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Yeah, I saw that a while back.

I believe unlurking said he saw it in IMAX. The IMAX sound levels are notoriously loud but it's mostly low end stuff (sub bass) and doesn't hurt the ears unless there's an issue with the system. Having said that, we got complaints with "MoS" so ran it at -3 dB, and are doing the same with "Rim". Even IMAX said it was okay to do with "Rim" because of the loud mix. So perhaps the theater he saw it in didn't make any adjustments.

Ah..so you guys do listen to feedback then? Good to know.

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Idk, it was incredibly "hokey" to me. I caught myself yawning a few times throughout. The story and the acting were downright awful.

I did see it in IMAX 3D, and it did seem REALLY loud to me, too.

Just got back from seeing the movie. Lots of fun, nothing deep and brooding (thank God), just a lot of fun.

Good summer flick, I was entertained but my expectations were too high.

Hokey is a good word for most of it.

The scene/memory of the little girl running from the monster were pretty damn good though.

And I think that I could have developed a much better system from the ground up. Port based missile/artillery stations, stand off weapons for the Jagers and swords, swords, swords. The arms would have been sharp to discourage biting and grabbing and there wouldn't be a head (controlled from the chest). Punching would be a last resort while piercing and cutting would be the priority.

totally both of these.

imo....it left me much the way Promethius did but to a larger degree. it is visually stunning. but the story.....well there really wasn't one....or not much of one.....
Promethius had slightly a better story but it didn't answer shit.....

the special effects were really awesome....but every fight scene does not need to be dragged on for 20 frigging minutes! I get it already! sheesh!

glad we saw it in 3D...there were some cool hilights there...

and I totally agree with whoever said it took him back to his childhood. I remember running home from school during Godzilla week to see the movie of the day. the monsters were so like those old Godzilla villains....only better.

Saw it today and thought it was good but not great. Could have used some far away monster shots, everything is up close and personal...Never did see a good shot of it far away.

It was good. Not gonna win any awards for the acting or plot but it's a perfect summer flick.

The effects were ****ing boss and the designs of the jaegers and kaiju deserve some serious butt-slaps.

Saw it tonight in 3d, thought it was awesome actually. Not alot of background on the aliens, but IMO, it's tough to really do that outside of what they did because, well it all just has to be thought up from scratch.

I love the idea of multiple dimensions and it's been used in multiple alien movies, so obviously if they're using it in movies, the government knows about it and it's likely a real thing.

Being a big SOA fan, liked seeing Jax, and being a IASP fan, Charlie in any movie is a good thing.

This.

I think any kid 6 or older could see this flick.

The only two scenes I can think of that wouldn't be great for all ages would be a fist fight between two pilots and a very short scene where a monster gulps a guy down. No blood or guts or anything.

I thought the CGI was outstanding and there appeared to be some over the top acting and cartoony characters similar to what you'd see in a Godzilla/Gamera movie.

Just saw this, two thumbs up.

Judging it on what it was (spectacle) I give it 7/10.

Too much attempted character development with characters I don't care about. I came to see giant robots and giant monsters fighting.

The sets, the action, and the monster designs were great. The acting and characters were meh, and they got entirely too much screen time 'mehing' it up.

Haven't seen it yet. But my boy Idris gets his props as I knew he would. Such a brilliant actor.

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You have a serious hard-on for that Angry Joe dude.

One thing I was thinking about this movie:



... But if they killed the aliens right away, there would be no movie so it's cool. Just something funny I was thinking about.

To make the movie cooler, obviously. You always have to have that "schwinnnnng" sword moment.

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With regards to the sword, from my observation it appeared the sword was newish tech that just came about within the past few years in the time frame of the movie, as Raleigh seemed unaware of it when Mako used it and he was a seasoned mark III pilot. Also, the Kaiju that were sent in were designed to learn humanities attack strategies, so perhaps the powers that be wanted to keep the sword a secret from the Kaiju hive mind and have it be sort of a last resort.

Again just my opinion from what I've read and saw. What I can't figure out is why they didn't combine a synergy of forces to defeat the Kaiju, like combining air support with the ground Jaegers. I think this would have been much more effective and safer.

I wonder if Rinko Kikuchi (hot actress from giant robot movie) is related to Shunshuke Kikuchi (music composer who did a lot of anime work).

The film was decent.
The action was HUGE. Hard to imagine ever seeing action on that scale again.
It was so big, in fact, there were times when it was hard to follow.

It was also derivative. Felt like an amalgam of all your favorite _______ threatens the world films.

It was meh. Some of the plot was groan inducing bad. I thought the idea of giant robots and monsters would totally outweigh that, but sometimes it really brought the movie down. I was disappointed that they forced a robot monster fist fight so often. Come on.... robot weapons guys, come on....



More fights, less drama bullshit..

A very fun film. Not flawless... but very fun. probably give it a B+. Somewhat reminiscent of Godzilla meets Ghostbusters. I might go see it again in 3D.

By the way, there are a lot of good one-liners in this movie and many of them can easily lend themselves to drinking games. Where would you rather die? Here? Or drinking Jaeger?!

I'm sure Del Toro had his reasons for chumping the Chinese and Russian Jaegers. I read he wanted to include a Mexican Jaeger with ex-convict pilots but the idea was cut because he was having trouble juggling all the plots and getting the right characters development time. Fun idea though, maybe in the sequel.

Great flick....go see on theaters in 3d

Agreed. I loved it for what it was. Much better than Superman IMO.

Wow. Not even close IMO

The action was fabulous... the plot, storyline, etc etc was soooo meh.

This movie was more "simple". Predictable plot, story was re-hash of others....but as a summer popcorn flick, I liked it better. There were elements of Superman that I enjoyed, but the last 20 minutes left a bad taste in my mouth.

If I had a nickel every time I heard that...

LMAO What a bad cliche movie.

Really? What other movies recently release featured giant robots vs giant monsters?

So just because it changed the antagonists and protagonists, it's a different movie?

It has the exact same formula as countless other action movies. The last scene is literally Independence Day with different characters.
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I couldn't finish it.

Then by your definition, every action movie is cliche. It could see you using the term if there was a huge influx of giant monster movies, but alas, there are not.

This movie was basically the adult version of Power Rangers.

Yeah. The ****ing director made a point of saying he was making a flick that his 12 year old self would love.

It's Godzilla and co. Vs Voltron/Robotech.

It's not supposed to be original...

This, over and over.

Pacific Rim was not intended to be a deep & revolutionary movie. It's an homage to the old Toho & Daiei movies that some of us watched when the only option to see giant monsters was on Saturday and Sunday sci-fi movies on local TV.

Put yourself in that type of mindset and the movie was a blast. Keep your jaded, cynical adult mind set and the movie is stupid. I mean for the love of all that is holy; it’s a movie about giant robots fighting against giant monsters from the ocean. How much depth do you think anyone can get into a movie like that?!?

Only complaint that I have with the movie is that the monsters were fairly generic. Nothing really stood out and their designs were kind of bland.

Uh no. This movie just had the same elements of most action movies. It was predictable as hell. It's a cookie cutter movie with different characters. Seriously, is there any element of the movie that took you by surprise?

Movies like these have a hard time because people come in with the wrong expectations.

Im looking forward to seeing this movie for what it is: Eye Candy. Im not looking for witty dialogue, great acting or a great plot.

That's not what movies like this are. If you can get past that and accept it for what it's meant to be you might enjoy it a bit more.

Yea, I don't know what people expect? I highly doubt Del Toro intended to make some Oscar bait masterpiece. He knows its B movie junk, but its an homage to those old movies. its supposed to be light fun.
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You completely missed the point of this movie. I am sorry you found it boring. I, on the other hand, enjoyed it immensely. This is the same thing that happened with Avatar. People were mad that the story of that masterpiece was unoriginal. LMAO

What was the point of it?

And I didn't find it boring per say, just amazingly predictable. I guessed what the end result of each character would be when they were first introduced and I was right on basically all of them.

I'm wasn't looking for any of that. Just don't cram every action movie cliche in a 2 hr movie. That's not too much to ask.

You're right. But what makes movies like this work is the charm with which they're done. There are literally a dozen moments in this movie where I'm genuinely excited to see what's about to happen. I know what's going to happen but it's still fun. Because del Toro understands what makes movies and the cinematic experience FUN.

To this date, the only film I've seen that was an enjoyable 3D experience.

I think the point was to go see some badass giant robots fight some badass monsters. I think the point was to suspend disbelief and be taken on a ride.

Did you see Avatar in 3D? I thought that was an even better cinematic ride. Going to see Avatar was like going on the best Universal Studios ride of all time that lasts for 2 hours.

The 3D in Avatar was great... but honestly Pacific Rim might have been my favorite IMAX experience of all time. The sheer scale of the film in IMAX was great. Awesome experience... it's what going to the movies should be. Haven't bought the DVD but I'm guessing it's just not going to be the same on the living room TV.

I found myself really bored through a lot of Avatar. And I saw it in 3D. And I wanted to love it. I was bored.

There are moments in Pacific Rim where it's cheesy and stereotypical genre stuff. But literally all the fights are fascinating. When Striker is running through the bay to help the other Jaeger, that shit's exciting. Saving the boat is exciting. Strutting down the road with a huge **** off boat to beat the monster? What more can you ask for in a summer blockbuster?

It's not. Still lots of fun, but if people didn't see this in IMAX 3D, they really missed out.

I get that, my dude. Watching Avatar was like having that screen gently make love to my eyes, though. To each their own.

Visually, it was cool. Anyone who calls out the visual experience of Avatar is being a judgy asshole who's never done a creative thing in their life.

Avatar takes itself way too seriously. To quote Peter Griffin, 'it insists upon itself'. Everything's meant to have some deeper meaning, some comment on our society as a whole, and it's really transparent and hamfisted.

Pacific Rim treats its subject matter with respect, but isn't up its own ass about anything. None of the characters are insulting to our intelligence. Their actions make sense. Their arcs are, ironically, not particularly deep. But the flick is overflowing with charm and a sense of style that isn't often found in the mess of cynical boring disasters we're treated to on the regular (Not necessarily stating that Avatar was a cynical boring disaster in this case)

So do you get upset when porno movies use the same clichés? I mean how many times have we seen that the pizza delivery man or plumber ends up having sex with the lonely housewife?

I call those two minutes into watching them. So predictable, it's ludicrous.

Yeahhh.... ok.

Just watched this in bluray 2d. Def. a demo disc.

I liked it, but not nearly as much as I expected to. Probably would have been a lot better with the big screen IMAX treatment.

And really, I thought Charlie Hunnam was pretty bad. (Not that he had much to work with.)

Just for scale, I thought Cloverfield was a hell of a lot better. That's disappointing.

I just watched this movie for the first time in Blu-ray and could kick myself for not having seen it in Imax...

What a ****ing rocking-rolling ass-kicking hoot of a movie!

And any pretentious ****ing artsy-fartsy type who has all sorts criticisms based on their film crit 101/human psych background can kiss my butt!

This. Cloverfield was a lot better.
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I watched this last night. I thought it was a pretty good movie for what it was. An action flick with great special effects. It was a bit predictable, but what action movies aren't to some degree.

Bad, Bad, Bad movie. I reminds me of the old Godzilla movies, except the Godzilla movies had better actors.