I have nothing but love for Pacific Rim. More original films please.
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I have nothing but love for Pacific Rim. More original films please.
Greatest rimjob of my life.
Looking forward to Pacific Rim, plan to watch it on Tuesday after work. Watched Man of Steel, enjoyed it half and half. Felt like a long movie, with a long intro played out on Krypton. Ghee I wish transformers did something like this with Cybertron. At work I asking someone else who watched it what he thought? He said he hated it, and it was ripping off the transformers movies. Have to agree with a few points although they would be spoilers to mention them.
My sister asked me if Pacific Rim was like Voltron?. I said well kind of but it's most like Neon Genesis Evangelion. She reminded me that most people don't know what that is.
I had the same thought during Man of Steel's Krypton scenes. Dark of the Moon came close - I absolutely loved the escape of the Ark scene - but it was still too short.Quote:
Originally Posted by Defcon
My review of Pacific Rim
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Thankyou, finish.
Pacific Rim was a blast, caught it in IMAX 3D. The huge theater was half full even on a Monday afternoon o.0
Does anybody know where we can get the toys? NEED Eureka Striker!!
Mine arrived today as part of my latest BBTS order. Just about to open them :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Raptormesh
Still deciding on the 18 inch Gipsy Danger.
BTW, it's Striker Eureka. The artbook's also worth a look. Pretty neat, it just has annoying inserts.
Ahh is it too small? That's my main concern. I would like an 18 inch Striker. As I don't have any loot with BBTS, still on the edge about ordering from them as shipping will cost a bomb.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cat
I haven't opened them yet, but the regular figures are around the 7-8 inch range. They look great.
I think there's a smaller line coming at some stage too?
Pacific Rim was an enjoyable film I just wish some of the cheese was left out:rolleyes:
Also watched Pacific Rim (based on all your opinions), and i really enjoy it. Great action between large mechs and monsters, and really happy they left out the romance factor.
Watched Pacific Rim on Tuesday night. Was a great movie, I also agree, glad that the romance factor was absent, I think it would of ruined the movie for me. I did some reading about the director's intentions and I applaud his choices. Although the biggest gripes I had with the movie was I thought the other Jaegar crews should of had more screen time, very disappointing. I hated the Australian crew, because they were a cliché, and because the son was arrogant! not a likeable character. But oh well.
Theres toys???????:eek::eek:
Watched P.Rim and loved it! Wait to the end after the avengers like credits....
Some holes in it but awesome nonetheless.
I felt they could have possibly done a bit more on the whole mental bond aspect of it - the first act builds it up as being the most important factor in choosing a set of pilots but really all they show of the selection process is Mako beating him in a fight, and then at the end Pentecost telling Chuck Hansen 'oh yeah I totally know your personality type so it's all fine'.
I read somewhere that there was originally going to be a fifth, Mexican, Jaeger involved that eventually ended up getting canned for the sake of time. I'd imagine based off that that originally a lot more of the time was devoted to the other crews but it ended up getting cut. Additionally, the Jaeger that Pentecost pilots (the Coyote Tango) features reasonably prominently in the promotional materials but more than likely got cut for time. All you see of it in the film is it flying overhead and then it standing still after defeating a Kaiju offscreen during Mako's flashback.
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Which is a shame because I felt it was a much more interesting design than the Cherno Alpha or Gipsy Danger.
was there a little bit more footage after the credits??:eek:... what happen??.Quote:
Originally Posted by Autocon
There's not any additional footage, so don't worry, you just hear a growl/grumble that apparently is supposed to be the 2014 Godzilla - If it was supposed to be the trademark scream then my cinema cut it off. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by lancalot
Actually there was a small scene after the credits.
SPOILER
Hannibal Chau cuts himself out of the baby Kaiju, saying (where's my other shoe!!)
:eek:yeah?...i love that guy!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kazza
Watching X-Men: Wolverine Origins on Blu-Ray. Yes it's a bad movie but it's such a guilty pleasure for me. Who doesn't want to be a complicated, tough, lumberjack with superhuman powers and an incredibly hot wife?
An objective rating of 5/10 for it's severe lack of character depth, rushed story and overly CGI-reliant battles, but it's got a badass seal of approval from me for it's manly-beyond-manly escapism.
Weird, that scene played more or less in the middle of the credits for my viewing - Certainly not after the "This movie is copyright blah-blah-blah" part, which I consider the end of the credits, for me anyway. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kazza
Is that how it played out for you dude?
Well a majority of the credits had passed, before that scene came on, not sure if there was more credits afterwards, as I left after seeing that bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
Ah! ok; well for me at least, the credits rolled on for another good 5-7mins after. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kazza
Saw pacrim for the second time earlier, I WANT AN 18" STRIKERRRRR!!!!
You have the avengers sequence credits as I call it with the black 3d designs of the jaegers and monsters then the Ron Pearlman scene and after normal credits just rolling on. Was there something else?:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Hursticon
DMe2
Monsters Uni
Pacific Rim
Man of Steel
Epic
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Saw pacific rim today. Freakin epic movie.
Ive been wanting to see this movie for a year now.
It was everything I hoped for and more.
It fulfilled all my desires and Mako is freaking kawaii!
I really liked the Australian and American jaegers
Pacific Rim: Has to be watched on the most ridiculously large screen possible and in 3D. I saw it at IMAX. Scenes lend/homage(?) greatly from top action flicks such as Top Gun and Independence Day. Character development was pretty weak but did well to garnish the action and did not get overly in the way. Scientist subplot was the comic relief but necessary. Gotta love those hammed up Aussie accents and the fight scene music was pretty much burned into the back of my skull by the end of the film :p
I really do wish we got to see more of what the rest of the Jaegers were capable of. Even Striker Eureka didn't really get to show off much of it's fighting chops.
This is the End: By no means a cinematic masterpiece but I haven't had this many laughs at the cinema since, coincidentally, Pineapple Express.
If you hated Wolverine Origins for all the terrible cgi, hammy acting and mistreatment of characters and plot devices, youll likely enjoy The Wolverine.
Watched the Wolverine with the misuse and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. Cgi is still very hit and miss and there are sill plot holes everywhere, but the characters are much more nuanced (for a summer blockbuster) their are female characters who fight and who are evil and clever (but funnily the clever one all you can do is get distracted by her mole and the point of her expanded role).
I feel they cut a few vital scenes for runtime, whichis good as it is a long movie, maybe to help the flow but you always feel as though there is a middle step missing explaining why the Viper is still around. You know why but there's something else there. Don't think it is the last we see of her either.
Good fights, some bad cgi, lovely shots, it's fun to play "spot the Sydney/Parra/Hawkesbury river" scenes as well.
If you like the summer blockbuster it's well worth seeing, better than Superman, IM3 and pretty much everything else out since Christmas.
Saw Pacific Rim - not without it's issues, but damn, what a huge film! Highly enjoyable. While it borrows heavily from other genre stuff, surely it's a must-see simply because its an original film and not a sequel/prequel/remake/etc. If people don't support films like Pacific Rim, Hollywood will continue the deluge of movies based on something else.
Speaking of movies based on something else, I agree with Trunks, The Wolverine was really enjoyable. One scene had me literally on the edge of my seat which doesn't happen very often and giddy with joy. One other scene seemed to have an out of place slur that I'm trying to decide if it was actually offensive or not. I don't know Sydney that well but one street scene, near the hotel, sure looked like Sydney to me. Much better than the Wolverine Origins film.
It was the Parramatta scenes that stood out the most for me, seeing the Sydney Buses set down area!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
The f-bomb that was dropped surprised me too, it works with Wolverine saying it, but why then as opposed to the dozen for more times he could have also said it? Surprised it still got an "M" with that in it. It is a violent sounding film, and there is lots of gore implied but never sighted. Would not be difficult to recut this film to an MA or R for violence!
It wasn't the F word that bothered me actually. I'm still trying to decide if I'm being overly sensitive but it really took me out of the moment.
The bloodless claws were alright. I don't think we need to see the gore, we can hear when those claws are working through the henchmen and imagine it (which is always better than dodgy cgi).
Also did you see 3d or 2d? I saw 3d because I had a free ticket but I don't think it added anything special.
The reason for me it stood out and as you say took you out of the moment. Almost like some of the script was missing. Yes its part of the Wolverine character to express himself this way, it just came out of nowhere!Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
I was looking forward to the Wolverine sequel. I enjoyed it mostly for the setting. But I found it confusing. All of the dream scenes with Jean grey were unnecessary and could of been cut in my opinion. The bullet train fight scene was cool.
Also stay for the scene after the credits.
It was good that this bonus scene was after the main credits too, not having to wait until the end of the credits. That's how it should always be (and some films have done this lately: Pacific Rim and Avengers). I believe you should always stay until the main credits have been shown. Once the crawling text is on, then it's time to go, but the main credits are part of the film IMO. spoiler I knew it was coming but not what it was going to be. A mention of Trask Industries okay. Then Magneto showed up and I laughed out loud with joy because I was so excited. Really looking forward to Days of Future Past now. /spoilerQuote:
Originally Posted by Defcon
Okay, the line that bothered me in The Wolverine was near the end where Logan says to another character "you twisted mutant bitch". I couldn't believe that a mutant would use the word "mutant" in a derogatory insulting way to another mutant. Is it okay that both the speaker and target were mutants? I don't think so. I tried to see this another way, say that character was played by, I don't know, let's say Beyonce. Would the filmmakers have got away with the hero saying "you twisted b**** bitch"? I don't think so. Would it be different again if Logan was also played by a black actor? Should it?
Is it better that he used the word that is more descriptive "mutant" and not something more (in world) offensive like "mutie" or "genejoke"? I found it hard to decide exactly where I stand on this. It does feel very wrong for a person who's lived a long time as part of a persecuted minority group to throw the word around as an insult. I'm a bit more senstitive to this as one of the reasons I've loved the X-Men for the last twenty years is because of the gay metaphor. But as I've thought about it more, I realise if I wanted to really offend another gay person, I possibly would use an anti-gay slur, because I know it would hurt them (but I'd feel bad about it afterwards).
Saw P. Rim again in 2d this time. Needed more typhoon and chernol alpha.
The Wolverine. Great movie, enjoyed it. I saw the after credit scene at the airport. Were there any others?
Do you think Jean or the Phoenix is still alive? And that it was trying to make Wolverine kill himself? Or just metaphor for the movie. What is this dark force that is coming........big red robots??Quote:
Originally Posted by Defcon
He was just dreaming, but it could be said that Jean was in the white hot room, just like the comics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Autocon
And the next X-Men film, Days of Future Past, will include some big robots.
Seeing the movie tomorrow, but this is just another great example of FOX's poor treatment of their Marvel property, and their failed undertsanding of the source material.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
I can't believe a line like that made it into the final script, really disappointing!
It'll be a great day when and if the X-Men film properties make it back to Marvel Studios/Disney.
Yes, it would. Normally, it is different when the discriminative term is applicable to both. Don't know why.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
Watched wolverine, really enjoyed the character development, but I too felt the last part of the movie was lacking and low on quality.