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Yeah it's in quotes for a reason.
Nobody called it Anime right off the bat here. Quoted for nostalgia.
Read an article today speculating that the possibility of a sequel may well have to do with how it does in China.
About the movie itself, I took my 14 yr old nephew to see it last week and we both enjoyed it. He could care less about giant robots vs. monsters, but it had enough action to satisfy him. I definitely plan on getting it when it comes out on Blu-Ray. The concept of drifting made me think of the mecha anime "Aquarion" which I've watched a little bit of here and there on Netflix. That show uses something similiar amongst the 3 pilots that form the mechas.
Pride.... levels..... rising!Great movie. I hope the sequel is directed and written by Joss Whedon!
Do you see what I just did there?
still up there. Looks like I made my save vs whedon!
Also, hideo saw the film and wrote an amazing review to get Japan behind it.
I think the chances of this film not being massive in Japan are quite remote, what with the co-lead being a Japanese actress and the whole genre being Japanese. China is a bit more of an ask, as although it's set in Hong Kong there aren't any major Chinese characters (one was in the script but was replaced by Ron Perlman). The Chinese background characters, the Jaeger and the setting might be enough to make it appeal more, though, plus the action and effects.
Might have been an idea to have filmed extra China-centric scenes for that market like IRON MAN 3 did.
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I think the chances of this film not being massive in Japan are quite remote, what with the co-lead being a Japanese actress and the whole genre being Japanese. China is a bit more of an ask, as although it's set in Hong Kong there aren't any major Chinese characters (one was in the script but was replaced by Ron Perlman). The Chinese background characters, the Jaeger and the setting might be enough to make it appeal more, though, plus the action and effects.
Might have been an idea to have filmed extra China-centric scenes for that market like IRON MAN 3 did.
Guessing Warner Brothers is pleased. Largest Chinese opening for any of their films, 6th largest opening for a US film. A sequel is still questionable, since it may not break even on expenses.
Saw it again on IMAX. It's still awesome.
It looks like the film needs to take $400 million to truly break even (over expenses and theatre take), and it's just shy of $300 million now. It should just about do it. Japan and I think Brazil (plus a bunch of smaller markets) still to go, plus it should still draw in a lot more from China.
In Brasil it will only open on this friday. I want to see it so bad...
China? Well, there is the matter of a few Chinese in the movie and what happens. I have no problem seeing the Chinese object to it. That said, it was a great movie.
It opens in Japan today. I would be really interested in seeing the numbers it draws.
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I don't believe AtMoM would have translated well anyway. As I recall (and it's been a few years) the characters were mostly dealing with giant mutant penguins. Only in the end did the real monster emerge and then they just took off. In order to make the movie even watchable they would have had to add so much padding that Lovecraft fans would be sourly disappointed. Most of Lovecraft's stories are too introverted for the general movie going audience. I think Del Torro realized that and did the right thing by dropping it.
Last I heard at a con i recently went to was that there was a sequel is coming- del toro is already on board.
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Japanese figures still not in, though there's a cool video of Del Toro visiting Japan for promo work and hanging out with a life-sized Gundam.
Overall and without the Japanese figures, the film has hauled itself up to $344 million which is pretty good going (the next milestone is $380m, when it doubles its budget).
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I don't believe AtMoM would have translated well anyway. As I recall (and it's been a few years) the characters were mostly dealing with giant mutant penguins. Only in the end did the real monster emerge and then they just took off. In order to make the movie even watchable they would have had to add so much padding that Lovecraft fans would be sourly disappointed. Most of Lovecraft's stories are too introverted for the general movie going audience. I think Del Torro realized that and did the right thing by dropping it.
Exactly. A large portion of the narative is the history of the Elder Things, as interpreted from a bunch of bas reliefs. I don't really see any decent way to film this.
I think it could be done, but you'd need to set your sights lower. No 100+ million budget movie. A much smaller film could actually do well with less action.
As for the reliefs and the history, just do something like this, just more of it.
Japanese figures still not in, though there's a cool video of Del Toro visiting Japan for promo work and hanging out with a life-sized Gundam.
Overall and without the Japanese figures, the film has hauled itself up to $344 million which is pretty good going (the next milestone is $380m, when it doubles its budget).
this is a thing of beauty.
I saw this in both 2 and 3d versions. I actually liked the two-dimensional one a little more. It was easier to focus on instead of going, "ooooooooh" over some hologram or what have you...
Can't wait for dvd.
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Saw it twice this weekend. What an awesome movie.
Listening to the music now
I agree, still love this movie. Some of my friends and family did not. It's very love or hate for some reason.
Finally got to see it the other day. I must say I'm undecided.
It was playing when I came home after work (around 1 am). My wife had rented it, put it on and fell asleep on the couch (by the way, that's not an indicator of how good a movie is; she does that all the time).
I caught the end of the movie first
At first I thought it must be some mid-90's cheesy B-movie running late on TV. Characters were almost caricature-like, image coloring was not like your typical modern Hollywood movie or TV show, and the acting - I must say - was not very convincing.
Then I realized what it was, stop the show and started from the beginning. Acting is disappointing, the story is super-predictable and the movie is altogether cheesy as heck. All the original and "new" content exist mostly as a background elements and not exploited in the movie. But it's about giant robots fighting gozillas from outer space! There are crazy Chinese guys and super-cool Russians! The action flows nice, the rhythm's good and there's a mixture of comic book and manga "flavour" throughout the movie that make it stand out form other Hollywood productions.
Then the next morning my son asked me what the movie was. I told him it was about people driving giant robots call jaegger, fighting against giant space monsters called Kaiju. I don't think his eyes could get bigger...
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I Red Box'd it last night, and watched it with my sons and my gaming group. Lots of "oooohs", "awesomes", and belly laughs all around.
It's a great popcorn flick. Lots of cool action and special effects. Is it full of profoundly philosophical dialogue, or Oscar-worthy performances? Nope. But, I never expected it to be, either.
To echo what Hama said above, it met all of my expectations superbly.
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I Red Box'd it last night, and watched it with my sons and my gaming group. Lots of "oooohs", "awesomes", and belly laughs all around.
It's a great popcorn flick. Lots of cool action and special effects. Is it full of profoundly philosophical dialogue, or Oscar-worthy performances? Nope. But, I never expected it to be, either.
To echo what Hama said above, it met all of my expectations superbly.
Yeah, my thoughts too. I saw it through netflix and it was a great popcorn movie.
I don't get this 'great popcorn movie' stuff. As far as I'm concerned, I either enjoy a movie or I don't--whether it is action, drama or an (allegedly) "important" movie is irrelevant.
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Yes, but there are different ways of enjoying a movie. Some will stimulate your brain and make you think, a lot, like children of man. Some will make you giggle like a little child when a giant robot punches a giant monster. Or a flying bird-reptile-thing grabs a human from a "helicopter" and throws him away. Or any amounts of ludicrous destruction of property. Or a rule of cool moment.
Any of which makes it a good movie, worthy of buying a ticket. I guess calling a flick a 'good popcorn movie' strikes me as labeling it a guilty pleasure, something I have to qualify my enjoyment of so others won't look down on my tastes...
I suppose I'd rather describe films this way. "You should see it 'cause the FX are awesome/the dialogue is great/it's a really involving mystery/the drama is intense/you'll laugh your butt off/etc."
Yes, I was listing a plethora of reasons to embrace one movie or another..
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Except I think those were supposed to be different types of movie.
I wouldn't describe either "the drama is intense" or "it's a really involving mystery" as a "popcorn movie".
I think the term is loosely used. For some, popcorn movies mean a 'meh' movie that is just something to go watch for the hell of it. For others, they are just fun FX summer blockbusters. My wife's idea of a popcorn movie would be the horror stuff she loves, an old friend of mine would choose westerns, mine kind of go all over the place but lean toward the blockbusters. I certainly think a popcorn movie could cover some or all of those categories mentioned though.
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I feel bad for the people who never got a chance to see this in theaters. It's still awesome at home on a big screen, but in the theater it was amazing. The entire place shook during the fight scenes and the Jaigers felt larger than life.
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Thing is... It wouldn't have wotrked without something to make it pop. It found this in the concept of drifting. It also examined the relationship to the kaiju humans had, plus you got a love story. For its genre, it was amazing. I would be hard pressed to say what you could do better in a movie about beating forty kinds of s#$& out of mega monsters.
HELLS YEAH!!!!!!
Just watched this again with my fiancee's 7-year-old son (which was totally fine, the biggest problem was the very infrequent swearing) and it stands up well to repeated viewings :)
I liked it, but those Australian accents were pretty bad.
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... And of course, Ron Perlman in gold plated shoes.
I watched it to the end of credits the other day when I rented it for the kids. On first viewing, I had missed...
Ron Perlman's character re-emerging from the baby kaiju saying "where's my g$! d+!ned shoe!"
... And of course, Ron Perlman in gold plated shoes.I watched it to the end of credits the other day when I rented it for the kids. On first viewing, I had missed...
** spoiler omitted **
I just rewatched it the other day and caught that scene my self.
It was ok, but THIS was better.
Listen to 'The Crush' by Miracle of Sound and the Honest Movie Trailers for PC? :)
After watching a couple of the fights a couple more times, I've concluded the sword wasn't used because the heavily armored hide of most of the Kaiju we see.
Rewatch the fight with Crimson Typhoon. Despite using its own high speed blades it inflicts only marginal damage against Leatherback. The cuts are extremely shallow or almost non-existent.