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Title: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Perrine on July 13, 2013, 01:21:34 AM
dunno 'bout you guys but as an mecha otaku I'm sooo lining up for this flick tonite! :x
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: rpm on July 13, 2013, 10:38:52 AM
Nope. Blew my summer blockbuster $$$ on The Lone Ranger. From the extended preview I saw Pacific Rim looked awful.

It will probably break box office records. :bhead
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: moot on July 13, 2013, 10:46:33 AM
I am helping break that record tonight.  Superman was another purely hindbrain experience, that I don't regret... What other big budget rendition of Dragonball Z-like fighting did we get recently?  Also the Krypton self-destruct visuals were really good.

Does anyone decry games like Doom having no storytelling worth paying for?  And yet video games also have major immersion landmarks... e.g. System Shock.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Slash27 on July 13, 2013, 11:56:51 AM
I dig Godzilla movies so I'll be checking it out.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: moot on July 13, 2013, 09:21:42 PM
Be ready for a huge gap in pacing before the last 1/3 (or 1/2 ?) of the movie gets going.  I literally got up (cant recall the last time I did that at the movies) to get a beer to help me thru it.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Slash27 on July 14, 2013, 12:32:22 AM
Going to a drive in to see it tomorrow. I'll beer up in advance. :D
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: mensa180 on July 14, 2013, 02:21:16 AM
Saw it today.  Expected awesome giant machine vs giant alien fights, got giant machine vs giant alien fights, so it was good to me.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Slash27 on July 14, 2013, 09:13:17 AM
My drive in movie may be out. Supposed to rain for the next 4 days due to some freak upper level low. Texas weather :bhead
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Dragon Tamer on July 14, 2013, 06:39:57 PM
Saw it today.  Expected awesome giant machine vs giant alien fights, got giant machine vs giant alien fights, so it was good to me.

Same here, I've got to say that the detail that went into the graphics impressed me.  :aok
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: rpm on July 14, 2013, 07:54:13 PM
My drive in movie may be out. Supposed to rain for the next 4 days due to some freak upper level low. Texas weather :bhead
If that's what it takes to make it rain during July in Texas, I hope you don't get to see it for 2 weeks. Nothing personal...
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: madrid311 on July 15, 2013, 12:22:37 AM
Better than transformers, which I enjoyed. Pacific rim rocks! :rock
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Perrine on July 15, 2013, 01:37:43 AM
Better than transformers, which I enjoyed. Pacific rim rocks! :rock


We need more human-driven behemoth blockbuster films :rock   Based on the current reports the international market is eating all this stuff up and the outlook looks very promising on jump starting projects like this ... and I hope we get the real deal from like-minded directors like Dell Toro et al to direct the real stuff... the real deal... fresh untapped franchises from Japan (his new movie is currently loosely inspired on..... mostly over-the-map 70s-80s-90s anime and even Toho monster film franchises.  Heck, my peers in school can't help but utter PacRim = Evangelion live action!)

If I'm Dell Toro I can't wait to start and make a trilogy out of this,  and I think the whole world will eat this up too :rock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A56e8klQnZg

Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Slash27 on July 15, 2013, 06:06:18 AM
If that's what it takes to make it rain during July in Texas, I hope you don't get to see it for 2 weeks. Nothing personal...
There's always August :D
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: rpm on July 15, 2013, 06:58:21 AM
There's always August :D
I didn't want to be greedy.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Skuzzy on July 15, 2013, 11:06:34 AM
Very entertaining.  Great CGI work.  Cliche riddled.  Simplistic dialog, but likeable characters.  Interesting premise.

Do not go and see this expecting some deep meaningful life experience.  It is what it is and it does not pretend to be anything other than that.

I liked it.  Enough to want to go and see it again.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Arlo on July 15, 2013, 11:08:01 AM
Rain's good.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: rpm on July 15, 2013, 11:22:45 AM
Do not go and see this expecting some deep meaningful life experience. 
You mean it's not Steel Magnolias? :confused:
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Zoney on July 15, 2013, 11:33:53 AM
I haven't seen it yet but will this week.  Any good Boob shots ?
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: moot on July 15, 2013, 12:25:41 PM
The whole action-less character "development" lull in the middle of the movie was painfully boring.  Shoulda been half as long with some kind of flashback or tangent action sequence in that half's stead.
No boob shots.  The movie's sole female object's a plank shaped introvert with kid's sexual/emotional maturity.

Del Toro oughta done better.. He did shallow action/romance right before, e.g. Hellboy. 
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Perrine on July 15, 2013, 01:33:06 PM
Very entertaining.  Great CGI work.  Cliche riddled.  Simplistic dialog, but likeable characters.  Interesting premise.

Do not go and see this expecting some deep meaningful life experience.  It is what it is and it does not pretend to be anything other than that.

I liked it.  Enough to want to go and see it again.

Check out IMAX version if you want to see it again :rock
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Schen on July 15, 2013, 01:47:38 PM
I saw it today and thought it was good. Like what was said u get what was promised.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Zacherof on July 15, 2013, 08:19:01 PM
The whole action-less character "development" lull in the middle of the movie was painfully boring.  Shoulda been half as long with some kind of flashback or tangent action sequence in that half's stead.
No boob shots.  The movie's sole female object's a plank shaped introvert with kid's sexual/emotional maturity.

Del Toro oughta done better.. He did shallow action/romance right before, e.g. Hellboy. 
no boobs no way  :furious
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Russian on July 15, 2013, 10:10:43 PM
I suggest getting tanked before going...it will help. Without it probably rather poor movie like new superman.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Zacherof on July 15, 2013, 11:08:06 PM
I suggest getting tanked before going...it will help. Without it probably rather poor movie like new superman.
lol yeah superman was awe....wait wut? :headscratch:

reasons why it was awesome
1. Supermans mom was sexy :t
2. Supermans dad is russel crowe :rock
3. Louse lane is hot :banana:
4. Battle scenes were awesome
5. No kryptonite :aok
6. I went in with low expectations(despite knowing fully well i'd love it)

but I respect your opinion.  :salute
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: moot on July 15, 2013, 11:44:13 PM
The kryptonite was kryptonian air
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Perrine on July 16, 2013, 12:53:01 AM
no boobs no way  :furious

(http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gladiator-featured.jpg)

so the only complaint so far is it doesn't come with enough fanservice???
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Trell on July 16, 2013, 08:00:35 AM
It was Godzilla VS robots.  Good action, silly plot, bad acting and great CGI.  It was a good monster movie.
Title: Re: Is anyone here gonna watch Pacific Rim?
Post by: Zacherof on July 16, 2013, 02:12:04 PM
(http://www.shrinkthechurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/gladiator-featured.jpg)

so the only complaint so far is it doesn't come with enough fanservice???
No complaints what so ever with that movie!
One of my top 3 favorite movies :rock