Pacific Rim

[Bruce Banner]

This is looking awesome.

[emeraldknight47]

Hmmmm. After seeing that, I have to say I'm feeling a little (emphasis on little) disappointed. I love the giant robot designs, but the "news footage" stuff leaves me a little cold. I guess it reminds me A LOT of "CLOVERFIELD." With someone like GtD, I was expecting at least one good money shot of a creature!!!

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Looks okay, but I'm lukewarm on the robots. They look like Patalbor designs.

Don C.

[thunderbolt]

Del Toro and giant monsters, how can it go wrong. Great promo teaser.

[Bruce Banner]

Another brief teaser video... this one's a test of the Kaiju Emergency Alert System.

[SeattleEd]

Woohoo!! New trailer. I'm there come midnight for this showing. Finally a good mech v kaiju film.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/...first-trailer/

[Iron Mego]

Giant robots and kaiju. Might actually have to hit the theatre for this one.

[Bruce Banner]

Damn right! Looks fantastic.
Kaiju going toe to toe with colossal mecha. AWESOME!

[tay666]

I was looking forward to this movie.
But after seeing the trailer on the big screen . . . I'm dying to see it.
It's gonna be a long wait for it's release in July.

[Iron Mego]

Each successive trailer makes me want to see it all the more.

[raider5gt]

Each successive trailer makes me want to see it all the more.

That's how I feel,the more I watch the trailers,the more I want to see this movie.

[Bruce Banner]

Same here. This has the potential to be amazing.
As long as they deliver on the promise of full on kaiju versus mecha battles.

[boynightwing]

This is what I hoped Transformers would be.

Looks so amazing!!

[Bruce Banner]

Test screening is getting favourable reviews.

Rian Johnson @rianjohnson (Twitter)
Go into Pacific Rim prepared to be transmogrified into a 12 year old. And then to pee your pants with joy. I love it so much.

Bryan Chojnowski @BryanInSpace (Twitter)
Just saw an early cut of Pacific Rim and it is pretttttty cool.

Eric Church @HoursOfWealth (Twitter)
Saw a pre-screening of Pacific Rim… it is amazing.

Alex Irvine @alexirvine (Twitter)
So, yeah. You’re going to want to see Pacific Rim.

IMDb user OriginsOfRuin:

I just got back from the screening (though I’m not this guy’s friend, haha), and I freaking loved it. That’s all I can really say, but the FX are flat out incredible (the ones that were done) and the story is solid. I didn’t know Charlie Day was in it, and being a big fan of It’s Always Sunny, that was a pleasant surprise (he fits his role perfectly).

Overall, it’s probably the best summer monster movie I’ve seen, and out of summer movies in general, falls behind the new Batman series, but that’s about it. I wrote on their response form that they should be proud of the movie and that I’m glad it’s not another Transformers clone (re: Battleship). They killed it!

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Let’s be honest, it’s not meant to be a complex, character-driven movie like the Batman franchise. There are huge monsters, humans fight them with big machines, and that’s your basic story. Beyond that, it’s easy to root for the characters and the action set pieces and monsters are incredible and awesome. It’s the summer action movie Transformers should’ve been, but failed epically at.

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1. The movie in its current form was around 2:00-2:15-ish. We weren’t allowed to have phones, so I’m not sure of the exact time..

2. I thought the performances were very good, considering the subject matter and the script. Idris Elba was great as the older commanding officer, and Charlie and Rinko both did well in their roles. Charlie Day and Ron Perlman were both awesome. It’s not going to win any SAG awards by any means, but the acting and direction were solid, and above average for a big monster movie.

3. It was hard to tell at points, to be honest. There was a good mixture between the two and they blended it really well. The set pieces with the jaegers were amazing and absolutely monstrous. It felt like a good combination between visual FX, models, and practical effects.

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There were a good amount of kaijus (monsters), but they vary in size. Can’t really give the details on them.

If IMDb were to allow me to rated the movie, I’d give it a 10/10. I generally rate movies pretty highly, but that goes with understanding the identity of the movie for me. This particular film wasn’t meant to be anything more than giant robots fighting giant monsters. In that sense, it succeeded big time, and it had a lotta heart to go with it. I was thoroughly impressed and smiling throughout the film.

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

"Please let them not pretend there's a plot.... please let them not pretend there's a plot.... PLEASE let them not pretend there's a plot...." The actual mayhem looks great, but I'm scared that twenty minutes of monster fights will be broken up with the old grizzled vets, cocky young guy maverics, and tacked on love stories that make me hate most action films.

Don C.