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Pacific Rim




Director: Guillermo Del Toro

I am having a horrible summer at the movies and couldn't be more disappointed about that. It seems like each movie I go see is worse than the last, but in fairness I did like Pacific Rim slightly better than White House Down.


I feel like there is just nothing left to say about these summer blockbusters. My beef with them is becoming as monotonous as the movies themselves. There is no thought put into the characters, every single one is one dimensional. The dialogue is horrid full of lines like: "It's not obedience it's...respect", "Let's do this together", and "Today we are canceling the apocalypse". The acting is atrocious, I am sure plenty of women love Hunnam but he brings little to any character I have ever seen him play. I am a fan of Elba generally but he is horrible here. The script does him no favors, they are trying to make him Vince Lombardi, but he comes off more like Vince Vaughn which is not a compliment to a character in this world. Every single line of humor falls flat, I did not smile once but shook my head plenty. Day, Gorman, and Perlman are supposed to be our comic relief but like Elba are betrayed by no thought being put into the script.


What little credit I am giving to the movie is because Del Toro can create some cool looking robots and monsters. That is just not enough to sustain me for two hours.