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[–] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Pacific Rim, such a great fun mechs vs monsters movie that had a gritty feeling to it. Not over the top fantastical bullshit with flips or garish colors, just solid, slow, huge mechs fighting solid, slowish, sea monsters.

[–] decended_being@midwest.social 18 points 11 months ago (4 children)
[–] storcholus@feddit.de 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] ours@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's like they took everything in the original that made it work and threw it out.

For people wondering how much impact a film director makes, this is a prime example.

[–] Canopyflyer@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I point to those two movies to illustrate a great director as opposed to an average one.

Pacific Rim is a brilliant film that pays homage to multiple films and genres.

Pacific Rim: Uprising is a terrible film that completely missed the point of the first movie.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Sicario 1 and 2 as well except it's an example of an amazing director vs. a competent one.

At least Sicario 2 is quite watchable and has some amazing scenes. Can't say the same for Pacific Rim 2. That one's just bad and not even in a fun way. As you say, all the things that made the original work. It managed to miss all of them.

[–] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Let’s just pretend that film never released.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Beat me to it. Hahaha.

[–] jafea7@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Godzilla vs Kaiju