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No. 37921
Okay so now that I'm less high on HOLY SHIT IS THAT A TANKER, I've thought on it some more and have come up with what I think is probably a more final list of issues.
1. The entire Wall plotline is fucking stupid. Yes they actually bring this up in the film, but it's so stupid that it shouldn't have been in there at all. It's only point and purpose in existing is to cut down on the number of Jaegers, which you could do better by simply saying the pilots present are those that Idris considers the best in the world while the others are off defending the coast elsewhere. 2. China and Russia did jack for crap in this movie and it's total bullshit. 3. Probably could have used more/better female characters. Mako wasn't great and the Russian chick, again, did nothing. 4. Raleigh's actor is a droner. I'm actually not sure if I should have this here or not because for some reason I like Raleigh, even though he is basically Maverick from Top Gun. 5. Category 5 needed to be more impressive I think. Maybe even just bigger. 6. Black Market stuff ultimately served little purpose besides world building, which is cool but does not serve film flow much. I kind of suspect it's only here because Del Toro likes Ron Pearlman a lot. 7. Idris is kind of a crappy commander.
I don't think the "there's too many humans, just like Bayformers" comparison is really valid. The thing about Bayformers is that the Transformers themselves are characters, and they just DROWN in extra human characters who serve no point or purpose, when the movies are called fucking "Transformers." In Pacific Rim, the robots are just machines, and a movie needs at least some characterization, even if it's only on the level of Top Gun or a Super Robot show. Ron Pearlman is ultimately a meaningless sidequest that could have been cut, but I'm fine with there being two scientists because the pair thing is a running theme in the movie, it fits. Every other character is a pilot, and thus kind of can't be cut.
But again, HOLY SHIT, THAT'S A TANKER, so who cares about any of this.
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