Review of Pacific Rim (2013) by Ben B — 19 Apr 2016

Holy crap, this movie was friggin' awesome! Without a doubt the biggest guilty pleasure of the year. You get exactly what you expect, but this typical action flick has a surprising amount of depth to it that I never saw coming.

I found myself getting really invested in these characters, which is an extremely rare occurrence for this type of movie. I've never had so much fun seeing fights like this. Unlike other films in the genre, you feel every impact and the slow, deliberate movements give a perfect representation of the massive scale.

Rather than just mindless action thrown on the screen, there was a lot of heart put into it to make this movie a true spectacle to watch. It is definitely a "dumb robot movie," but that doesn't mean it's not fantastic.