Pacific Rim

by **pinback** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:24 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:No, my primary complaints were listed in the original review.

I really don't know how it's possible that you hated it this much. I know TWO people who said it was the worst movie ever, now: You, and a Vietnamese girl I work with.

I don't know what to do with this information, but I feel like I should do something with it.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:22 pm

No, my primary complaints were listed in the original review.

by **pinback** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 2:21 pm

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Dude, at one point they have the blonde, white protagonist doing his stuff and they switch right to a scene where there is a blonde, white protagonist (the Australian kid, I think) that looks almost EXACTLY like the first dude. They couldn't even cast this movie competently.

So your... your primary complaint, the one you first picked to prove your point about Pacific Rim -- a movie about giant robots beating up giant monsters -- was that you found it CONFUSING??

This is going to get worse before it gets better.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 1:20 pm

pinback wrote:
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Possibly the worst movie I've ever seen.

Zero stars.
That's the wrong opinion, by the way. That is not the right opinion.

Dude, at one point they have the blonde, white protagonist doing his stuff and they switch right to a scene where there is a blonde, white protagonist (the Australian kid, I think) that looks almost EXACTLY like the first dude. They couldn't even cast this movie competently.

Idris Elba is the exact opposite of Denzel in Training Day in this.

by **Flack** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 12:56 pm

Still haven't seen it. Maybe this weekend.

by **pinback** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 10:24 am

Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:Possibly the worst movie I've ever seen.

Zero stars.

That's the wrong opinion, by the way. That is not the right opinion.

by **RetroRomper** » Sat Aug 23, 2014 4:07 am

Did you mix up the Godzilla remake with Pacific Rim?

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Fri Aug 22, 2014 10:06 pm

A laughable abomination in writing, plot and acting, it is difficult to imagine a greater waste of time in the entirety of human history than its production. Excruciating at two hours, the only real entertainment this pile of fecund garbage offers is when you try to identify the source of the inexplicable orange or cyan light present in every frame. Not a single statement uttered by anyone in the movie makes the slightest bit of sense or holds up to a moment's consideration. Charlie Day does his best to pull a 1972 Steve Carlton, but my soul was happier and more content before knowing that I share a universe with this shitfuck of a film. The only thing keeping me from the sweet release of suicide is waiting long enough for my memories of Pacific Rim to fade. Possibly the worst movie I've ever seen.

Zero stars.

by **RetroR** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:06 pm

Gojira is just god damn disturbing.

by **retroR** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:55 pm

Wanted to note here that Pacific Rim is actually a tribute to 70s' Godzilla films, not the original Gojira that what we know and loved morphed from. Fits nicely into the popcorn movie and "OMG MONSTERS" category as opposed to actually being grounded in a serious genre of film...

Just a note!

by **Flack** » Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:49 am

‘Pacific Rim 2′ Confirmed for April 7, 2017, Release

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/pacif ... 201251654/

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There will also apparently be an animated series.

by **pinback** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:19 pm

I noticed that, except it was better than all of them combined.

I guess I need to rewatch it, I was pretty drunk at the time. I'm still pretty sure it's fantastic, though.

by **RetroR** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:10 pm

Did no one else essentially gawk over the fact this was a straight up tribute to every Godzilla movie ever released?

Did no one else notice that?

by **ChainGangGuy** » Sun May 11, 2014 9:17 am

What have I missed?

by **EYES EXPLODED OUT** » Sat May 10, 2014 3:37 pm

MY EYES EXPLODED OUT MY GOD DAMN HEAD

GERRIT IS BACK! BACK! BACK BABY!

by **GladOS** » Sat May 10, 2014 12:18 pm

I'm making a note here, huge success.

by **pinback** » Sat May 10, 2014 11:08 am

Holy crap, he's still alive! This was a triumph!

by **ChainGangGuy** » Sat May 10, 2014 7:33 am

I will view this.

by **AArdvark** » Fri May 09, 2014 3:07 am

I wanted to like it. I tried really hard to like it. Did everyone have Australian accents or was it just me? I did like the parts (more or less) with the kanji kingpin, he of the gold plated shoes. The limping Steven Hawking character ripped away my suspension of disbelief (so, so necessary for this movie to work) and left me cringing. Fight scenes were OK.

Is this movie the reason why the Godzilla franchise is making the next reboot larger than ever?

THE
TOKYO STOMP
AARDVARK

by **RetroR** » Wed May 07, 2014 12:20 pm

I actually saw this movie on opening night in IMAX 3D and was totally blown away - superb boss battle scenes, WEIGHT to the machines / monsters that serve them well and none of the usual US Military / Army overtones that have been flying around alien vs. us movies since Independence Day (this movie also isn't about aliens FROM OUTER SPACE... More kudos points). Let me also add that there was no random humor or "comedic relief" elements, doubling up on how much I liked the movie.

Went in thinking "American Evangelion" and was pleasantly surprised, though the story is a little sappy and convenient for my tastes.

RANDOM STORY - I saw this in San Francisco and apparently a one or two of the SFX houses that helped with the movie attended the film: people were cheering and pointing out scenes "JUSTIN MADE THIS" throughout the film and then cheered again during the appropriate credits.

A fight broke out between three people (two guys and a girl) within this group: punches were thrown, someone was knocked to the ground and then left after security came running.

Sure it was over a girl... Which made the movie itself that much more sweet.

--Retro

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