Guest Blogger: Brandon E1

The movie that I chose to review was one of my personal favorites, Pacific Rim. The movie Pacific Rim is a non-stop, action filled movie of monsters called Kaijus, which emerged from an “interplanetary portal at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean”. In order to combat these colossal monsters, the humans came together to create the Jaegers, gigantic robots controlled by two humans. One of these pilots is none other than Raleigh Becket, played by Charlie Hunnam. Charlie Hunnam’s representation of Raleigh Becket was extremely well done and really added to the overall success of Pacific Rim. A major theme of the movie is teamwork. Throughout the entire movie, the nations need to work together in order to rid the world of the Kaijus. A ton of the reviews I have seen online about Pacific Rim have been negative reviews saying that the movie was boring, flawed, not worth the time or the money to view/purchase it. I, personally, would have to disagree with all of these critics by saying that it was one of my favorite movies I’ve ever seen. As one critic said, “Only could a movie this fun hide its massive flaws so well. We all knew this would be escapism, with giant robots fighting giant monsters and no other justification needed to love the movie if the scenes were exciting and well executed”. So, maybe I’m just one of those people who really don’t care if the movie is flawed so long as there is tons of fighting and destruction. I, personally, would recommend that anyone who hasn’t seen this movie should definitely put the time and money into purchasing it (it’s only $5.00 at Walmart North, Rochester MN for a limited time), because even if the movie is flawed, if you’re just looking for a fun movie to watch, Pacific Rim is the one for you.