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Pacific Rim

Sugar Ape

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Anyone seen it yet? Was going to go and watch the late showing of it last night but I was too tired and couldn't be arsed. Might try and get to see it tonight if I can.

 

Only read one review from The Guardian so far, and it was rated highly there.

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I really enjoyed it. Best of the big summer blockbusters that I've seen and I enjoyed Iron Man 3, Star Trek Into The Darkness and Man of Steel to varying degrees while having problems with all of them.

 

It's not perfect, Charlie Hunnam is ok but you won't leave thinking that this guy is going to be a big star on the back of his work here.

 

The Hong Kong battle scene is absolutely jaw dropping though and I haven't seen anything matching this as a big movie set piece in a long while.

 

Nice to see a huge budget summer film that isn't a star vehicle, sequel, remake, reboot or comic book movie. Hope this does huge business so Del Toro and Elba get the career boosts that they richly deserve but fear it will only do ok business.

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This looks shite. I dont get the hype, it just makes no sense at all i mean why the fuck would you build robots to battle these monsters? Surely a couple of well aimed missiles would do the trick? It also sounds like a film about a bunch of Polynesian arse lickers.

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I reckon you're in the minority and probably wrong there fella' date=' as it's being widely acclaimed as a really good action movie, even the snobs on rotten tomatoes are conceding it's pukka.[/quote']

 

He's definitely wrong, it's a boss film. Didn't expect Sean Slater from Eastenders to pop up in such a prominent role in it though.

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I read something that said it's basically a copy of the Japanese series Evangelion, but it seems to me it's just in the tradition of Japanese monster movies; the kaiju look well designed.

 

Will definitely try to see it.

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I went last night and enjoyed it. 8/10.

 

It was a bit cheesy, which I wasn't expecting based on the trailers and Jax Teller's moody voice over. I didn't enjoy the scientist's either, that one with the high voice who always sounds like he's shouting needs a punch.

 

Apart from that, it was quailty. After the attack on Hong Kong it is brilliant. Loved the bit where the Jager picked up the cargo shit and started twating the Kaiju.

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I went last night and enjoyed it. 8/10.

 

It was a bit cheesy' date=' which I wasn't expecting based on the trailers and Jax Teller's moody voice over. I didn't enjoy the scientist's either, that one with the high voice who always sounds like he's shouting needs a punch.

 

Apart from that, it was quailty. After the attack on Hong Kong it is brilliant. Loved the bit where the Jager picked up the cargo shit and started twating the Kaiju.[/quote']

 

Woah there, slagging of Charlie Day is almost a neggable offence.

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It was great fun. It showed a clear love and respect for stuff like Godzilla and anime culture and the fight scenes are terrific. It wasn't perfect but it was bright, breezy stuff and was well paced with decent performances, especially Rinko Kikuchi in a role that wasn't sexist like you find in most summer movies. The music was excellent too and I noticed it was done by the same bloke who does the music for Game of Thrones.

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Saw it the other day. If Michael Bay had directed this it would have been crucified.

 

There are looong stretches of boring, badly acted scenes in between the action sequences (nothing I hadn't seen before by the way, all of which were all in the dark and rain. I'd have thought del Toro would have had the balls to throw an epic scene in broad daylight in there.)

 

Wanted so much to love this film but it didn't move me at all.

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