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Pacific Rim |OT| Apocalypse Never
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Darth Pinche
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Jesus, what is wrong with people? It is so sad that most people will go see some mediocre crap than something original. 9I know PR is not exactly original...)
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Yo, Pacific Rim was sooooo animay
but it was damn good, best blockbuster I seen this summer. Invests you in the human characters and their personal struggles, makes you care more about the big robot smashing, and said robot smashing is awesome, coherently filmed and delivered with maximum impact.
but it was damn good, best blockbuster I seen this summer. Invests you in the human characters and their personal struggles, makes you care more about the big robot smashing, and said robot smashing is awesome, coherently filmed and delivered with maximum impact.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
I'm guessing so.
70 or so people here for the 3D showing (holds over 400) and the movie is suppose to start now.
BattleMonkey
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Likely. Theater I went had most screens devoted to Grown Ups 2, most sold out. As I mentioned when I went today, only 8 of us in the theater, yet WWZ playing at same time was sold out and its been out for weeks!
http://oddcityentertainment.com/
Not up for sale yet but I'm sure they will sell out fast like the others.
The Illiterati
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Special effects, action were wonderful, rest of the movie was garbage. Pacing was terrible. I was seriously bored halfway through. The script was soap opera level dreck. But hey, eat it up with a spoon.
AgentOtaku
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Just caught the flick with my son
FUCKING INCREDIBLE
FutureVoids post nails it and the Kaiju and their battles were actually fucking scary. Dat Del Toro touch.
FUCKING INCREDIBLE
FutureVoids post nails it and the Kaiju and their battles were actually fucking scary. Dat Del Toro touch.
PairOfFilthySocks
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Just saw it. Pretty much exactly what it says on the tin. Great fun, and probably the best 3D I've seen in a film by a country mile. It looked spectacular. They got the weight of the action scenes locked down.
Story-wise, it was about as cliched as it gets, with a side-helping of Del Toro oddness sprinkled throughout. Aside from a few cheesy-as-almighty-fuck moments, It was a pretty cool movie. The original score was utterly forgettable, though.
Story-wise, it was about as cliched as it gets, with a side-helping of Del Toro oddness sprinkled throughout. Aside from a few cheesy-as-almighty-fuck moments, It was a pretty cool movie. The original score was utterly forgettable, though.
Yeah...and I love how brutal the fights were in this movie. You could tell the pilots are desperately doing everything they can just to win a fight.
I saw it in 3D twice. I honestly wouldn't want to see it again in any other way. The 3D is worth it.
SenatorBot
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It was AMAAAAAAAZING! Everything I had hoped for. The right amount of cheesy fun and dramatic action. So want to go another time. BFI IMAX was completely packed.
Snagged some posters, even my mom specifically asked for one after the movie was over.
Oh hey, I was there just now. What showing did you go to? I went to the 3pm one.
â Narayan
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YES! The 3D in this film is EXCELLENT.
Nappuccino
Member
I asked my friend if he was going to see Pacific Rim
He replied "not in this life time."
I asked why and he called Pacific Rim childish--said he grew up 10 years ago. Then he gave a list of movies that he still had to watch which included Hangover pt. 3 and Grown Ups 2.
I don't know why I'm friends with him.
He replied "not in this life time."
I asked why and he called Pacific Rim childish--said he grew up 10 years ago. Then he gave a list of movies that he still had to watch which included Hangover pt. 3 and Grown Ups 2.
I don't know why I'm friends with him.
Take a whole list of quotes from the reviews for GU2. What does he even say to that? "I grew up 10 years ago! CHOCOLATE WASTEEEEDDD!!"
ViewtifulJC
Banned
It goes back to that David vs Goliath, the little guy fighting against the big ones. 3 dudes in a boat vs Jaws, a single X-Wing piloted by a guy "a little short to be a stormtropper" against the evil empire and their giant Death Star, or like every James Cameron movie from Titanic to Aliens where the mighty fall. It's the struggle, that scrappy underdog facing failure in the face and somehow overcoming it.
I mean, Man of Steel had no time for Clark Kent, they had to show how awesome and handsome and christ-like and all-powerful Superman was, shit gets smashed up, no stakes, no personal investment in the character. Transformers movies look like two Slinkies rolled together in a ball and the camera is cutting and shaking because shit is intense or whatever, two equal forces going on and on and on. Who wins? Who cares!?
Pacific Rim's robots move with the slow, sluggish power benefitting their size, backed by humans who have personal struggles of their own, trying to do the impossible in the face of armageddon.
Just a big ol' ball of optimistic fun, cliches and all.
Nappuccino
Member
I had to let it drop. I just couldn't any more.
As long as you raise the sequels Jewish I have no problem with this.
It pains me when children try so hard to be adults that they lose their ability to enjoy childish things.
Yes, yes... Because getting pissed on by a large animal in your house is the true mark of a mature comedy.
I understand if a film isn't to a person's taste, but come on. Watching films on the basis of supposed maturity is such a silly attitude.
BlackGhost
Banned
Great poster, thinking about going tonight if I can
Final poster from Odd City.
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
Tell him to grow the fuck up.
AgentOtaku
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that being said, my 9 year old was legitimately scared by the Kaiju
Freezasaurus
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Jables Swan
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Final poster from Odd City.
Not enough Striker for my liking.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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ViewtifulJC
Banned
-Gravity(which some kid thought looked dumb...fuck you, kid)
-Marky Mark/Denzel Washington film aimed squarely at my dad's demographic
-Captain Philips, Die Hard on a boat starring Tom Hanks
-Seventh Son, looks like one of those kinda-crummy movies they shit out in the early months of the year so nobody will ever know
I think there was another one...
AgentOtaku
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One or two of them had ME legitimately scared, and I'm 32.
yup
basically seeing
the russians and asian dudes get torn apart
also, film has an incredible use of sound
Saw the same.
Wolverine and Ender's Game (3D).
Wolverine 3D trailer looks weird, it's basically Hugh Jackman doing stuff in blurry world.
The trailers I saw...
Wow, my theater had a lot of trailers.
- Thor: The Dark World (Looks awful and boring and OOOH LOOK AT THE PRETTY LIGHTS!)
- 2 Guns (Looks like a fun buddy cop sorta film. Denzel Washington is in it.)
- Captain Philips (As said before, Die Hard on a boat. Looks jingoistic.)
- Gravity (That trailer always scares me. Film looks good if it's the same quality as the trailer.)
- The Wolverine (This film looks like it was directed by someone who REALLY likes Japan and isn't Japanese. )
- This one film about a guy becoming a corporate pawn. It looks really fucking boring.
- 300: The Rise of the Empire (It looks sooooo bad.)
Wow, my theater had a lot of trailers.
Messofanego
Banned
I've noticed some people and my friends say it was a bit scary, and I have to agree. The kaiju are relentless, and brilliantly designed. There's a great sense of desperation.
6 pm. Our screening stopped for a false alarm, and I thought it was part of the thing actually like some amusement park Like some kaiju had attacked the cinema. Would be so awesome if a Kaiju head burst through the side of the auditorium XD
6 pm. Our screening stopped for a false alarm, and I thought it was part of the thing actually like some amusement park
Like some kaiju had attacked the cinema. Would be so awesome if a Kaiju head burst through the side of the auditorium XDHey guys, going to watch this:
To get me into the mood before I go check out Pacific Rim. I'm giving myself a legit Creature Double Feature.
I've never actually seen Final Wars (fell off Godzilla when the American movie came out :lol) but isn't it supposed to be pretty bad?
Nappuccino
Member
I'm trying to figure out if the gif is directed at me or my friend. It works both ways lol.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
Gravity (<3333)
Elysium
Thor: Darkworld
Enders Game
I think that was all. I was surprised by the lack of previews during my showing.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Best acting performance:
that little girl who played young Mako. That was a very important scene that detailed one of the protagonist's big personal conflicts, and a lesser acting performance could have screwed it up, but that little girl did it just about perfectly. No fake movie crying like a lotta kids, her slow turn around and realization that it was over, the way she stumbled out of that alley, all great
Hmm?
Final poster from Odd City.
Isn't this the final poster from Odd City? I actually prefer it, and will definitely try to get it for myself:
Variant:
I'm not sure if I like the Regular or the Variant version better, though. The Variant will be more rare [75 as opposed to 175], but I think I like the blue/grey color scheme in the Regular version better.
I'm still trying to track down the poster drawn by Yoji Shinkawa. Ebay is being a pain about shipping to Canada. -_-
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