The entire first act of the movie is boring exposition, not just the opening that establishes the setting. It's an action movie about people walking down corridors looking sternly at each other.
Also, much like Evangelion, there is a reason they use giant robots and it has nothing to do with how effective they are compared to nuclear weapons.
What do you guys think the sequel is going to be about? I hope the two main characters get busy.
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
I actually don't want them romantically involved. Can't they just be great friends and partners?
Peace.
Then where will I get my Sousei no Aquarion-esque sex scenes?!
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
From Sousei no Aquarion?
Peace.
:<.
On another note, the main lead guy from this is now playing Christian Grey in 50 Shades of Grey.
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
People are giving Charlie Hunnam the Ben-Affleck-as-Batman treatment, saying he's not well-known enough to play the role in 50. But everything I've seen him in, he's pretty badass, no homo.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Since when does being well known—
Sigh, society. :<
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
Well it's as much being unknown as it is that he hasn't played any "sexy" roles as far as I know. Mostly you see him as a scruffy tough guy, not as a suave playboy. I don't know much about 50 Shades, but I do know the lead guy is more like Christian Bale in American Psycho than Jax from SoA.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Who knows, maybe Hunnam will pull a Heath Ledger.
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
Finally saw the movie, it is pretty bad ass. No lulls in the action scenes and the side story with the scientists was funny and made for good breaks in the action. I liked all the main characters in the movie; there were no dumb parts or stuff that didn't make sense or didn't need to be in the movie.
Was it only me or did anyone else think the young Mako scenes were too cute??
Off-topic, most have probably heard, but Charlie Hunnam dropped out of the Fifty Shades of Grey movie due to "scheduling conflicts," but some say it's because he doesn't want to be typecast by such a defining role.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Wait, what?Originally Posted by Animeniax
You've been commenting about this movie's production quality...and you hadn't even seen the movie?
Unbelievable.
Everything I commented on was from the trailers and sneak peek videos.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
I watched this a few weeks ago. Yeah, it was pretty good. There were a few fight moments that were just stupid (the tanker, not using the sword immediately, the fight under water), but the main idea -- thousand foot nuclear powered battering rams pummeling monsters from beyond was actually thought out and even a little clever.
I have high hopes for the sequel.
How many kaiju did they end up facing over the war? A hundred? I'm pretty sure shooting off a hundred megaton bombs would do bad things the environment and the people that live in it.
That was actually one of the clever bits.
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"After all, I am strangely colored."
I was surprised at how good it was. I usually get bored halfway through these types of pure action movies because the action gets stale or there is some dumb side story, but this one kept my attention throughout.
I'd rather they didn't make a sequel because sequels usually suck with movies like this. Now that the portal is closed, what can they do with a second movie? New portal, more kaiju, visit the kaiju homeworld? Unless they have a good story, now that the novelty of giant robots fighting monsters is past it will be more of the same and I'd rather they didn't ruin it.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
If there is anyone I would trust to make a good scifi/fantasy sequel, it's Guillermo del Toro. He directed Blade II (the best one) and Hellboy II was better than the first.
I'd agree that some sci-fi sequels are better (Blade 2, Empire Strikes Back, Spider-man 2, Aliens) but those movies aren't as straight-forward in their conflict as Pacific Rim. With other sci-fi movies you can always introduce new villains (that often take over the lead role in the movie). But with the kaiju, they can't really do that because they are an undifferentiated mass antagonist with no personality. They aren't intriguing like the Borg or as frightening as the xenomorphs in Aliens.
Like I said, a second movie would be new jaegers, new pilots, and more of the same giant robots fighting monsters (remember how dull the fight scenes were in Transformers 2?). They'd have to attack the kaiju homeworld, as Earth as a battleground has been covered in the first movie, and there just isn't that much appeal in that.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
The kaiju weren't really the enemy of Pacific Rim. They were just biological weapons. Those aliens we shortly saw, on their home planet, were the enemy. If they could develop the kaiju and the portal, they would be certainly able to develop lots of other things. Maybe they learned their lesson and realised steel is stronger than flesh and next send in cyborg kaiju!
Seriously, though, I somehow feel like del Toro wouldn't be directing a really bad script. There are people out there who could (relatively) easily write a decent sequel, I'm sure of it. All the better if we laymen can't immediately think what it would be like.
Haha you mean like Mecha-Godzilla?
Well here's hoping that my pessimism will lead the universe to prove me wrong and we'll have another awesome sequel to watch.Seriously, though, I somehow feel like del Toro wouldn't be directing a really bad script. There are people out there who could (relatively) easily write a decent sequel, I'm sure of it. All the better if we laymen can't immediately think what it would be like.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
The rumors I hear about the sequel are that one side or the other will use kaiju-machine hybrids, and that they will explore the implications of drifting with a kaiju.
I heard the movie hasn't been green lit, but Del Toro is working on the script.
"After all, I am strangely colored."
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