Pacific Rim

Giant Monsters VS Giant Robots, what’s not to love? Unless of course you’re not a fan of action movies, in which case absolutely do not go see this one. Also, if you’re looking for something deep and meaningful with an unexpected and stimulating plot and an intriguing main character, then this one isn’t for you either. Actually the most intriguing thing about the main character is that after surviving a nuclear explosion he somehow manages to have perfect hair. If you want to sit back, turn off most of your brain while you eat popcorn and watch some amazing actions scenes, gorgeous special effects and really really badass machines and monsters, then hop onboard.

 

Props for a diverse cast, though nobody broke any molds and double props for making the scientist guys relevant and interesting. In fact, barring the epic fight scenes, Burn Gorman and Charlie Day stole the show, and I almost wish they’d had these guys as the main characters piloting a Jaeger. Very few of the pilots actually saw anything resembling development or exploration, which was a shame because each of them had more flavor than vanilla Riley. At least I think the main character’s name was Riley, frankly he was so boring compared to everyone else I can’t remember. And I can’t help but think that if they’d combined his character with “Daddy’s Boy”, another character whose name I can’t remember to save my life, he would’ve been a lot more interesting. Absolutely can’t complain though, I got exactly what I paid for and expected.

 

On the whole I came away from this movie with a huge grin plastered to my face and laughing at Ron Perlman’s performance after some of the credits had rolled by (definitely stay, it’s funny enough to wait five minutes for!) ALSO, as a monster lover, the kaiju were FREAKING AWESOME!