Thursday, July 11, 2013

Pacific Rim, Pure Awesomeness!


<SPOILERS AHEAD>
I never liked Kaiju, I never liked Giant Robot on giant screen.
But this thing, made me go crazy over it.
Yes, Pacific Rim.
As Del Toro said, he was inspired by Japanese animes,mangas,films, stuffs like that, so he made this movie.
I never believed American works for Japanese adaptation or "inspired by" but heck this movie was a blast. He was also inspired by Fransisco Goya's The Colossus, which, I believe it's also inspiration for Shingeki no Kyojin.
So, Pacific Rim is all about a boy and his toys. Boys will love this movie. Girls will probably go "meh." BUT GIRLS, do give this movie a shot please, it will be worth to watch.
Okay, so.
Pacific Rim told us about a near apocalypse experience on human being. While most movies took Zombie as their apocalypse trigger, this movie took Kaiju (Giant Monster) as an apocalypse. These Kaijus, aren't like Godzilla, which actuallya came from earth (if I am not mistaken) they actually came from another space, wanting to take our earth down.
The main character is Raleigh, a handsome young man who lost his brother in the fight against Kaiju (Ultraman-ish Kaijus). He and his brother was the pilot of Jaeger (Shingeki no Kyojin), a giant robot made by humans to kill Kaiju, but sadly, his brother died fighting the giant monster. This Jaeger thing is an unique combination between Dinosaurs, Iron Man, Evangelion, and Gundam, I should say. You must be synchronized (Evangelion) to piloting this Giant Robot (that somewhat Gundam-ish, especially the toes), with a repulsor on it's hand and chest (Iron Man), but the unique thing is, this Jaeger must be piloted by two people, two brains (Dinosaurs), combined, so they share memories with each other. If you can't accept or doesn't have a strong bond with the other pilot, then the Jaeger won't move, and you might die.
After his brother's death, Raleigh works for a wall of hope (Shingeki no Kyojin) for humanity to defend human from Kaijus, but in the end, the wall is easily crushed by a Kaiju and Jaeger comes in again to help the human.
Kaijus are evolving, so Jaeger is slowly pushed back, broken, killed, until there's only 4 Jaegers left. And Raleigh is needed back on the team to pilot his Gypsy, that once, piloted by him and his brother. With the memories he had with his brother, can he be a better pilot than before? Watch it on the Pacific Rim!
Oops, another spoiler, don't fall in love with the supporting characters. :3
Here are some pictures of Pacific Rim! Enjoy and please leave a comment if you love to!

Cool pilot suit yo! (Raleigh and his new partner, Mako)
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I was scared when I saw Kaijus bombarding the city. Like the first impression I had for Shingeki. Hello, Ultraman-ish Kaiju.
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Goya's The Colossus and our Jaeger

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Repulsor HAND! No, this was actually a test to be a pilot.

images are from http://nerdreactor.com

2 comments:

  1. keren thir. seperti melihat imajinasi masa kecil di layar besar. monster, robot gede...

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    1. aku dari kecil mesti gak seneng film dengan monster besar yang ngerusak kota. =-= tapi iki bedaaaaaarrghh

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