I HATE YOU ALL
I won't get to see it until Saturday, but I will tell you this--there are night fights in this movie. The mechanism for the 3D effect muddies colors and darkens the screen. Some of the night scenes for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 were practically indiscernible in 3D. So if you choose 3D for this, you're risking seeing less at times when the film is darker.If it makes you feel any better, the soonest I'll be able to see it myself is Sunday. Because work sucks.[DOUBLEPOST=1373599569][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, anyone who sees this: please tell me whether the 3D is worth it or not. I fucking hate 3D with a passion and wish it would go away. The ONLY viewing time available on Sunday that's NOT 3D is 12:50 PM, while the 3D version has three showings.
I can say that the 3D was good. Even though the fights do tend to be night, they still look good and the 3D effect is not hindered.If it makes you feel any better, the soonest I'll be able to see it myself is Sunday. Because work sucks.[DOUBLEPOST=1373599569][/DOUBLEPOST]Also, anyone who sees this: please tell me whether the 3D is worth it or not. I fucking hate 3D with a passion and wish it would go away. The ONLY viewing time available on Sunday that's NOT 3D is 12:50 PM, while the 3D version has three showings.
The 3D's effect being hindered isn't the issue; it's general visibility that tends to get dimmer when you do 3D + night.I can say that the 3D was good. Even though the fights do tend to be night, they still look good and the 3D effect is not hindered.
I can say that the 3D was good. Even though the fights do tend to be night, they still look good and the 3D effect is not hindered.
Is it important to the movie, though? For example, if you watched this without the 3D, would it lessen the entertainment or narrative value of the movie?
Looks like 3D is well used.Let me get this bit over with: to my mind, every technological advance necessary to create a walking mech will be obviated by better uses of that advance. As my friend Dave put it so brilliantly several years ago, (and I paraphrase) "If your tech is so superior that you can get away with giant killer robots, the only reason to use them is for sheer intimidation. This means that what you should be building is giant killer robot clowns."
The point is, when I see giant robots I write them off as "magic" and then watch them fight. It looks cool when they do that. In that frame of mind, and attending a late show with my 18-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son, the film was awesome. I had a blast.
I can imagine a frame of mind in which I'd enjoy the film much less.
Look, if you don't love kaiju (the giant monster genre), this just isn't going to be your movie. If you do love kaiju, nothing I say will keep you out of the theater. Am I right? Of course I'm right. Why are you still here? Go buy tickets already.
The story? VERY PREDICTABLE, especially if you're familiar with the genre. Lots of the kaiju tropes were there, and that's fine. It's familiar. There were some "why don't they just lead with THAT next time" moments, and that's its own trope. Many of you would be disappointed if it were absent.
The visuals? Beautiful. We saw the film in 3D and that added a lot. If you can stomach 3D, this is a good film to spend the extra money on.
Pacific Rim comes in at #5 for me this year. Respectable! It cleared the Threshold of Awesome!
Not if the filmmakers plan for it. A lot of that bad 3D was when everyone just started post converting movies as a cash grab. The filmmakers didn't plan for the movie to be in 3D so it wasn't shot for it. Thats not as big an issue anymore.The 3D's effect being hindered isn't the issue; it's general visibility that tends to get dimmer when you do 3D + night.
But I haven't seen this movie yet. I can only go on the past.
Not saying its like this at all theatres but at mine, and the company I work for, we don't own our projectors and if a bulb were to shatter after going over it's lamp life, which is tracked by the projectors themselves and alert us as to when they need to be changed. If a bulb bursts past it's life while in the projector, we, at theatre level, pay for all repairs and if damaged enough, a whole new projector and they are not cheap. So there is definitely some incentive beyond just wanting to provide the best show possible to maintaning the bulbs.The one nice thing about imax is that they control enough of the projector itself that you don't have to worry too much about dim bulbs or poor sound systems. They are audited.
Too bad they still use the older polarized glasses that bleed when you tilt your head...
trying not to read this thread. sitting here at the movie tavern in fort worth tx having a drink before i go watch this movie. didn't want to see it in 3d but that is the only showing that was playing left tonight here at this movie theater and i can't bring myself to go anywhere else anymore. gotta love a theater with actual comfortable seats, serves food and has a full bar.
Spoiler: Giant mechs fight giant monsters.
You mean the US military doesn't BRING THE RAIN and win the day? Fuck this, where's Transformers 4?Spoiler: Giant mechs fight giant monsters.
Well, the US jaeger is the main focus of the movie, so... kinda. But not really.You mean the US military doesn't BRING THE RAIN and win the day? Fuck this, where's Transformers 4?
I don't understand... he directed, produced, and co-wrote the screenplay for the movie. How was this not one of his own projects?...and some of the non-giant mech vs giant monster scenes seem to be more what Del Toro would have done if this was one of his own projects.
Ending stuff
And on a side-note, what idiot in this world thought it would matter if they put up a fucking wall? They'd seen how the kaiju wrecked buildings--the wall was just as ineffective. So stupid.
I don't understand... he directed, produced, and co-wrote the screenplay for the movie. How was this not one of his own projects?
I thought that was odd as well. I mean, if it was a wall covered in giant cannons firing on the kaiju while it tried to break through, I could maybe see the logic. Even then it would be questionable. But just building a giant wall? It was obviously huge since it lasted an hour of the kaiju just hammering away (that's what it said on the news report in the film), but there's no way a giant wall was ever going to work.