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PACIFIC RIM

2013 US HMDB
julio 11, 2013

Cuando legiones de monstruosas criaturas, denominadas Kaiju, comienzan a salir del mar, se inicia una guerra que acabará con millones de vidas y que consumirá los recursos de la humanidad durante interminables años. Para combatir a los Kaiju gigantes diseñan un tipo especial de arma: enormes robots, llamados Jaegers, que son controlados simultáneamente por dos pilotos cuyas mentes están bloqueadas en un puente neural. Pero incluso los Jaegers proporcionan poca defensa ante los incansables Kaiju. A punto de la derrota, las fuerzas que defienden a la humanidad no tienen otra elección que recurrir a dos insólitos héroes: un ex piloto acabado (Charlie Hunnam) y un aprendiz que todavía no se ha puesto a prueba (Rinko Kikuchi). Ambos se unen para traer a un legendario pero al parecer obsoleto Jaeger del pasado. Juntos, son la última esperanza de la humanidad frente al Apocalipsis que se avecina.

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Produccion: Jon Jashni (Producer)Mary Parent (Producer)Thomas Tull (Producer)Callum Greene (Executive Producer)
Guion: Travis Beacham (Screenplay)Guillermo del Toro (Screenplay)
Musica: Ramin Djawadi (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Guillermo Navarro (Director of Photography)

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Roberto Giacomelli
Cuando se abrió una grieta en el lecho del Océano Pacífico, comenzaron a salir, poco a poco, gigantescas criaturas monstruosas que empezaron a destruir las ciudades. Inicialmente indefensos, los seres humanos comprendieron que el único modo de combatir a estas criaturas, bautizadas como Kaiju, era utilizando monstruos a su vez. Así, las naciones construyeron los Jeagers, gigantescos robots comandados por dos pilotos cada uno, que se conectan a la máquina a través de una red neuronal. La guerra sigue siendo desigual y los Kaiju parecen tener la ventaja, diezmando poco a poco todos los Jeagers. Después de años de combates, solo queda un último intento por realizar con los cuatro robots restantes: intentar introducir una bomba nuclear en la grieta oceánica, con el fin de interrumpir el puente interdimensional que permite a los monstruos llegar desde su mundo a la Tierra. Al ver la última, maravillosa, película de Guillermo del Toro, a los más jóvenes podrían venir a la mente recientes éxitos como "Transformers" y "Cloverfield", y sin embargo el director mexicano de "El laberinto del fauno" se ha propuesto un objetivo muy claro al realizar "Pacific Rim": y cuidado con mencionarle los robots de Hasbro llevados al cine por Michael Bay. Del Toro, con su última, mastodóntica película, ha querido rendir homenaje a todo ese cine de animación, de monstruos y sus respectivos cómics que narran historias de criaturas monstruosas colosales y de robots de dimensiones desproporcionadas: en "Pacific Rim" hay el imaginario de al menos dos generaciones, desde "Godzilla" y sus descendientes (los Kaiju) hasta Daitan, Gundam, Jeeg, mucho Neon Genesis Evangelion y primos varios (los Jeagers), en medio de todo esto hay una marea de referencias más o menos evidentes, sazonadas con una excelente gestión de la narrativa y los personajes para una película que mezcla tantas cosas que resulta del todo original. Cada segundo de "Pacific Rim" es una declaración de amor del autor a ese imaginario que constituye su bagaje cultural y a ese universo que se ha propuesto llevar a la pantalla. La pasión con la que "Pacific Rim" está realizada y contada se percibe constantemente y, a pesar del presupuesto de unos 180 millones de dólares que la convirtió en uno de los blockbusters del verano de 2013, esta es una película de Del Toro al 100%, un verdadero apasionado del cine y la cultura popular y no un mero ejecutor de películas taquilleras, como casi siempre se percibe en este tipo de productos. ¿Por qué "Pacific Rim" es una buena película? ¿Solo porque transmite la pasión por ciertos productos? Obviamente no. "Pacific Rim" es, sobre todo, una película ruidosa en la que monstruos gigantes provenientes de otra dimensión se dan de santa razón con robots gigantes guiados por soldados. Pero los combates altamente espectaculares, que nos ofrecen largos momentos de entretenimiento lúdico y despreocupado, están ligados a una atención a la historia narrada y a los personajes que no nos esperaríamos. "Pacific Rim" es, ante todo, una película que aborda el tema de la unión y la compartición (entre personas, pueblos y experiencias/vivencias individuales) y logra evitar todos esos fáciles artificios romántico-patrióticos que normalmente se utilizan para transmitir estos valores en el cine mainstream. En la película de Del Toro no hay Estados Unidos indistinguibles que dominan la visión del mundo, sino un discurso realmente global que lleva a la colaboración para un objetivo común de victoria: los pilotos de los Jeagers provienen de todas partes del mundo y aunque el protagonista Raleigh Becket es estadounidense, para lograr su objetivo tiene que colaborar y compartir recuerdos y experiencias con la japonesa Mako Mori, además de planificar la estrategia de ataque con pilotos australianos, chinos y rusos. Se trata de una guerra entre la humanidad y un mundo que le es ajeno, quizá divino, en un desafío pertinente que podría recordar los mitos griegos y las cruzadas de esos héroes que buscaban redención para el hombre contra las divinidades crueles. Lo agradable de "Pacific Rim", además, es el guion cuidado por el mismo Del Toro con Travis Beacham ("Furia de Titanes", no en vano), que logra tratar una historia de una amplitud narrativa (pero también temporal) increíble de manera absolutamente fluida y ordenada, gracias a la elección de enmarcar toda la historia desde el punto de vista de los pilotos de Jeagers (y en parte de los dos científicos que colaboran con ellos). Además, gran parte de los diversos personajes que nos presentan están bien delineados, logran destacar personalidad y vivencias incluso con pocas imágenes y frases y, sobre todo, logran crear empatía en el espectador. Entre tantos, quizá, el personaje mejor logrado es Mako Mori, interpretado por la buena Rinko Kikuchi ("47 Ronin"), una chica tan frágil como temeraria y dispuesta a luchar por sí misma y por su trauma antes que por la causa. Obviamente no pasa desapercibido el personaje interpretado por el actor fetiche de Del Toro Ron Perlman, Hannibal Chau, un traficante de despojos de Kaiju tan fanfarrón y autoritario como simpático. Del Toro dirige con conciencia y mano segura, logrando emocionar al espectador con las numerosas y largas escenas de combate, todas fluidas y bien coreografiadas a pesar de que están ambientadas prácticamente siempre de noche y bajo la lluvia torrencial, si no es que en los fondos oceánicos. En este sentido, también cuenta la bella fotografía oscura del fiel Guillermo Navarro, que con Del Toro ha hecho muchas películas. Es casi innecesario subrayarlo porque los tráileres hablan por sí mismos, pero el aspecto de los monstruos y los robots es realmente magnífico, siempre atento a diferenciar uno del otro y, en el caso de los Kaiju, finalmente capaz de proponernos monstruos alienígenas originales, lejos del estándar arañiforme de los últimos años, más bien ligado al ambiente marino, con criaturas que recuerdan a menudo crustáceos y reptiles (¡no falta ni un monstruo volador, después de todo!) y, ¿por qué no?, al menos en un caso con un sabor decididamente lovecraftiano. Y la dedicatoria final a Ishiro Honda y Ray Harryhausen es una declaración (más bien confirmación) de intenciones de Del Toro. Hay que destacar un dato: "Pacific Rim" se presenta en 3D, pero se trata de una conversión y no de un 3D nativo, pero el resultado es altamente satisfactorio. La película apuesta por el sentido de profundidad, pero acierta plenamente, ofreciéndonos un 3D no indispensable pero absolutamente armónico y ordenado incluso en las escenas de batalla frenética... ¡el qué es realmente raro para una conversión 3D! En resumen, "Pacific Rim" es una película imperdible para cualquiera que sea un apasionado de las películas de monstruos, anime y, sobre todo, buen cine fantástico. El director mexicano ha vuelto a dar en el clavo, confirmándose como uno de los artistas más talentosos de su generación y "Pacific Rim" es entretenimiento inteligente y espectacular, no solo el juguete estival que uno podría esperar. No se escapen de la sala que a mitad de los créditos hay una sorpresa. Añadan media calabaza.
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RESEÑAS DE LA COMUNIDAD (9)

GeekMasher

8 /10

First I want to say I liked this movie. I was surprised, I've been hearing bad reviews but I can't see big problem. The only issues was with the story. Apart from that the graphics where very good. The actors where okay (no major actors) and the baddies (no spoilers) where well thought out and graphically impressive (same for the robots).

All in all a good movie.

Matt Golden

10 /10

When monstrous, building-sized creatures (dubbed "kaiju") hell-bent on destruction begin pouring out of an extra-dimensional fissure at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, humanity bands together to build titanic mechas called jaegers, each controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are linked through a neural bond called "The Drift." As the kaiju get stronger and the signs point to an all-out flood of the beasts, the fate of humanity looks bleak, and the surviving jaegers are brought together for one last-ditch attempt at saving the world.

After an agonizingly long five-year wait, filled with some heartbreaking starts and stops (like the almost-weres of The Hobbit and At the Mountains of Madness), Guillermo del Toro has finally returned with his biggest budget and story yet. The Mexican master of fantasy returns to the toybox of his youth, drawing from the kaiju films of old (Godzilla, Gamera, Mothra, and the like) and anime to create the modern-day monster movie we didn't even know we wanted.

I am a genre man through and through, and del Toro's films are filled with both the intelligence of the best of science fiction, fantasy, and horror and a flawlessly-rendered vision unique to him. His innate knowledge of what makes those outlandish stories truly matter to us is the backbone of his work as a writer and director, and his visual style is one that invokes true wonder.

It's that wonder, that childlike glee that makes Pacific Rim work so well, and well it does work. This is a brawny, massive film made by a true artist and auteur at the top of his game, but while the technicals of this film could have been mounted by any number of working directors, the magic of Guillermo del Toro is that he infuses every film with himself. His love of the material, whatever it may be, shines brightly through every frame. It is this complete sincerity that makes his films such a joy to experience, and even when there are 250-foot behemoths slugging it out on the screen, there's not a trace of the disastrous irony or cynicism so readily supplied by other blockbusters anywhere to be found.

The cast gamely comes to play, with Idris Elba (TV’s Luther) as Stacker Pentecost (one of my favorite character names of all time) as the stoic leader of the jaeger program, Charlie Hunnam (TV’s Sons of Anarchy) as former pilot Raleigh Becket, who suffered a tragic loss and has to be convinced to return to jaeger service, and Oscar-nominated Rinko Kinkuchi (Babel) as Mako Mori, another life touched by the kaiju and ready to serve up some righteous fury. If these sound like tried-and-true archetypes, it’s because they are. This is a grand, epic war film on a bigger scale than anything ever attempted before in that genre, and one of the strokes of genius from del Toro and original writer Travis Beacham is that we instantly establish and identify with the characters onscreen. There are so many ideas flying around (monsters, mechas, neural bonding, kaiju culture, and many, many more) that the broadly-drawn characters serve as a perfect anchor for the audience, immediately relatable in their inherent humanity.

It seems that the mission statment of this movie was, in a word, “texture.” Del Toro delivered a visual feast unlike any other big spectacle films, with his insistence on it not looking like a “glossy car commercial.” Instead, every frame is filled with rain, snow, scuffs, smoke, debris, and other visual elements that reflect the weight and dimension of these cyclopean combatants. Unlike the ultra-glossy (and emotionally irrelevant) Transformers films, or virtually any other modern big-budget actioner, this universe feels dirty, grungy, and lived-in, like the original Star Wars trilogy.

In fact, dubbing a film “this generation’s Star Wars” has been overused to the point of robbing the phrase of all meaning. But Pacific Rim feels just like that. It invokes those most elusive of emotions in the modern studio film: wonder, awe, and sheer enjoyment. Do you remember the awe you felt upon seeing a Star Destroyer creep onto the screen? Discovering a brachiosaurus on Isla Nublar? Laying eyes on the verdant fields of Middle Earth? This film has that. No one builds worlds like del Toro, and here he is, the master, inviting you to play in his sandbox with him. Grab your favorite action figure and hop in.

VolcanoAl

My favorite movie for years!!!I absolutely love this movie!No big story.A lot of action.The only bad thing is all the fights are at night & in the rain.A bright daylight fight would have really made it great!!!

Andres Gomez

7 /10

This movie has almost everything that is expected from it so just relax lay back with the pop corn and your soft drink and enjoy.

Just to make noticeable the remarkable few amount of females featuring in the movie and how bad is that Travis Beacham and Guillermo del Toro just copy Evangelion's idea without giving anything back.

Dark Jedi

7 /10

I have to say that I enjoyed this pure special effects movie quite a lot even though the plot is totally ridiculous. Clumsy giant robots beating at alien beasts with their fists should be better than modern tanks and airplanes with modern explosive and armor penetrating weapons? As I said, a ridiculous story. Well it does not really matter does it because the story gives an excuse for some real cool special effects loaded action. Giant robots and alien Godzillas in the same movie. Cool, simply cool.

Once you have gotten past the silliness of the story it is a very entertaining rollercoaster ride of action. The scenes where the robots and aliens go head to head is visually very enjoyable. Sometimes they make you laugh as well. For instance the scene where Gipsy Danger (one of the robots) drags a cargo ship after it to use as a club.

Unfortunately a somewhat somber mood is set right from the start by the fact that the Jaeger program is discontinued. Not because they are really defenseless as the movie blurb states but because dumbass politicians wants to save money as usual. Instead they build giant walls that are subsequently breached in hours. As I said, dumbass politicians. I guess they wanted to put some realism into the movie!

As much as the robot and alien action is tremendously enjoyable I think some of my favorite scenes are the ones with Ron Perlman as Hannibal Chau. I have always liked Ron Perlman and he is simply outrageously (as in funny) wacky as Hannibal Chau.

The one thing I did not like with the movie is the ludicrous nonsense statements about the dinosaurs being the first attempt at an invasion. Whoever wrote that must be an idiot. Worse, the fact that it made it into the movie means that someone believes that the audience are idiots. When it then was followed by some green-religious crap that the atmosphere was not right for them then but that we have now “terraformed” earth for them by our pollution it was at least a star off just for that. I hate it when they put crap like that in the movies. It is an insult to the audience.

Anyway, despite the dinosaur nonsense I found it a very enjoyable movie. Without that it would have received a near top rating but as I said, it is at least a star off due to that crap.

Teemu

5 /10

Watching a CGI heavy movie 5 years following its release doesn't sound like such a hot idea, but in the case of Pacific Rim nothing really drew me out of the experience in terms of aging animation.

However, the film itself was an 'okay' at best. Aside from the spectacle CGI fights of giants robots versus giant alien monsters it doesn't offer anything of value. This is one of those movies you can safely keep on your second monitor and zone out in between the set piece fight scenes.

The Movie Mob

The Movie Mob

6 /10

Pacific Rim is outrageous and cliche but loads of fun if you embrace it for what it is: insane robot/monster action.

Pacific Rim is a ridiculous action monster movie that is a lot of fun if you have the right expectations. It’s a film about giant rock em sock em robots fighting giant Godzilla-like monsters, filled with shallow characters, goofy dialogue, great thrills, and exciting action sequences. Charlie Day’s wacky scientist was exceedingly annoying, but then you also have Idris Elba’s inspiring gritty performance of Stacker Pentecost in the same film. Those two performances perfectly define the movie as one of extremes. Extreme robot monster action. Extreme goofiness. All mixed in together for a unique movie worth a watch but not the movie hall of fame.

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

7 /10

It could be so much better with some logic.

Guillermo Del Toro is a good director, but he seems to be learning too much from Tim Burton instead of forging his own path. I really liked some of his films, especially “Pan’s Labyrinth”, but this film, despite its merits, has nothing to do with that and doesn’t even seem to be from the same director.

The best thing about this film is the extremely high production values. Visually, the film is amazing and it's really nice to watch. We've got great visuals, stunning cinematography, and an absolutely immersive dose of high-quality CGI. In addition, the film has very well-made sets and costumes, thought out in detail and indisputably expensive. The special effects department, despite all the computer graphics used, also had a series of good opportunities to show its value, and it never failed to do so. The editing is good, the cuts are barely felt and the pace of the film is extremely pleasant. All good reasons to see the film, which was a great blockbuster.

Director Del Toro, I have no doubt, had the courage to take a risk on a film that looks like nothing I've seen of him. However, and as I said, he is good, he is creative, and he is a perfectionist in his work, assuring us of an impeccable job in this film. The cast has great actors, and all of them were at the best level. Idris Elba is, for me, the most notable and the best of them all, but I also appreciated the efforts of Rinko Kikuchi and Charlie Day. The worst performance came from Ron Perlman, but this is largely due to the poor conception of the character, who is a crude caricature of a common drug dealer with no taste. Charlie Hunnam, honestly, was an actor that I completely missed. I felt that not only did he lack the charisma and ability to hold the audience and be the protagonist, but he also lacked the skills for the task.

I deliberately left the script for the end because, for me, this is where all (or almost) of the film's problems lie. The script is based on an alien invasion of Earth: coming from the bottom of the sea, aliens take the form of gigantic monsters, forcing the entire planet to unite and create metal monsters capable of breaking their faces. The first problem is the illogicality of these premises: how and when did aliens arrive in our world, and how could they penetrate the Earth's crust? This is not explained, nor how countries funded the construction and maintenance of such metallic machines, nor how they manage to walk and fight in an ocean as deep as the Pacific. How did they withstand the heat of the planet? How did they withstand the pressures on the ocean floor? The battles against the monsters almost always take place in the coastal area next to the big cities, threatened, in a clear allusion to films like “Godzilla” or “Transformer’s”. The dialogues also lack any kind of authenticity. The movie simply makes up for it all with tons of action.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7 /10

Guillermo del Toro does “Transformers” meets “Godzilla” - and thanks to a spirited effort from Charlie Hunnam turns out quite a decent adventure. There’s some sort of rift between the surface dwellers and these prehistoric beasts that bide deep within the planet. They have an habit of coming up to visit every now and again and causing havoc, so mankind has developed these great nuclear-powered machines to guard the entrance and send them packing. Under the guidance of the grumpy “Pentecost” (Idris Elba) these “Jaegers” (that’s hunters in case you didn’t know) are our main line of defence, but when they start to become overwhelmed by the sheer size and power of their foes, the world must turn it’s hopes to the veteran “Becket” (Hunnam) and his novice partner “Mako” (Rinko Kikuchi) and hope they can find a way to seal this doorway once and forever. It takes a while to get going, indeed it could probably lose twenty minutes, but once it gets going there’s loads of action set amidst some impressive visual effects and featuring extended combat scenes that don’t just repeat themselves over and over. There’s a bit of testosterone zinging about between “Becket” and the other “Becket” (Diego Klattenhoff) and there’s also plenty of entertainingly geeky science from Bruno Gorman’s “Gottlieb” and Charlie Day’s “Dr. Geiszler” as the adventure hots up. Nobody watches these films for the writing, so little effort has been expended on that front beyond giving them something to do with their mouths whilst doing their own, more sophisticated, impressions of Sigourney Weaver from 1986 and it is all enjoyably easy on the eye for a couple of hours.

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