Lets begin by picking
out what was right about Pacific Rim.
Quite a few things actually. Loads
of refreshing angles. For one, The
aliens have invaded all of earth and not just the United States of
America. In fact, the final show down of
the movie happens off the coast of Hong Kong and not in Los Angeles or New York
as the case is usually.
Watch the trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi513124633/?ref_=tt_ov_vi
Next up is the
not so refreshing angle of aliens invading from the sea and not from the
air. Air Invasion was so beaten to death
that this time around we have a tunnel that connects their world with ours
through the Pacific Ocean!!! Most importantly these aliens have names now. They are not just ugly masses of grime and
acid.
They are called
K-A-I-J-U – pronounced just like they are spelt. So points scored for naming the aliens and
also giving them sub-names and generations like 1 to 5 (eventually). Sub-names include likes of Knife Head because
the Kaiju has a horn shaped like a knife – creative right?
Now, to counter
the Kaijus who are 20-50 meter high monstrosities, us humans build the
J-A-E-G-E-R (yay-ger) – Big huge metal creatures that would put The
Transformers to shame. They need 2
riders whose brains have to be synchronized through a neural synch before they
start riding this beast. Totally
awesome!!!
The special
effects involved are as always great simply because in the west there is
consideration for production value and giving the audiences what they
deserve. So, points scored on that count
as well. Throw in some reasonable actors
and a director who is experienced in science fiction (Guillermo del Toro) and
you have a decent flick.
On the flip
side, however, Pacific Rim really makes you laugh out loud just with the word
Kaiju repeated throughout the movie.
They could have thought of a less funny name. But this writer could be well eating his
words in a while just because of the magnitude of revenue that Pacific Rim will
generate just through Kaiju merchandise.
Other than all of the above there is very little
creativity involved throughout the 2 hours.
It is the same old story of aliens invading earth and us earthlings
fight back to protect our world. Yawn. The
3D is also not out of the world. So in a
nut shell no point in watching Pacific Rim unless you are a huge SciFi / Aliens
fan. 6 on 10.
Watch the trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi513124633/?ref_=tt_ov_vi
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