re: Pacific Rim - New Full Length Trailer

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I can't wait to see the syfy channel ripoff that gets released at the same time, Atlantic Rim.

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Really, if you look at the movies that he himself as directed, outside of Pan's Labyrinth, they really aren't anything special.

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I know you mentioned Devil's Backbone Scruffy, but get outta here with that comment. I really don't get all the Del Toro bashing in this thread, you'd think he has been releasing crappy movies left and right based on this thread. I'm no fan boy, but Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, and Cronos are all superb films.

I mean, looking at movies Del Toro has directed you have:

excellent: Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Cronos

solid: Blade II, Hellboy

Mimic is pretty terrible, but that was made before all of the above films outside of Cronos.

Hellboy 2 was a bit of a hot mess, but I wouldn't consider one average to bad film in the past 15 years much of a reason to dog on a director, it's pretty silly to me.

This movie could flop horribly, but I'll be there to see how the Gundam/monster live action battle hybrid turns out.

It's like Gundam vs Godzilla

Looks like a rip off of Transformers:Headmasters

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I know you mentioned Devil's Backbone Scruffy, but get outta here with that comment. I really don't get all the Del Toro bashing in this thread, you'd think he has been releasing crappy movies left and right based on this thread.

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Not sure why you think I'm bashing Del Toro. I think he is a good director, but I think we've built a cult of personality around him that his products don't back.

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excellent: Pan's Labyrinth, The Devil's Backbone, Cronos

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Yes, these movies are excellent. I'm not disputing that.

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solid: Blade II, Hellboy

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Sure, but as I said, I don't put comic book movies on the same level as his other movies.

I would like to see more original content from him along the lines of PL, DB, and Cronos.

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Hellboy 2 was a bit of a hot mess, but I wouldn't consider one average to bad film in the past 15 years much of a reason to dog on a director, it's pretty silly to me.

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Like I said in my earlier post, I'm a big Del Toro fan, but we build him up to be greater than he is, IMO.

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This movie could flop horribly, but I'll be there to see how the Gundam/monster live action battle hybrid turns out.

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I'm still going to go see it, I just don't expect it to be as good as I originally did when I made my thread about it months ago.



Also, does Del Toro have some kinda sexual deal going on with Perlman because he is in pretty much every movie.

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Wonder why there has to be two pilots, got to be some terrible plot storyline there for that

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My best guesses: Redundancy in case one pilot is killed. Fragile controller inside of monstrous suit requires backup plan.

OR

The destructive potential of the giant robot is so great, it requires two people to sign off on an action, kind of like how you need two people to launch a nuclear missile.

big O was amazing

This shite looks horrible!

Clover field meets Iron Man.

Scenario A: well written movie with good acting, giant monsters, and giant robots

Scenario B: poorly written and/or acted movie with giant monsters and giant robots

Win-win

(For similar win-win situations, see cowboys and aliens, battleship, among others)

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(For similar win-win situations, see cowboys and aliens, battleship, among others)

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Liked both of those, too

I've never been accused of having impeccable taste in movies.