Pacific Rim - Part 6

[redhawk23]

Obstacle vs "Conscience"
To each his own.

I found Jon's advice after the bully incident particularly insightful.

Well that's just the thing, the brand of "conscience" that he offers has to be outright rejected in order to become Superman, rather than being the motivating factor for superman. He has to go against Kent's wishes to do anything heroic. Again, a deterrent rather than a motivation.

Also, while that scene with the bully is great, it does not at all play out in the rest of the movie. What is Zod if not a bully? And if the bully scene isn't relevant to anything else, what is the point of specifically flashing back to that moment?

So what Pa Kent's mixed messages amount to are either advice that is completely counter to becoming Superman or, if it is sound advice, is completely thrown under the rug.

But we can take this elsewhere.

 

[Brother Jack]

>>>It feels good to watch an action movie like this that kids can enjoy, without it being too grim and/or too violent. It had a certain "fun factor" and presented real heroes...<<<

There's certainly a time and a place for darker, more serious explorations in blockbuster films, but I absolutely agree here. It is vital that there are still these movies that have unequivocal heroes, ones the audience can rally behind without moral complexity. It doesn't dismiss the brooding side or vice-versa; they compliment each other.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Well said. That was a major reason why I enjoyed this film so much.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

They go back, and show us the best of the K War. t:

They could go back or forward, I doubt the aliens who opened the breach are going to give up that easily, they want our world as Newton said, we terraformed it for them and now they want it for its resources, the breach being sealed will hardly make them just give up I think.

 

[Marvin]

But we can take this elsewhere.

Care to step outside

lol.

 

[bullets]

Charlie Day Talks What Might Have Been in Pacific Rim 2

by Spencer Perry
August 04, 2013





The future of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim is still uncertain. Having underperformed domestically, a sequel's chances henge upon the film's foreign box office, where it is luckily doing quite well. The latest box office numbers have Pacific Rim taking in another $53 million in foreign markets this weekend, of which $45 million is from China alone.
Del Toro and screenwriter Travis Beacham have spoken about elements that they'd like to see in the sequel previously, but now CraveOnline spoke with star Charlie Day about what he knows.
“I remember when I first met with him (Del Toro) that he liked the idea of Newt becoming a bit of a villain in the second film,” Day said. “But, I think over the course of making the film, and the way the character resonated with the audience, I don’t think he would want to turn him into a villain now, but I really have no idea....Guillermo is one of these guys that his mind is so active that he might have an idea about something and then it’s a completely different idea five minutes later.”
“I’m hopeful that we get to drive a big punching robot. I think traditionally in those comics, sometimes the science guys put together a cheap, dorky version of one of the robots so maybe we’ll get to do something like that."
The film currently sits at $293 million in worldwide box office.

 

[Marvin]

^ Starting to think the one and done scenario is a far better fate for this series.
Hollywood has it's odd way with sequels.

 

[:eek:]

Pacific Rim is Bigger than The Dark Knight Rises (in China)



by Lucy O'Brien
August 4, 2013

Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s sci-fi epic Pacific Rim took in $45.2 million at the Chinese box office this past weekend, scoring Warner Bros. its biggest ever box office opening in the territory.
As The Wrap reports, it's a stronger debut than The Dark Knight Rises' $32 million opening in China last year, and brings Pacific Rim's international total to a healthy $200.4 million. International success remains crucial for the film considering its weak box office performance in the United States; at only $93 million domestically after four weeks, it's still unclear if the film will break even considering its $200 million (approx) production budget and additional marketing spend.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Yay! This bodes well.

 

[SolarTiger]

Go China!!!

 

[Teelie]

The ironic thing is it's lack of marketing helps make it easier to recoup any losses and make a profit on it.

 

[Destructus86]

I knew China had good taste!!

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

China is doing fans of this movie a big favour, the movie isnt far from $300 million WW now and if it can get to $400 or more that will be great.

 

[Liam_H]

Whether it hits $400M WW depends whether it can break out in Japan. We will know by this Friday. I don't expect much at all from Spain or Brazil.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Whether it hits $400M WW depends whether it can break out in Japan. We will know by this Friday. I don't expect much at all from Spain or Brazil.

I think Japan may be a tougher crowd than China for this, Japan has no actors or characters in this they could root for, whether thats an issue we will find out this Friday.

 

[Liam_H]

Well the female lead is Japanese although I don't think she is that popular there.

There are a couple of issues that could pop up. Whether Japan would accept a movie with mechs/kaiju done by Hollywood. The other thing is WWZ is opening the day after, they love them zombies. In fact I fully believe WWZ is gonna out earn PR...maybe handily too.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

There is still a chance.

 

[dark_b]

why cant fanboys let it go? the story ended. the humans won. why does this movie need a sequel?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

why cant fanboys let it go? the story ended. the humans won. why does this movie need a sequel?

Why do you care? Del Toro has already teased a sequel, what else needs to be said?

 

[dark_b]

Del Toro will not do a sequel to PR. if there is a sequel he will produce.

 

[redhawk23]

Del Toro will not do a sequel to PR. if there is a sequel he will produce.

When did he say this exactly?

 

[BrollySupersj]

When did he say this exactly?

He hasn't, not to my knowledge.

 

[dark_b]

thats my opinion

 

[redhawk23]

Its not as if he doesn't too sequels. GDT keeps many plates spinning, and if it comes down to being offered to make another Pacific Rim vs another 5 years of not making another film, he would probably do it, especially considering that's exactly how this film was made.