This week, guys, this week.
This was the sort of week where I decided the most suitable palliative for my woes was mall Korean and Pacific Rim.
In case you missed the trailers, PR has a script so bad MST3K might one day make it good. The Transformers/Gundam-vs-Chthonic-horrors combat does not balance this out. Guillermo del Toro's direction - frenetic, designed around 3D (saw it in 2D) - distracts one from the terrible dialogue and barely coherent paint-by-numbers storytelling long enough to appreciate the glowy CGI for what it is, without getting too distracted by the plot holes. The worldbuilding... well, the sets were trying to look as grungy as the backstory implied, and I will forgive a lot of dumb stuff when mind-melds are in play.
Tumblr fandom has dubbed Geiszler and Gottlieb the K-Science Bros, or just K-Bros, I think. The instant comparison reinforces the movie's weaknesses, but somewhat distracts me from my lingering regrets of voluntarily watching PR sober.
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In case you missed the trailers, PR has a script so bad MST3K might one day make it good. The Transformers/Gundam-vs-Chthonic-horrors combat does not balance this out. Guillermo del Toro's direction - frenetic, designed around 3D (saw it in 2D) - distracts one from the terrible dialogue and barely coherent paint-by-numbers storytelling long enough to appreciate the glowy CGI for what it is, without getting too distracted by the plot holes. The worldbuilding... well, the sets were trying to look as grungy as the backstory implied, and I will forgive a lot of dumb stuff when mind-melds are in play.
Tumblr fandom has dubbed Geiszler and Gottlieb the K-Science Bros, or just K-Bros, I think. The instant comparison reinforces the movie's weaknesses, but somewhat distracts me from my lingering regrets of voluntarily watching PR sober.
This entry cross-posted at http://ase.dreamwidth.org/614982.html, where there are
comments.