PumpJack McGee wrote...
Pacific Rim 3.5/10
Hilariously juvenile. It's pretty much Power Rangers with updated graphics. Being a science guy, the bullshit they tried to peddle throughout made Harry Potter look like an MIT lecture. It would have been much better if they haven't even bothered to try and come up with scientific explanations, because- frankly- they were utter shit.
I wasn't expecting a good story, either- but it still managed to exceed my expectations downwards.
Special Effects party and nothing else. I knew exactly what I was getting into, and yet I still found myself laughing my ass off and asking the screen "Really??- Really??? An economy in the shitter and a flagging education system, and you pour several million dollars into something that will make the public even dumber?"
Still fun, though. Just be sure to leave your brain and good sense at home.
Ouch.
Though I agree on most points, that seems unnecessarily harsh. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but it was still entertaining.
8/10, for me.