Pacific Rim trailer!

[Sheldon]

Looks really really fun. Can't wait.

[Ood Omega]

Giant robots make me

[Phil Clark]

Cool trailer, though I thought the narration could have been better.

I really hope they can sell the 'two pilots needed to link minds' concept. It's one thing that feels a little too Japanese, ya know. I remember Del Toro talking about it in an comicon panel and just thinking "No. That's stupid. There's no reason for it work like that at all." Maybe if the Jaegers are themselves based on alien tech, or something.

I like "we are canceling the Apocalypse!". That's a great tag line.

Maybe the idea is that the Mechs are so complex that they need two pilots to control all the various functions. Perhaps if its used just as a fighting/punching mech then one pilot would suffice, but the other functions would be minimized.

Anyway... not having followed this until just recently... I am in. Del Toro, Hunnam, Perlman, Elba... HELL YEAH I'M IN!!!

[Sighphi]

Now THIS looks like Transformers.

[DennyK]

Wait, so I'm encouraged to think that the Transformers suck but I'm supposed to be excited about this? Don't get me wrong, it does look like an extra large popcorn movie, but it also makes me think Real Steel and Battleship.

[Movieartman]

Wait, so I'm encouraged to think that the Transformers suck but I'm supposed to be excited about this? Don't get me wrong, it does look like an extra large popcorn movie, but it also makes me think Real Steel and Battleship.

yeah but this looks like more serious and realistic, (in terms of the monster attacks anyway) and this has Idris Elba who is a better actor than all of the actors in the transformers films put togethor including John Voight. and battle ship could have been ok with better actors, characters and not had the alien ripping off halo, and well if they looked cooler when revealed.

[DennyK]

yeah but this looks like more serious and realistic, (in terms of the monster attacks anyway) and this has Idris Elba who is a better actor than all of the actors in the transformers films put togethor including John Voight. and battle ship could have been ok with better actors, characters and not had the alien ripping off halo, and well if they looked cooler when revealed.

I have no idea how a movie about giant robots and monsters is supposed to serious or realistic. I love Idris Elba (Luther is must see TV), but good actors do sh*t movies all the time and he's nowhere near having the status (IMO) of people will go and see a movie just because he's in it. Again, I don't have a problem with big stupid robot/monster movies, what I find funny/irritating is the attitude that some are garbage simply because message board warriors have decreed it so while others are considered genuine works of art.

[Phelpzy]

Yes!!!!! Can not wait!!!!

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I really hope they can sell the 'two pilots needed to link minds' concept.

"I´m sure we can put our differences behind us.

For science.

You monster."

[thwhtGuardian]

Wait, so I'm encouraged to think that the Transformers suck but I'm supposed to be excited about this? Don't get me wrong, it does look like an extra large popcorn movie, but it also makes me think Real Steel and Battleship.

The difference is this is directed by Guillermo del Toro.

I don't think he's made a bad movie yet.

[Movieartman]

I have no idea how a movie about giant robots and monsters is supposed to serious or realistic. I love Idris Elba (Luther is must see TV), but good actors do sh*t movies all the time and he's nowhere near having the status (IMO) of people will go and see a movie just because he's in it. Again, I don't have a problem with big stupid robot/monster movies, what I find funny/irritating is the attitude that some are garbage simply because message board warriors have decreed it so while others are considered genuine works of art.

cloverfield is dead serious and realistic, if we establish in a film that monsters and such exist than from there for it to be serious and realistic it must not be played for laughs and prefrably the monsters are never silly or too too bizzare. and beyond that the Actors are good and capable and look like there taking it seriously.
i dont see how giant mechas are any more unrealistic than say the ships in star trek and many of the trek films are serious.

im not one to hate on Transformers, when the first came out, it was my favorite movie (then ironman, dark knight and so on came out, and formers is now FAR from being my favorite)

agreed Luther is Supurb!

im with u in that i like some movies the masses dont like, its not message board warriors making thease opinions its just the mass general opinions of film goers, the actualy type or genre of film doesnt make a film garbage its all in how its made, from the plot, actors, special effects and other items.

like Halloween (79) and the Majority of the Friday the 13th films are both of the slasher genre, but the original halloween is directed far more stylishly and suspensefuly than the f13 films, it has a better lead actress playing a character we actualy care for unlike much of the f13 films. making it the superior film.
its all in how the film is made.
im not saying that is or should be the absolute opinion of the masses but thats just how people grade such films

[Etoma]

I love giant robots--when they are accompanied by strong writing, believable acting and creative directing.

[jesse_custer]

The special effects look great, but I wasn't that impressed by the punch, and the film seems to have a very serious tone - as opposed to a fun tone - based on this trailer. I'll keep my eye on the movie, but it doesn't seem like a must-see film at this point.

[jesse_custer]

The difference is this is directed by Guillermo del Toro.

I don't think he's made a bad movie yet.

He's made a couple of mediocre movies, though. However, his stuff always looks pretty good. Hellboy 2 had a plodding story and substandard action, but some of the imagery was breathtaking.

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

Well, damn.