by The Shadow » Sat Oct 07, 2017 4:41 pm
Sometimes I think the core of all the complaints about Pacific Rim (and now at least part of the complaints against P-R Uprising ) is that these two movies embody the idea of films as entertainment first. And really it's not just PR and PR:U, there are many such movies (and even shows).
Guillermo Del Toro and the rest the team that made Pacific Rim are not trying to sell us anything, they don't have an social agenda to push, they aren't making Oscar bait. PR is movie made because it's F-U-N fun, to watch people pilot super robots and fight & win against the giant monsters that are attacking humanity. And for some reason it seems like professional reviewers (and those following after them) have a difficult time with the concept of people enjoying watching a movie that doesn't have some sort of agenda behind it, that aren't trying tell people that they are an A,B, & C type of person for reasons X,Y, & Z.
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?