Pacific Rim

 

Pacific Rim

 

Have you ever looked at your Netflix list and seen some selections that make you think, "well, I haven't seen that one yet.  I guess I'll give it a try." ?  That is what happened to me this past week.  I hope it never happens to me again.  Once bitten, twice shy.

One should always go into a movie-watching experience anticipating good things.  I happened to be looking on Netflix and was checking out "My List".  For those who are not aware, "My List" on Netflix is a list of movies that you, the user makes so that you can easily and readily choose the movies that you have been waiting to watch.  On my list I had Pacific Rim.  I am confident that I put Pacific Rim on my list due to the simple fact that I had never before watched it.  There was nothing else drawing me in to watch it.  I had never seen a film directed by Guillermo del Toro, nor had I seen any of the classic monster versus monster movies such as Godzilla, King Kong, or Cloverfield.   My closet encounter with a giant monster fight was the music video to "Intergalactic" by Beastie Boys.

 

Needless to say, I had no reason to be watching this movie and it shows in my apathetic review.  This movie has its audience and nothing that I can say or point out will change that fact that some people with love this movie and others will simple not care, So I'll just highlight some moments that I enjoyed.

I loved Charlie Day as the monster-obsessed scientist.  He was a relief to watch and I do wish that he was in more of the film.

 

I enjoyed the Australian accents.  Everyone loves Australian accents!  (They could be New Zealand accents, but I am no expert.

 

Cool monster battles, but I wanted to see them.  Too bad sea monsters only attack at night.

 

Well, that's about it!  I won't able to sway you to like it or not.  You either do or you don't.

I categorize this film as:
 

Ridiculous

Fun

No my cup of tea, but it could be yours.

 

2/5 Stanley Cups - Technically impressive, but not much else.

Format: Netflix, on the big screen in the basement.

 

Viewing Period: One shot all the way through at 6-8am.

Inspired me to: Watch one Godzilla movie.  That's all I need.