The only regret I have with Pacific Rim is that I did not see it sooner. When I saw the first trailer I was hooked, my fanboy senses were tingling and I officially entered into my media blackout. A method I would like to add, has preserved the magic of countless entertainment experiences by actively avoiding every new trailer, piece of news, and off hand comment made between the time you get psyched and when you finally see your highly anticipated event. Now I use the word event because aside from it being a nice generic term for my rant about the irritations of media today, it fits this movie to a 'T'.
For those who do not know, the movie is about giant monsters and robots fighting each other (that is it, stop looking for more). Humanity is teetering on the brink of destruction and the best an brightest of us figured that the funnest thing to delay this conclusion/whittle the time away is to kick A LOT of ass before the clock runs down. It is in this capacity that the movie shines as it wallows in its extremely destructible sandbox, and we ride a wave of demolition that will have you on the edge of your seat and in awe of the most fluid and entertaining action you will ever see.
Overall: Some will complain about flat characters and diminished world building, but those issues are mere road side attractions on your way to Disney World. None of the movie's problems are anywhere heinous enough to distract from the best action scenes I have seen in a movie ever. The atmosphere is intense, the detail amazing, and the pace is brisk.
Bottomline: 4.5/5 WATCH IT NOW! While there are minor problems and a moderately missed opportunity for the plot to grow, the spectacle contained here deserves to be seen on the big screen as it fulfills every possible expectation you could have in a movie like this.
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| in short, prepare to look like this guy by the end of it all. |
