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Pacific Rim - Holy Mechagasm. It's visually fairly impressive. CGI has come a long way. (no spoilers)

Posted by Mel Profit (aka mel profit) Jul 12 '13, 19:58

I have minor quibbles with it but it moves...no, propels so fast you have no time to really be bothered.

It tries predictably to have a story and it's not bad but holy Giant Robots fightin' Monsters does it make things go BOOM!

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It's imperfect but oh so glorious. Did you see the 3D? It's superlative. -- nm - David Jul 12, 20:13 4
- that's exactly right. If you think about it, you're brain starts to work and you start spotting flaws but it's visually delicious. - Mel Profit Jul 12, 20:17 3
  - Spoilers - David Jul 12, 20:20 2
    - one thing I really liked - visuals aside was (spoilers) - Mel Profit Jul 12, 20:23 1
      - Spoilers - David Jul 12, 20:25
It's a solid precuror to a live-action Robotech / MechWarrior movie -- nm - budice Jul 12, 20:00 3
- I feel like the Macross saga couldn't live up to what my 8 year old self has memories of. -- nm - Reagen Jul 12, 20:22 1
  - I think if you tried it 20 years ago we'd be disappointed. Now - I think we'd have our faces blown off. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 12, 20:25
- yes *trembling hand reaching for the cigarette pack* please. -- nm - Mel Profit Jul 12, 20:11

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Pacific Rim - Holy Mechagasm. It's visually fairly impressive. CGI has come a long way. (no spoilers)

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