that explains why i saw a megus xlr facebook cover earlier this week ahha
Giant Robot Movie is very easy to poke holes into. But a couple bits that stood out to me as especially flawed:
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[]If two people are neurally linked, and one is forcibly and suddenly torn away from the other, wouldn’t the remaining person undergo some kind of neural shock? I’d think his nervous system would overload from the sudden impulse and shut down, or his and his partner’s thoughts would get all mixed up and he’d go through some kind of identity crisis. Instead, this guy (I don’t even remember his name) suffers from some regular PTSD that’s barely touched upon twice (“I have my brother’s memories”). After the test run incident, it’s never mentioned again. It would not only have given the story, but also the character, more depth by making him mentally fractured or unstable in some way, thus creating an individual struggle. Granted, the story was already overloaded with details that are barely developed, so there’s no room for examining this side of his character without changing the entire focus of the movie or turning it into a book or video game. But this detail nagged at me through the entire film. Which is funny, because Del Toro wants to make video games now.
[]What was the blue sludge? It’s mentioned in a news report like it was significant to the plot but is only mentioned that one time. Maybe it’s a nod to Hedorah. EDIT: A friend informed me that this is ammonia. Which still has no place in the film, but at least it’s explained.
[]I thought the wings adaptation was silly until I thought that maybe the aliens realized how important controlling the airways is on Earth. I still laughed a bit when he sprouted wings though.
[]In all their ten years of fighting Kaiju, not one nation had come up with a more efficient way to pilot Jaegers? You’d figure that some scientists would have come up with a way to support a single pilot (even if this would have upset the entire plot), or would have encountered other cases like Mako’s to prevent another incident like that test run from happening.
[*]What also bugged me was how the two scientists didn’t bother calling the HQ by cell phone when they magically discovered the aliens’ entire plan and were able to comprehend it in a matter of seconds, somehow. Perhaps neither of them had phones on them or they were fried in the EMP blast? Typical action movie convenient forgetfulness.
There’s so much more to pick on but doing so wouldn’t serve much purpose other than to reinforce that yes, this movie’s plot is shoddy, even if it’s about giant robots vs. giant monsters.
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For what the movie sets out to do, it does it well. Visually-gripping fight scenes of titanic proportions. It just needed one more to balance out the rushed action movie hoo-hah that bridged those conflicts, despite that cutting into tons of extra screen time and budget. I threw my hands up into the air and laughed when they pulled out the swords because not only was it ridiculous, why didn’t they bother before? Instead of revving up these massive plasma cannons that take longer to charge than a DBZ arc, why not just pull out the blades? Most action movies fall victim to plot convenience, and this was no different.
Bottom line: Needed more multimillion dollar brawls. If anything, the movie just made me want to watch Iron Giant again or play King of the Monsters.
The Piston Punch nod to Big-O was neat. I’ll admit I smiled even if it was obvious. Rei is the wrong character to model your female lead after, though after thinking about it for a bit, she’s not all that much like Rei beyond being reserved because their reasons for being that way differ. Del Toro also apparently has never watched EVA, which I find hard to believe.
The blade thingg bothered me too, those things just tore the shit out of everything! Why keep them as a last resort? Why not just equip them with big ass swords in the first place instead of wrestling the kaiju?
And PR2, we need a Donnie Yen/Jet Li mech out of Taiwan.
lol @ the dude with a fuckin Scott Pilgrim avatar doggin on… anything.
Haha only Mako remembered that their Yaegar had swords; the other guy was like nope we’re fucked. That was the part where they were lifted high up in the air.
I wish the Yaegars had lasers/hydrocutters like the Metal Gears.
Mine? This isn’t Scott Pilgrim. It looks nothing like Scott Pilgrim.
People were “doggin on” the movie on the last page, not sure why my post is any different. Bad plots are excusable in films like The Raid: Redemption or countless other martial arts movies, where the focus is on beautiful choreography. Pacific Rim grasped at plot by cramming so much stuff into it yet ended up being a generic action movie with breathtaking visuals. For the record, I had an enjoyable time watching the movie with friends. It’s good campy fun with a massive budget. I just wouldn’t see it again.
Unless you were referring to someone else’s critique, in which case my post is just me getting uppity over nothing.
EDIT: Oh, whoops, took me a second to realize who you were referring to. Never mind.
OK, now my interest is piqued, what do you mean? I feel like making enemies.
Because almost all super robot uses a sword for a finisher/last resort:
It’s not bad to wish but I would like to see a similar attack like this because it looks awesome and I like the attack name hehe:
True, but in that regard I think therein lies the film’s greatest weakness. Tributes to campy Kaiju/Mecha conventions lose their charm when put through a massive budget. The film then seems serious with these loose and illogical plot elements hanging around that would otherwise be accepted in your average mecha anime. Basically, it tries to recreate genres through an epic lens, which distances the movie from its source material yet tries to stay close to what made those movies so fun to watch. A strange dissonance forms in it place.
Awesome abilities aren’t as awesome if they’re used too often. People in my theatre awed when they pulled the sword out the first time, when it seemed like the heroes were about to die. If they had the swords on the entire film it wouldn’t be as awesome, or hype when they did their thing to that thing.
Also, you’re taking this film way too serious, what were you expecting? This movie has just as much cheese, plot holes, and dumb plot elements as most 90’s/80’s high budget summer sci-fi films, even the best ones. That’s a part of its charm. The plot is immature, silly, and mostly there to get from one action scene to another but it gets the job done.
This 10000x over come on this sells itself!!!
While NECA currently has the license and the Jaeger toys are turning out alright fans of Bandai’s MonsterArts won’t leave the American distributor Blue Fin (https://www.facebook.com/Tamashii.USA) alone with wanting toys from Bandai. They actually just showed off protos of Alien and Predator so they can get those American licenses. That’s for damn sure. But yeah, I would give it to Bandai to make figures. For one, they know how to have lots of articulation for their various crazy monsters without sacrificing sculpt. The NECA Kaiju suffer from a lack of articulation and I think Bandai could fix that.
GAIZ WE AIN’T TALKIN BOUTS TA MORE IMPOURTANT PARTS OF TEH MOOVEYS, LYK LE CHARACTURS N DERE FEELS
Kickass movie eitherway. Plot and story are ass, but who gives a shit. 2nd movie gonna be hype as shit, especially since they keep hinting at Kaiju’s and Jaegers merging. Mecha/armor-plated Kaiju’s defending Earth and Kaiju based mechs gonna be the bomb.
Better late than never. Not since Avengers was the theater this full. Pretty good word-of-mouth/internets I guess.
It was all I could have hoped for and more. Some people I know didn’t like it because of the whole robot vs monster cheese, but that’s okay. For someone who grew up on the Godzilla movies and comics (as well as giant robot stuff), it was a real treat.
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Audience cheered so hard when the giant sword appeared the first time. A similar pop when Gipsy cut the underwater kaiju in two, Voltron-style.
Perlman being swallowed by the baby kaiju surprised me, but having watched MIB1 a couple of times on late night cable this past month, I knew he’d come back. Great inter-credits scene.
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did everyone stay until the end of the movie, right after the credits?
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Hellboy (forgot the guys name) survived after being swallowed
Yeah that’s in my spoiler too. :lol:
Actually that sounds really stupid. And i pray this movie is a one-shot. It doesn’t need to suffer sequelitis damnit!! It was a glorious, self-contained, resolved story. Let’s keep it that way.
Not every decent/good movie nowadays needs to be turned into a fuggin’ series and dragged into the ground until the audience is sick of it.
Del turro can go make an Evangelion movie or something instead if he wants. In fact after this flick, i’d say he is the most qualified person to make it happen. And It can have elements taken/homaged from Pacific Rim and be a “spiritual successor” to it in the process. Maybe even hint that its in the same universe but in the future.
So there! Thats your damned, filthy sequel. Enjoy.
Lets leave the main movie alone though.
totally agree with this.
- some old hot shot retires because his brother dies.
- they want him back ,but he puts up a little resistance.
- girl has a past.
- black dude is the father figure.
- asshole elitist who doesn’t want them on the team.
this was just a pretty over hyped movie ,but enjoyable with friends.
Grown Ups 2>>>Pacific Rim
Before i say anything i’d first like to confirm, you do understand how the <,> brackets work right?