Wonderful Movie

One of my all time favorites.

hyped garbage

An Exercise In Nonsense

The film opens with a narration. It explains that a portal has opened connecting us to another universe in the Pacific Rim. Through this hole emerges destructive creatures from 60's Japanese films, updated of course. In a missed plot point, conventional means of fighting them seem to be useless, so we construct 100-150 foot tall robots called Jaegers to combat them. Missiles fired from Jaegers are effective, but...okay I tried not to think too hard about it.The Jaegesr are controlled by 2 people, dressed in "Star Wars" storm trooper gear, that are in a mind meld that would make Spock green with envy. They are called pilots because Jaeger masters might be a copyright infringement.The film combines elements of "Independence Day," "Starship Troopes," "Transformers" and "Ironman" and sets them into a stolen Japanese plot. Of course the rule is if you steal a plot from Japan you have to hire someone from Japan to be in the film, hence we have Rinko Kikuchi as Mako Mori. She will eventually team up with John Rico, eh ah Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam because Casper Van Dien is too old) to fight against the monsters coming at an increasing rate. There is a subplot that includes Ron Perlman and Charlie Day.There are two schools of thought. One is to use the Jaegers to kill the creatures, the other is to build a war to keep out the illegal aliens. When the wall fails to keep out the illegal aliens, the Jaegers can defend the world thanks to "stand your ground" principles. Pardon my attempt at political humor.The supporting characters were better written than the main ones.This is an over dramatic, action packed popcorn film. The language is designed to appeal to a teen/young adult audience. Looks good on the big screen.Parental Guide: 1 F-bomb. No sex or nudity.

This movie is deliciously cheesy, beautifully filmed, well-acted, .exciting as all get out, and an absolute blast. Very original and amazing in scope, with jaw-dropping visuals. Giant machines and monsters battling each other and destroying cities in the classic Japanese style. That said, the movie is NOT Japanese, but Master Director Guillermo del Toro's work. You feel the enormity of the giant war machines, the Jaegers. You feel their incredible size, and the earth-shaking vibration of every foot step. You feel the terror unleashed by the monstrous Kaiju from the depths of the Pacific. And you revel in the incredible technological wizardry of the battle scenes. It is awesome! And in classic del Toro style, he actually slows it down every so often so we get a glimpse into some very interesting characters. You are witnessing a master filmmaker at work. Go have fun and watch this film.

Long, drawn-out and insubstantial. A kind of Transformers for a more intelligent audience, but that really isn't saying much at all. There is some semblance of a story, but you don't care a fig for anyone and there's absolutely no sense of jeopardy. Overall, almost pointless.

After watching the trailer first and from what I seen, it looked like a "CGI flick" to me. I have nothing against these kinds of movies IF there is a good story behind it. Alien life entering our world through a portal in the Pacific Ocean from another dimension? Really? NOPE...that's not my idea of a good plot for me to overlook a movie that's relying clearly on CGI action....if you're able to overlook something that is at least believable then this movie might be for you. For me, I just couldn't quite grasp the stupidity. Now IF that would ever happen in a movie....wouldn't you blow up the portal? I didn't even give this movie the chance to see if they did or not. If you want to find out.....carry on soldier!