I went in to Pacific Rim expecting to just have a fun time, and that is exactly what I found! This film is pure, unadulterated, smash 'em up, popcorn movie fun!!
Directed by Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Hell Boy), Pacific Rim starts out on a flat our run and never lets down until the final credits. It was such a fun, joyful film to watch!
The real star of this film is the CGI team that turned the robots and monsters into tangible entities, and made the fight scenes at least somewhat believable. The other stars, such as Idris Elba (Thor, Prometheus, BBC TV's Luther), Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy), Max Martini (The Unit), and Rinko Kikuchi (The Brothers Bloom) are fabulous in their respective roles. The supporting cast that includes Ron Pearlman (Hell Boy), Burn Gorman (BBC TV's Torchwood, Penelope), Charlie Day (Horrible Bosses, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and a host of others all combine to make this a blast of a film!
For me, one of the highlights of this movie is the music. Written by Ramin Djawadi (composer on Game of Thrones, Blade: Trinity, Clash of the Titans, TV's Person of Interest), the score wonderfully blends rock and symphonic into a solid, inspiring and emotionally captivating musical accompaniment that perfectly moves the film through it's paces.
del Toro commented that he wanted to make this movie one that was in no way serious, but that captured the audience and took them along for a wild ride. Pacific Rim does exactly that! It is so damned much fun!
Pacific Rim is simply a knock down, drag out, rock'em sock'em bit of film making, and you will miss out if you wait for this one to come out on DVD. The fights are so huge, that you really only see just how big on a gigantic theater screen.
Go see Pacific Rim! It really is that much fun!
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
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