Review of Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) by Jeff J — 11 Aug 2018

IT'S A SOSO MOVIE, REALLY NOT AS BAD AS MOST PEOPLE SAY IT IS. THE PROBLEM IS THE FIRST ONE WAS SO GOOD THAT THIS ONE JUST PALES IN COMPARISON. YES, THE STORY WAS PREDICTABLE AND SOME PART OF IT SILLY LIKE THE LITTLE KID WHO BUILT HER OWN JAEGER. BUT THE GREATEST FAILURE OF THIS MOVIE IS SPECIFICALLY PUT ON THE DIRECTOR.

IN THE FIRST MOVIE, THERE WERE A LOT OF CLOSE UP SHOTS OF THE JAEGER AND MOST OF THEM WERE FROM THE GROUND VIEW, A PERSON'S PERSPECTIVE. THIS GIVES THE JAEGERS AND THE KAIJUS MUCH LARGER VIEW, MAKING THE AUDIENCE SMALL AND LOOKING UP AT THE MONSTROSITIES. IN THIS 2ND MOVIE, TOO MUCH OF THE SHOT WAS FROM THE JAEGER'S VIEW, OR SPECIFICALLY JAEGER'S HEIGHT. IT TREATED THE JAEGERS (IN TERMS OF PHOTOGRAPHY) LIKE A PERSON, HENCE IT TOOK AWAY THEIR MASSIVENESS, THE AWENESS OF THEIR SIZE. IN SHORT, IT LOOKS LIKE A MAN IN A IRONMAN SUIT MOST OF THE SHOTS.

THE MOVEMENTS OF THE JAEGER ALSO TOOK AWAY THE FOCUS OF THEIR MASSIVENESS. YES, THEY WANT IT MORE ACTION PACKED, FASTER AND MORE MARTIAL ARTS MOVES. HOWEVER, BY DOING SO, THEY MADE IT MORE LIKE A TEENYBOPPING "POWER RANGER" STYLE MOVIE, WHICH LOSES THE REALISM AND AGAIN, THE AWENESS OF SIZE OF THESE JAEGERS AND KAIJUS.