Topic: Movies in the Theater (Read 106550 times)

jsnlxndrlv · « **Reply #1100 on:** July 13, 2013, 07:28:24 AM »

Yeah, holy shit, this movie is fucking awesome. Just goddamn. Pacific Rim is the action movie equivalent of Jim Henson: it does what it does with such earnesty and dignity that I'm actually proud to be alive in the world where this exists.

Büge · « **Reply #1101 on:** July 13, 2013, 08:29:23 AM »

Quote from: Frocto on July 13, 2013, 05:12:53 AM

One thing that made my day, though: no inexplicable kiss at the end, I am honestly addicted to movies where this is a male and female character and they DON'T just arbitrarily get to smoochin' with no explanation at the end. Man of Steel was super fuckin bad for that, Clark and Lois were just making out despite getting on about as well as Superman's dad and a tornado.

I was happy for that, too. Also: no majestic shot of an american flag.

Honestly, this strikes me as the most earnest and colourful movie I've seen since Speed Racer. Like Bongo said, there's nary a sly wink or annoying genre-savviness to be found. Guillermo Del Toro's love for giant monster movies shines through like that reactor thingy on Gipsy Danger's chest.

It makes me want to bust out my Monsterpocalypse minis.

Mothra · « **Reply #1102 on:** July 14, 2013, 04:58:20 PM »

I absolutely adored Pacific Rim. Loved loved loved this movie.

Charlie Day, Ron Pearlman, and especially Idris Elba were so delightfully, ridiculously wonderful. There was this 13-year-old kid behind me that kept just saying "That was awesome" every other scene. When they fell from orbit, a guy in the front row just pushed his hands into the air and yelled "FUCK YES"

I think my sole complaint was that Gipsy Danger did not beat the lizard-bear kaiju to death with its own severed arm.

Büge · « **Reply #1103 on:** July 14, 2013, 10:36:41 PM »

I actually said "no way, that's cheating!" when [spoiler]the lizard kaiju grew wings.[/spoiler]

Classic · « **Reply #1104 on:** July 15, 2013, 05:26:36 AM »

I know I shouldn't be upset by this, but I'm pretty upset that a Dreamworks sequel and an adam sandler flick beat Pacific Rim at the domestic box.

Brentai · « **Reply #1105 on:** July 15, 2013, 06:03:53 AM »

Considering that Pacific Rim didn't really get a lot of advertising, I'd say it's doing remarkably well.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #1106 on:** July 15, 2013, 07:33:25 AM »

I have two complaints about Pacific Rim:

1) There wasn't enough of it. There needed to be more.

2) For a brief moment I thought [spoiler]Gipsy Danger was going to perform a Belly-to-back suplex backbreaker on a Kaiju. Instead she just threw it[/spoiler]. Very disappointing, that.

On the other hand, [spoiler]MOTHERFUCKING BOATSWORD AND HOLY SHIT GIPSY DANGER SLICED THAT MOTHERFUCKING FISH KAIJU IN TWO[/spoiler].

Mongrel · « **Reply #1107 on:** July 15, 2013, 07:33:27 AM »

I just hope it helps Del Toro get the money to make At The Mountains Of Madness.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1108 on:** July 16, 2013, 05:59:15 PM »

So, I still haven't seen Pacific Rim or anything yet, but even so, the "Make a jaeger" website is making me lose it:

http://4thstringjaegers.tumblr.com/

DestyNova · « **Reply #1109 on:** July 18, 2013, 01:52:51 PM »

Needed more Cherno Alpha damnit! So russian that it uses vodka as cooling fluid and shoots flaming radioactive borcht. Instead of being destroyed, a smaller Cherno pops out and kicks more ass.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1110 on:** July 18, 2013, 02:34:27 PM »

I couldn't resist.

Smiler · « **Reply #1111 on:** July 18, 2013, 02:57:59 PM »

Saw Pacific Rim, it was pretty good.

Niku · « **Reply #1112 on:** July 19, 2013, 04:19:32 AM »

It was basically good enough that I didn't feel ripped off paying $18 for 3D IMAX.

"Does a robot flashing ROCKET ELBOW ENGAGED before using said rocket elbow to punch a monster really hard make you happy?" is my litmus test for whether or not someone will enjoy Pacific Rim.

Smiler · « **Reply #1113 on:** July 19, 2013, 04:22:38 AM »

I was pretty much sold on the movie after the word "drift" was used for the 10th time in the prologue.

Overdrift

Sharkey · « **Reply #1114 on:** July 19, 2013, 11:56:24 AM »

So, is this:

A) Robot Jox, only good-good rather than bad-good.

B) Evangelion with a hell of a lot less crying while masturbating over unconscious fourteen-year-olds.

C) Both.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #1115 on:** July 19, 2013, 11:58:49 AM »

Very much A.

Sharkey · « **Reply #1116 on:** July 19, 2013, 12:00:30 PM »

So they weep while spending themselves over unconscious teenagers? I'm still only a third of the way though, so that's something to look forward to.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #1117 on:** July 19, 2013, 12:01:54 PM »

Sorry to disappoint you, but it's all quite chaste.

Sharkey · « **Reply #1118 on:** July 19, 2013, 12:03:16 PM »

Single tear.

Mongrel · « **Reply #1119 on:** July 19, 2013, 12:35:41 PM »

That was actually a conversation two of my friends had.

"Well in a lot of ways it's like a live-action Evangelion!"
"So it has twenty minutes of a crying teenager jerking off over an unconscious girl?"

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