I liked it. I haven't gotten into the giant Japanese monsters movies yet, so I didn't really enjoy it really for nostalgia reasons, which it seems like it a big draw in for a lot of people. but hey, who thinks giant monsters fighting for two and a half hours doesn't sound awesome?
The actual fights themselves were definitely the film's highest point for me, but I don't dislike the rest of the film like a lot of people have, it tells a fine enough story IMO. And it has a few great over the top performances as well (Burn Gorman, and Ron Perlman, in bright red, of course.) I wasn't even aware Charlie Day was in it, and he's always funny.
I really hope they make enough money to warrant a sequel, or at least if not, some other media influenced by it (comic books, graphic novels, story driven video game installment, etc.) I hope in the next installment they dig deeper into the monster's motives, why they're invading Earth, and so forth.
WARNING: "Pacific Rim" spoilers below
It seems like del Toro was definitely trying to say something around the end of the film when they kept focusing on the alien's face before the giant explosion that destroyed the portal; the alien had a very innocent, somewhat oblivious face before it happened. I dunno, it's one of the scenes that kind of stuck with me, it might be nothing.
It seems like del Toro was definitely trying to say something around the end of the film when they kept focusing on the alien's face before the giant explosion that destroyed the portal; the alien had a very innocent, somewhat oblivious face before it happened. I dunno, it's one of the scenes that kind of stuck with me, it might be nothing.