Pacific Rim could have easily been your generic 'Robot vs. Giant monster' summer schlockfest. It could have turned out like 变形金刚 或者 Terminator: Salvation. It did not. It is 由 far the best summer movie of 最近的 memory. Basically, think this; Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gundam, the whole genre of Japanese giant monster movies, a genius filmmaker, and put all that into a blender. Today we're cancelling the apocalypse. Pacific Rim baby.
Before 你 ask, no this is not like del Toro's other films. Those are great films, but they're dark, cynical, and often high octane nightmare fuel. Pacific...