Pacific Rim

Overall, this was one fun movie, but it had several logic problems. The disbanding of the Kaiju program makes no sense. In a situation like that, you’d want to diversify your defense strategy.
And, after 12 years of the Kaiju program, you’d think they would have a way to test out a pair’s drift without putting them in a gigantic weapon.

The casting in this movie was brilliant. From Idris Elba to Clifton Collins Jr. to the man who looked like Rick Moranis and Christian Slater had a love child – I am looking at you Charlie Day – Everyone was perfect. I was ecstatic with the additions of Burn Gorman, Max Martini and Ron Perlman. It was just… wonderful. The only thing I would have appriciated, was if there had been more of a female cast.
Speaking of casting, little Mako was amazing! She was heartbreaking, and utterly believable, and I’m still flabbergasted by her performance.

There was good 3D in this movie – the computers make more sense in the 3D version and they’re more fun to look at. The kaiju with their glowy-ness are a little more exciting. But mostly the the 3D takes the depth of field to a much higher level and I found myself noticing things I hadn’t when we watched the regular version.
But, there was also bad 3D. In the first kaiju fight scene, the rain was an issue. In the “filming” and animating process, something got muddled, and the rain – which is fine in 2D – made the scene muddled and it was just distracting. The other bad thing about this movie’s 3D is it is not the sort of movie that needs the cheesy “throw things at the camera” effects.

If there is one reason to watch this movie, it is definitely for the visual masterpiece they created. The color palate and setting evoked the neon grunge I love in movies like Blade Runner, and the artfully created backdrops were only augmented by the grotesquely beautiful creatures.

The biggest problem I had with the movie, actually, was the sound mix for MCs voice. It was like they singled out his audio, changed it (augmented it maybe?), and put it back in, but when they did that, they put it back in on top of everyone else’s. It pulled me out of the story on several occasions.