I absolutely loved it!!! It's an action-packed sci-fi alien shoot-em up with giant robots called Jaegers and Idris Elba. What more can you ask for?!?
This man is too fine!!!
For those of you looking for the deep emotional drama, you are not going to find it here. Once aliens and robots are involved, how deep can it really get? The human stories are usually kept to a minimum in order to keep the focus on the action. I would suggest watching something like 'Defiance' staring Daniel Craig if you are after that kind of drama. (Its a good film by the way if you haven't already seen it. No aliens but nonetheless a good watch)
The storyline is just your typical humans fighting for survival against the alien Kaiju intent on wiping us out. No biggie really. It's not the story that matters in this film. It's the way director Guillermo Del Toro brings the concept to life. It's almost like his inner 10 year old self got together with some friends and made a alien v robot film that he, and boys like him, would want to see. The aliens are big and ugly and the robots have to bad-assed and strapped up with crazy weaponry to deal with them. Boys and their toys.
As someone who loves Anime, my inner geek spotted the influences from the Anime and Manga genres, where the alien v robot stories are very common place. In fact while watching it I was reminded of shows like Neon Genesis Evangelion, Patlabor and Gundam Wing. This made the film even better to watch.
*Geek alert!!!* Neon Genesis Evangelion
The effects are so amaze-balls that by the end of the movie I wanted my own Jaeger. Maybe not a full grown version...imagine the amount of polish and man hours required to keep it spotless. Aint nobody got time for that!!! It is the perfect date movie. The fellas get the action, the ladies get Idris. Very fair I think ;)
Until next time...
Stay MsChiVious xoxoxo
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