Pacific Rim - Part 4

[Tacit Ronin]

I haven't seen it yet but plan to tomorrow. What's surprised me is the high amount of critics who actually like it. Most of the time they pan a movie like this.

Because they are badly made, usually.

 

[Destructus86]

Does Gipsy Danger get a lot of action?

 

[jacobed]

Because they are badly made, usually.

I wouldn't say this is too far away from Transformers movies. If those had a bit less immature humor these would be about the exact same.

 

[Liam_H]

Does Gipsy Danger get a lot of action?

Not sure if serious.

 

[bapi]

I wouldn't say this is too far away from Transformers movies. If those had a bit less immature humor these would be about the exact same.

If Transformers would be totally boring...

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't think the movie is too far removed from the first Transformers either. Sure it's better but not by much IMHO. Hell, it could have good word of mouth for that very reason. Maybe Legendary does have a hit on their hands, it did well last night.

 

[Liam_H]

Well I'm pretty sure the GA enjoys all of Bay's humor and blatant hot chicks. Something I'm very glad was missing from this movie.

 

[Marvin]

I'm curious about these opening numbers, I expected fans to inflate the midnights and opening day but will the GA follow suit.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The most anime mech there was, and you barely get to see it. Still awesome though.

I wouldn't say this is too far away from Transformers movies. If those had a bit less immature humor these would be about the exact same.

This isn't even close imo. Outside of the action, which is far superior in Pacific Rim imo, the characters are all easy to root for. Never the case in Transformers. Yes there is a lot of cheese, but it is of the non-offensive and at times quite endearing. If you have never watched an anime you will probably roll your eyes more then once. Heck I did. But that doesn't take away from all that works, and there is a lot of that.

One thing that surprised me was how enjoyable Day and Gorman were. I kept on hearing they were horrible, but I found them to be a riot, and so did the rest of my audience considering their reactions.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I don't think the movie is too far removed from the first Transformers either. Sure it's better but not by much IMHO. Hell, it could have good word of mouth for that very reason. Maybe Legendary does have a hit on their hands, it did well last night.

The double Kaiju attack is vastly superior to anything in Transformers 1. It isn't even close. It is a landmark in cinema. Nothing like that has ever been on the big screen, not in that scope or quality.

And you didn't like it SPIDEY? Where is your review? Did I miss it?

 

[Liam_H]

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[DarthSkywalker]

When Hunnman started doing the Jax's walk, I nearly lost it with laughter. He cannot actually walk like that in real life, hands always near his privates.

 

[Autonet]

When Hunnman started doing the Jax's walk, I nearly lost it with laughter. He cannot actually walk like that in real life, hands always near his privates.

Gotta protect at all times.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Gotta protect at all times.

He wouldn't have to do that if he didn't lean back and spread his legs so damn wide when he walks.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'm curious about these opening numbers, I expected fans to inflate the midnights and opening day but will the GA follow suit.

Yeah I'm curious as to whether it's going to be front loaded or not. Guess we will have to wait.

The double Kaiju attack is vastly superior to anything in Transformers 1. It isn't even close. It is a landmark in cinema. Nothing like that has ever been on the big screen, not in that scope or quality.

And you didn't like it SPIDEY? Where is your review? Did I miss it?

Oh the robot fights were amazing and better than anything Bay had in his confusingly directed Transformer films. That's one of the reasons why I did say that this is a better version. I don't hate the film...right now.

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You know the page of my review? I was about to go back and search for it.

 

[Serpico Jones]

I thought the movie was ok but nothing special. Horrible acting across the board and Ron Perlman showed up just to collect a paycheck.

 

[Marvin]

The double Kaiju attack is vastly superior to anything in Transformers 1. It isn't even close. It is a landmark in cinema. Nothing like that has ever been on the big screen, not in that scope or quality.

There's room in cinema for both. Besides there is just way to much subjectivity being thrown around for intelligent convo.

1. We talk about scope an in TF3 they are moving planets around.
2. We talk about what is "superior action" where we have one that is objectively slow and lumbering though intricate and cerebral in it's inner workings, whilst the other has more acrobatic choreography and often times manages to incorporate freeway speeds into it's execution, tf's freeway sequences and rooftops runs are pretty gnarly imo.

Can of worms discussion imo. The only thing that can be said is that both of the films action seem to be the selling point(one seemingly selling better), ergo dissing either one is kinda odd.
They are both inspired by the east in their own way.

 

[Terminator]

I really want to get into this but I see the TV spots and featurettes and the Kaiju look like they belong in a CG animated movie not live action.

 

[Punisher_MAX]

If anyone noticed Coyote Tango IS actually based off of a Gundam mech from Mobile Suit Gundam I believe.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I feel like people on here who haven't interacted with me would have a misconception about my taste in films, that I just want everything to be grim and gritty. My taste leans towards sillier, over the top fair. I love big silly movies.

I thought White House Down good. It was silly nonsensical fun and Joey King and Jamie Foxx and sometimes Channing Tatum made for likable enough but thin charaters. I rooting for them, I enjoyed this 80's throwback film. I enjoyed Furious 6. Pacific Rim handled a lot of things wrong and that's why I didn't care for it much. It had nothing to do with my not liking old school silly blockbuster because I do like those kinds of films.

And for Marvin's sake I'll just say that Bay hands down made a better film than Del Toro this year. Pain and Gain is a good movie.

 

[Liam_H]

I really want to get into this but I see the TV spots and featurettes and the Kaiju look like they belong in a CG animated movie not live action.

Believe me when they look far better in the movie. All of the bioluminescence works much better on the big screen.

 

[Marvin]

And for Marvin's sake I'll just say that Bay hands down made a better film than Del Toro this year. Pain and Gain is a good movie.

That film was a let down for me personally. I expected something different, more like bad boys one.

 

[Man in the Suit]

When Hunnman started doing the Jax's walk, I nearly lost it with laughter. He cannot actually walk like that in real life, hands always near his privates.

Haha yeah. I just saw this:

Charlie Hunnam calls it the "Geordie walk."


The English actor's Pacific Rim character Raleigh Becket has a certain confident gait when getting ready to take a giant robot Jaeger into war against futuristic monster Kaiju.


And that character shares it with Hunnam's chronically troubled biker-club president Jax Teller on FX's Sons of Anarchy.


The walk isn't a trait of those roles, though — it's a part of Hunnam's strong personality born out of being from a working-class, rough-and-tumble hometown.


"People from Newcastle are called Geordies, and where I grew up was a battleground," says Hunnam, 33. "If you couldn't fight, you were dead. The walk was almost like the warning — an attempt to project 'You fight me, it's going to be all bad for you.' ''

A serious tone turns lighthearted with a laugh. "I've been swaggering since I was 14 years old!"

His next film, the del Toro-directed Crimson Peak that begins filming in January, is a gothic haunted-house movie where Hunnam plays "a very quite, thoughtful, learned, stolid gentleman who doesn't get the girl and who isn't suave or slick or swashbuckling in any way."


In other words, not a guy with an abundance of swagger.


"The Geordie walk is going to be shelved for this," Hunnam says. "That's one of the things I'm most eager to experiment with on the physical side of it. I have to find the way this guy walks. I'm going to tell Guillermo, 'You've gotta keep me honest. Don't let the Geordie walk in.' "


http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/07/11/charlie-hunnam-pacific-rim-movie/2446761/

 

[Rock Sexton]

That film was a let down for me personally. I expected something different, more like bad boys one.

I have absolutely no intention of ever seeing it.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Yeah I noticed his stupid gait. I thought that was just something that he did in SOA but apparently not. It looks ridiculous in the movie.