Pacific Rim - Part 4

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Well this is really the first time Legendary has taken the majority of the risk in a genre movie. They're the ones who put in 75% of the budget. WB didn't have a say-so in production decisions.

WB would have put stars in the movie. I'm not saying that name actors are any better at acting but they make your film look less like a T.V movie. The Star Trek reboot in 09 could afford to hire nobodies because it was a brand.

 

[TheVileOne]

First Class was also the first film in the franchise to not be marketed towards kids. No kid-friendly tie ins or promotions. That makes a huge difference. Not sure why they did the same with Pacific Rim.

I'm not sure what your point is though. You seem to be talking about McAvoy and Fassbender like they are big stars and box office draws which they are not.

Cruise's last two movies also didn't cost more than $100 mil for each to make. And they both more than doubled their budget with worldwide gross. PR would be lucky for that.

Oblivion did cost over $100 million.

Also the movie just came out, you don't know how its international gross will pan out even.

 

[kedrell]

Ok, saw the film last night in Laughlin. Had less than 15 people in the theater for the 6:15pm show. No audience reaction what so ever. I personally didn't care for it. I give it a 5/10. I basically agree with Poni Boy's review completely. This is a prime example of a "See the action scenes on Youtube in a year" type of film. And even those I doubt I'd ever have cause to revisit much. Basically the movie should be much more simple than they made it, IMO. All the non-fight stuff just had me squirming in my seat with boredom. That's 75% of the film. I'm probably gonna forget this one real quick so at least Del Toro is consistent. If I was on Spill.com I'd give this a rental.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Only a couple of annoying chatty McGees reacted during my showing. That doesn't have to mean anything because it was just my showing but I thought I'd put that out there. I had to go to the restroom and I didn't care enough to stay for the stinger. So I have no idea what that was.

 

[redhawk23]

I am kind of curious what made them trust him with such a massive budget for an original property with no name recognition.

Thomas Tull being determined to work with certain filmmakers and bring certain kinds of material to the screen.

 

[Schlosser85]

I'm not sure what your point is though. You seem to be talking about McAvoy and Fassbender like they are big stars and box office draws which they are not.

My parents are very "general audience" types. They don't know who Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba are, and also had no idea who James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender were before X-Men: FC.

 

[dark_b]

There is almost nothing original about this movie

i think The Drift technology could be original. plus the technology can alos be used to connect to animals.

 

[Skrilla31]

Caught Pacific Rim last night.

About 30-40 minutes in I was ready to write it off as the worst movie I'd seen all summer, but that second action sequence over Hong Kong was so jaw dropping and so enjoyable to witness that it more than made up for it. Had the movie ended there I would have been satisfied but unfortunately it drags on even longer and the final sequence doesn't measure up to the Hong Kong one.

General thoughts? It's a bad movie but it was utterly amazing spectacle. So in that regard I guess I'd have to recommend it to just about anyone. I'm not sure if I've ever been more impressed or more immersed in an action set piece like that. And although I didn't care for any of the characters, you're around them just long enough to kind of give a s*** by the end of the movie. Idris Elba proves his worth once again as he was really the only bright spot. Talk about making chicken salad out of chicken s***.

And for the record. If I never see or hear Charlie Day ever again, even that would be too soon. If you find this guy even remotely amusing, or charming, or funny... then please do us all a favor and take a long walk off a short pier.

 

[kedrell]

My parents are very "general audience" types. They don't know who Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba are, and also had no idea who James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender were before X-Men: FC.

I knew Fassbender from IB and Elba from Thor but that is all.

 

[dark_b]

I've never seen Hunnman in SoA, but if this was any indication I don't want to. He was really bland in this role, no feeling whatsoever. This might be the definition of "phoning it in"

was it just me or was Hunnman in PR like Garrett Hedlund 2.0 in Tron Legacy. he looked and talked the same.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

was it just me or was Hunnman in PR like Garrett Hedlund 2.0 in Tron Legacy. he looked and talked the same.

No because I think Hedlund was much worse and had a much more punchable face. If you think I'm harsh on this movie you haven't ever heard me talk about Tron Legacy.

 

[kedrell]

And for the record. If I never see or hear Charlie Day ever again, even that would be too soon. If you find this guy even remotely amusing, or charming, or funny... then please do us all a favor and take a long walk off a short pier.

The thing is with Day that I've never seen him in anything before this. Oh, I've seen him in trailers to movies that he's in and commercials to the tv show he was or still is in. But I never went and saw them. And just from that little exposure I could tell that I just can't stand the guy. He's like a lot of these actors on commercials that I also find annoying. It's very weird just to have such a gut reaction. Then I saw this movie and well now my distaste is confirmed.

 

[dark_b]

-That whole emp thing not affecting Gypsy. Really? All that tech in his cockpit is immune to the laws of physics?
-The whole it takes riding a kaiju to get through the drift, but escape pods can get through just fine....
I also wouldn't have minded stronger casting. For example the lead is supposed to be an old American wash out, maybe go for a Quaid "type" not some new hot face. Considering how the young Aussie pilot feels about him that would have worked wonders for me personally. Especially during their conflict scenes.
.

there is a lot of thinkgs that i didnt like in MoS and that didnt make sense. if i would now try to explain the EMP on Gipsy and the escape pod i would be a hypocrit and liar. so thumbs up. it didnt make sense that Gipy Dander was not affected by the emp. a robot of this size build at that time couldnt be 100% analog. the same with the escape pod. its a machine with a human inside.the drift wouldnt let it go through t:

 

[kedrell]

was it just me or was Hunnman in PR like Garrett Hedlund 2.0 in Tron Legacy. he looked and talked the same.

That is a perfect comparison, IMO. If you're gonna do the standard pretty boy look thing then you REALLY need an excess of personality/charisma to make that pill go down well. These two from the 2 films....don't.

 

[kedrell]

Why didn't the nations of the world just set up a blockade and nuke every monster right as they were coming through the portal? We know nukes kill'em easy and it's in an uninhabited region of the globe. Just blast'em.

 

[dark_b]

But everything he builds around it, including a ridiculously over long expository set up, makes for a movie that is fun to look at but very cold and ambivalent in feeling.

.

you thought it was long? 5 minutes on setting up the world and then the brother dies. the next 5 minutes are spend to get raleigh back to the jaeger program. i think it was 10-14 minutes before they go into present time and in the Jaeger hangar.

 

[DarKush]

I enjoyed this film. It delivered on the robot & creature designs and action, which was mainly I why I went to see it. I also liked that there was a bit of an explanation for why the kaiju were attacking.

The humor was mostly flat, and I felt sorry for Burn Gorman, who I thought did great work on Torchwood. I could barely understand what he was saying most of the time and his depiction just felt stereotypically stuffy British guy. Charlie Day was mildly funnier but a little bit went a long way with him.

I generally like Ron Pearlman and he seems to be Del Toro's boy but he didn't do much for me in this film and his lines weren't funny to me. Hunnam was a bit of a surprise for me, because I liked him more than I thought I would from the commercials and pictures I had seen of the film going in.

 

[roach]

I knew Fassbender from IB and Elba from Thor but that is all.

I knew Fassbender from 300 and Elba from the awesome BBC show Luther

 

[ThePhantasm]

I generally like Ron Pearlman and he seems to be Del Toro's boy but he didn't do much for me in this film and his lines weren't funny to me.

Everyone in my theatre laughed at [BLACKOUT]his death scene[/BLACKOUT].

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

And I'm sorry but I thought the name Gypsy Danger was stupid.

 

[kedrell]

you thought it was long? 5 minutes on setting up the world and then the brother dies. the next 5 minutes are spend to get raleigh back to the jaeger program. i think it was 10-14 minutes before they go into present time and in the Jaeger hangar.

It felt like we were a half hour into the film when suddenly the title of the movie popped up. I've never seen it so awkwardly placed before.

Oh and the verbal diarrhea exposition in the beginning gave me Green Lantern flashbacks. I didn't like it in GL and here was no better.

 

[BrollySupersj]

And I'm sorry but I thought the name Gypsy Danger was stupid.

I like all the names for the Jaegers. They're all odd and unique. One of my favorite things about them.

 

[dark_b]

i also like the names. but i understand why some would hate it. those are comicbook and cartoon names in a live action movie. its extreme

 

[ThePhantasm]

The most compelling character for me was Mako. I loved her backstory and arc.

 

[Marvin]

there is a lot of thinkgs that i didnt like in MoS and that didnt make sense. if i would now try to explain the EMP on Gipsy and the escape pod i would be a hypocrit and liar. so thumbs up. it didnt make sense that Gipy Dander was not affected by the emp. a robot of this size build at that time couldnt be 100% analog. the same with the escape pod. its a machine with a human inside.the drift wouldnt let it go through t:

Always man of steel with you, 20years of hit films and it's that one you keep referencing...Armageddon, Terminator 2, Jurassic Park, many others come to mind.

Anyways, yes alot of films have contrived ways of getting around ideas, this one has it's fair share, they may bother some, they may not.