Pacific Rim (non-specific spoilers only)

[jain]

I saw Pacific Rim today: excellent film, will see in the theaters again.

If you don't like mecha and/or alien dinosaurs, you probably won't love this movie. It's a lot (a lot) more homage than it is subversion. It's skillfully done homage, though, that draws not only on the obvious anime, Godzilla, Power Rangers, etc. antecedents but on

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[gillianinoz]

Idris Elba and Rinka Kikuchi stole every scene they were in, didn't they?

I loved the movie, felt the anime vibe and the cgi was brilliant. Def buying the DVD when it come out. :-)

[jain]

They really did! I didn't know who Rinka Kikuchi was prior to this film, and I actually spent so much of the film worrying that they would screw up Mako's characterization somehow that I couldn't really immerse myself in the character. One of the many reasons I want to see the movie again is so that I can let myself enjoy Mako fully, now that I know that she stays awesome all the way to the end.