very weird as all geniuses are.

I found some parts of the battles difficult to follow but that is because of the darkness that comes with watching a picture in 3D and in dark water, at night, but that didn't take away from the thrills of battle. This would be the kind of movie that would convince me to get a 3D television.

 

I can see myself watching this one over and over again in a way that Transformers never could hold my attention. It most reminded me of the Bruce Willis actioner Armageddon in tone and style.

When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes-a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)-who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse