[badlander86]

Guys, I've seen this movie. Its a good movie. Its a fun movie. The characters have depth well at least for the crews of the Gipsy Danger and Striker Eureka.

The battles are epic albeit they either take place in the night or in dark settings. You see what is happening and the action is clear but I think this was simpler way of The overall plot is...kinda cliche but hey, it works.

Del Toro gets it. He sets rules within the world that he created and stuck to them as best as he could without any ass-pull moments.

And he does "build" a world. He explains through Hunnam how the world reacts to the Kaiju threat, how it's shaped its culture and the politics of the world under threat. Its not as in depth as one might want it to be, we might see more exploration in other media like games/comics/novels. It's better than what I expected going in.

There are a few annoyances. The "Kaiju Expert" doctor for example was an annoying character but he served a couple of purposes. Hannibal Chau had a lot more to his character than what was revealed. Again, he can be explored in other media. And the ending was....Well, to me it should have been a little more symbolic. But I guess the world of Pacific Rim needed a happy ending badly.

Yo ljacone, there's a shout out to the fans of old badly dubbed kaiju movies in the film. Look for it at the scene where Maki and Raleigh are introduced for the first time. I thought it was a sound synching problem at first then it hit me. I was the only one chuckling after that.