Pacific Rim |OT| Apocalypse Never

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Anson225 said:
does The Verge really have to put spoilers in their freaking review??
wtf...
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Why you reading reviews?

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I am satisfied.

After this, Godzilla, and Jurassic Park 4, I wish for Pacific Rim 2/3, Godzilla 2/3 and Jurassic Park 5 and 6. Along with that, more movies about monsters escaping from another dimension or the ocean, with huge battles against the world. Add in sea monsters, ancient reptiles, weird hybrids, aliens from outer space, I just don't care. I want it all.

I just want monster madness. I'm sick of this Sci-Fi channel crap. I want my big budget monster/alien movies back. I hope this movie succeeds. It needs to succeed.
 
Charlie Hunnam is on the Nerdist podcast for today's episode. It's not listed on their site yet, but my Downcast feed updated with it this morning.

Anxiously awaiting a Friday viewing.
 
Damn, people are saying this movie is actually good?

I had a bad feeling about it, but I think I have to see it now.
 
squidhands said:
I guess that was the "friend" that saw the movie early.
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Nah, actually. I only found out he saw it a day or two ago.

Here's one of the others:

https://twitter.com/davidehrlich/status/354132667647791104

PACIFIC RIM: a colossal misfire. dull monsters, duller humans. stakes confused for scale. GDT's vision distilled into joylessly generic pap.
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And I'm sure a few others will post reviews soon. Still pretty excited to see it tomorrow, but expectations have been lowered.
 
mjc said:
Weird review. He says the movie delivers on what it promised from trailers but goes on to say in the end that it doesn't....huh.
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This kinda annoys me. It's like he's trying to give a positive review for this movie but still wants to be taken seriously at the same time so he's going to be antagonistic about it.
 
EviLore said:
What we have here is an entirely earnest film, a love letter to giant monster movies and mecha anime, with every effort made to please the audience. We get the lavish set pieces expected of the typical summer comic blockbuster with the memorable visual design of del Toro's other films, in a successful pairing that the Hellboy series never quite managed to slam dunk.

The quirk hits at the right moments to break up the action, without dragging on or undermining the tone: socially awkward scientists scheming, but no 30 minute Transformers hacker interlude. It knows when to engage and when to reload. Emotional bonds are presented matter-of-factly and not exploited in a slow motion instrumental crescendo or silent staring contest, because no one has time for that: Godzilla needs to be punched in the face right fucking now or the world ends.

The characters are as earnest as del Toro's overall vision for the project. This isn't the platform for nuanced portrayals, but for big things in larger than life packages, heroes standing tall when it matters and overcoming or dying in the attempt, without apology or regret.

It wastes no time, no 90 minutes of Krypton and Kansas and brooding or high school and breaking basketball backboards. This is the equivalent of Fast Pacific Rim Five: Shit Just Got Real, where the origin movie is long gone and all that matters now is a rousing spectacle, just without that origin movie ever having existed. It doesn't pull any punches or feel like a carefully planned attempt at creating a franchise by spreading out the potential narrative and amounting to a "this is just the beginning, and you already need to start getting hyped for two years from now." Pacific Rim's the full load being blown in your face all in one shot and not worrying about the consequences.
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Did you see it in standard or 3d?
 
Early reviews not looking great. GDT's worst film since mimic?

Regardless, I'm still super pumped and I really hated the transformers films and anime with giant robots. GDT is one of those filmmakers whose films I'll see regardless of reviews.
 
Ludicrous Speed said:
Early reviews not looking great. GDT's worst film since mimic?

Regardless, I'm still super pumped and I really hated the transformers films and anime with giant robots. GDT is one of those filmmakers whose films I'll see regardless of reviews.
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It's still fresh on RT dude. Captain America had 46% on its first day of reviews, but settled in the mid-70s by the time it was out.
 
ScraftyDevil said:
It's still fresh on RT dude. Captain America had 46% on its first day of reviews, but settled in the mid-70s by the time it was out.
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Is that true? That feels like one time I'd actually agree with the early reviews. Early reviews are typically by fanboys that got early screenings and are going to give positive reviews regardless of the actual quality of the film. If captain America had reviews like that initially, those guys got it right. Movie was shite
 
Ludicrous Speed said:
Early reviews not looking great. GDT's worst film since mimic?

Regardless, I'm still super pumped and I really hated the transformers films and anime with giant robots. GDT is one of those filmmakers whose films I'll see regardless of reviews.
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What? It's 13 fresh man, several 5/5s. Giant monster movies are also fairly polarizing.
 
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