Pacific Rim is 13 years old and no big monster movie since has looked as good, felt as believed-in, or bought into its own bullshit so whole-heartedly. Changed the game and perfected it in one stroke
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It is the perfect giant robot movie. The effects, the designs, the music, the dialogue. Even the monsters are designed to look like a human could wear the suit. Everything is treated seriously by people in universe, and no one goes “wow that was crazy!”
My only problem with that film is that it’s set a standard that other giant monster films haven’t really been able to meet. (With the exception of Godzilla Minus One, of course.). Giant robot twatting a kaiju with a boat? Cinema.
I wanted to be angry and argue this, but nope. You're right. As much as I loved King of the Monsters, and I certainly do!, Pacific Rim was just like... HERE IT IS. LOOKIT! And pulled no punches. del Toro is a genius.
oh now. the sequel isn't irredeemable. it just didn't give me what I wanted. it should have been about bad actors repurposing Jaegers after they'd successfully closed the rift. Obsidian was so friggin dope and they wasted it. have the movie end with a big fight that causes the rift to unseal.
bruh. i don't even care about the physics, I fucking roared. it's like the bridge jump in Speed. make it look cool and the audience won't even care how dumb it is.
EXACTLY! GDT got that, so clearly. my only gripe was that all the Kaiju were gray blobs. would have liked more diversity in their designs to make them stand apart.
In a better world, Pacific Rim ushers in a new era of original blockbuster movies taking heavy influence from anime and foreign film, but it was practically a one off and no one tried to do anything of its kind since, just that sequel.
“These people are all just comic-book types, with ridiculous names and cliched back-stories. But their feelings are real. They feel pain. They dream.” **** review when it first came out https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/pacific-rim-2013
That movie pried the top of my skull off and directly massaged the pleasure centers of my brain.
Part of what sells it, I think, is how the kaiju and Jaegers move and react as if they actually do have mass and weight. Too many movies like that just look like toys bouncing around. GDT is a master.
I saw an interview with GDT years ago where he said he tried to make sure every shot came from an angle that you COULD capture with a normal camera rig if giant robots and monsters were real.
I think that one choice is what sets it apart from everything else.
The directors commentary with GDT is phenomenal, it’s like a cinematography and directing masterclass lecture, not only explaining what they did or how they did it, but why, from both practical film, story and realism perspectives! It’s top drawer!
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Good thing they never made a sequel, huh?
I mean, that barely helps
That's AAAAA years old
Pacific Rim X Transformers collab when??
The correlation between the two is that they both have giant monsters
“But it came out in-“
THERE WAS NEVER A SEQUEL!
::screams::
Awesome experience.
Pity they never made a sequel.
Part of what sells it, I think, is how the kaiju and Jaegers move and react as if they actually do have mass and weight. Too many movies like that just look like toys bouncing around. GDT is a master.
I think that one choice is what sets it apart from everything else.