Pacific Rim

[AUChase]

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Charlie Hunnam is a great, great actor.

I just don't know if I can look past him as Jax Teller for this movie.

[Steven20]

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Whats wrong with Jax saving the world?

[JayBee74]

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Charlie Hunnam (Jax) does do a good American accent.

[Steven20]

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Here is a review from another forum for anyone that might care.....

What we have here is an entirely earnest film, a love letter to giant monster movies and mecha anime, with every effort made to please the audience. We get the lavish set pieces expected of the typical summer comic blockbuster with the memorable visual design of del Toro's other films, in a successful pairing that the Hellboy series never quite managed to slam dunk.

The quirk hits at the right moments to break up the action, without dragging on or undermining the tone: socially awkward scientists scheming, but no 30 minute Transformers hacker interlude. It knows when to engage and when to reload. Emotional bonds are presented matter-of-factly and not exploited in a slow motion instrumental crescendo or silent staring contest, because no one has time for that: Godzilla needs to be punched in the face right ****ing now or the world ends.

The characters are as earnest as del Toro's overall vision for the project. This isn't the platform for nuanced portrayals, but for big things in larger than life packages, heroes standing tall when it matters and overcoming or dying in the attempt, without apology or regret.

It wastes no time, no 90 minutes of Krypton and Kansas and brooding or high school and breaking basketball backboards. This is the equivalent of Fast Pacific Rim Five: **** Just Got Real, where the origin movie is long gone and all that matters now is a rousing spectacle, just without that origin movie ever having existed. It doesn't pull any punches or feel like a carefully planned attempt at creating a franchise by spreading out the potential narrative and amounting to a "this is just the beginning, and you already need to start getting hyped for two years from now." Pacific Rim's the full load being blown in your face all in one shot and not worrying about the consequences.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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So it's a good summer action flick? Sweet. I'll be there opening weekend.

[BlueNGold]

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Pacific Rim's the full load being blown in your face all in one shot and not worrying about the consequences.

Well now I'm sold.

[DukeC]

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Well now I'm sold.

You're welcome

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[Fresh Tendrils]

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A blurb from a rotten review on RT:

The squarest, clunkiest and certainly loudest movie of director Guillermo del Toro's career, a crushed-metal orgy that plays like an extended 3D episode of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" on very expensive acid.

I feel like I'm 8 years old again.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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You're welcome

Spoiler

We have a winner.

[Money99]

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I'd love to take my 10YO to see this.
Hopefully the PG-13 rating is a soft one.

[GAMEC0CK2002]

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87% fresh from critics on rotten tomatoes so far...

going to see this in 3D on Saturday night

[Jasong7777]

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Going Thursday night. Can't wait!!!

[greenegt]

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I think I'll catch an early Saturday show. I think this movie is going to open big this weekend.

[bigfnjoe96]

Going Thursday night. Can't wait!!!

Same here. Just debating should we go IMAX 3D or not

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[Steven20]

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I'm going to an early viewing on Friday at a regular theater. Then I'll go see it in IMAX sometime next week when I'm on vacation.