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Postby eabaker » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:01 pm

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Postby Henry88 » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:02 pm

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Postby Henry88 » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:04 pm

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Postby kiryugoji04 » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:37 pm

It makes me think of the continuing dialogue that Samurai films and Westerns had for so many years.
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Postby Berean » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:38 pm

I don't think Del Toro was aiming to reproduce Anime. His robots are more in the vein of Mechagodzilla or Garuda in their basic concept. He said he has been a lifelong Kaiju movie buff and Pacific Rim shows it in spades.

Del Toro GETS what it is that makes a Kaiju film a Kaiju film. By comparison Emmerich in his Godzilla film very much did NOT get it and Abrams didn't get it in Cloverfield. Del Toro got the mood right, the tone right and used music and backdrop very effectively to make his battles have that sense of grandeur a good Kaiju film has.

For example, in the bay when Striker is about to be destroyed by Leatherback when Gipsy Danger arrives he managed to capture the same vibe that scenes like Godzilla coming to larval Mothra's aid in Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster had.
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Postby eabaker » Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:46 pm

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Postby eabaker » Tue Jul 16, 2013 10:31 pm

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Postby MouthForWar » Tue Jul 16, 2013 11:25 pm

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Postby eabaker » Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:02 am

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Postby MouthForWar » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:50 am

Speaking of Onibaba, Odd City did this awesome poster:


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Postby Berean » Wed Jul 17, 2013 1:53 am

I liked Otachi too. Leatherback also had real personality.
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Postby MouthForWar » Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:13 am

Did anybody else notice that the kaiju in Pacific Rim are graded on the "Serizawa scale?"

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Postby MekaGojira3k » Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:54 am

I noticed that last night, but I don't remember it ever being called that in the film.
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