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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke
Really looking forward to Pacific Rim. I was considering watching it online but that would probably defeat the purpose of it. It looks like one of those movies that knows exactly what it is, so I don't think I'll be let down. I'm not going in expecting anything other than monsters vs. robots and amazing special effects.
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I know I said I wasn't expecting anything other than this, but I think I underestimated that a bit just because it had a pretty well-respected director. The dialogue/cheesiness/acting in this was pretty ridiculous. I guess that may have been the point to a degree, but still... that was basically a blend of all the worst aspects of War of the Worlds, Independence Day and Top Gun.
The action and special effects were definitely great but I just don't think I can say I enjoyed a film where a good chunk of the movie (AKA any part that doesn't involve a fight) was just boring trash, especially when it took up over an hour straight right in the middle of the movie. If it had a better balance of action mixed with this kind of stuff I could have forgiven it, but dividing it up the way they did just didn't work for me. I also thought the first two battle sequences were much more entertaining than the last one, for whatever that's worth.
I've seen a lot of people say this is what a movie like Transformers would be if it had a good director, but I just don't understand that sentiment. This is another one you can lump into that category. If you slap Michael Bay's name on this, everyone would be saying the same thing.