A very enjoyable space disaster/survival movie. It packs it’s (refreshingly short) 90-odd minutes with breath-taking, 0-gravity, 3D destruction. There isn’t really a huge amount of story, but the solid performances, by the very small cast, pulls the viewer along; although sometimes Clooney sounds a lot like Buzz Lightyear.
Pacific Rim (Seen on DVD)
Several of my friends went to see this in the theatre and
really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to it. Now, I don’t expect too much
from a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters, but I expect better than
this. The story was like a cliché convention. The main character is a hot shot
robot pilot whose brother/wingman is killed in battle. He quits, but is called
back into duty by his old commander, who is contaminated with robot radiation
and will die if he ever pilots a robot again. He is also the surrogate father
of the...oh, never mind. That’s actually the better part of the movie. The
subplot involving the two semi-comedic scientists is agony. Combine that with mediocre battle scenes and
you have a movie not worth watching.
I don’t know if this movie was ever released in theatres.
If so I missed it. Basically, Vin Diesel is a fugitive/mercenary living in post-apocalyptic
Russia who is hired to smuggle a young woman and her minder into America. I
really enjoyed the first half of the movie, but after that it seemed to lose
its way a bit. I’m still not sure I completely understand the ending, and I kind
of feel there was a piece missing. I believe it claimed to be based on a book
which might be worth checking out. Not a bad film, but could have been better.
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