Pacific Rim

Released:  July 12, 2013

OVERALL RATING:  * * * .5
(on a scale of 1 to 4 - 4 being best)

Director:  Guillermo del Toro
Writers:  Travis Beacham, Guillermo del Toro
Producers:  Jon Jashni, Mary Parent, Thomas Tull
Main Actors:  Charlie Hunnam, Diego Klattenhoff, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day

Directing:  * * * * 
Story Line:  * * * * 
Acting:  * * * 
Predictability:  * * * 
Entertainment Value:  * * * * 
Effects:  * * * * 

I so love sci-fi.  This movie was a cross between Transformers, Godzilla, and Aliens.  It made a fabulous combination.  I loved how it started BAM! right into the action.

While some of the technical talk was sooo not correct, I didn't care during the movie.  Well, I did chuckle with the digital / analog lines.  Come on... really?  Aside from that though, it was awesome.  Big huge monsters battling big huge machines - how could you not think greatness?!?

I was impressed with the fight scenes and the number of fights they had.  It was better then a lot of the other mainstream sic-fi battles I've seen recently.  I could tell what was happening - which was the monster and which was the machine.

I'm curious what the shoes meant.  There were multiple shoes that the movie called a lot of attention too.  What's with the shoes Mr. del Toro?  Am I missing something?

Favorite Scene:  The Kaiju taking flight with the Jaegar.  Sweet.