Well now having watched this movie a third time I've come up with some likes and dislikes from a more reasoned point of view....I got on the hype train for this movie ages ago, found scripts thru sources and was all over this, saw it when it premiered here and freaking loved it. But....
Likes:
-Effing big robots vs as effing big monsters, has been done to death in the past but god damn this is the best yet.
-The visuals...if **** were shot this good no one would be able to afford it, or last long enough....
-The storyline, kinda predictable but the script is very well done for what the movie is.
-The beginning before the title, it just had the perfect soundtrack, great visuals and god damn I was absolutely pumped the first time I saw it and still get pumped on repeat viewings. Then the Knifehead incident and oh man, heart in my throat when Yancy gets yanked from the cockpit.....still amazes me how they can go from such a high to that much of a low in a short period. (I cri evrytiem)
-All round this is still my movie of the year
Dislikes: (gonna nitpick a tad)
-Not enough footage of the early Jaegers dropping whoopins, I got Tales of Year Zero and I was hoping to see Brawler Yukon beating down for the first time but no, nothing. Devo.
-Kaiju blue isn't expanded on further, toxic *** stuff leaking everywhere from Kaiju blood and it's sorta forgotten about....
-NEEDZ MOAR COYOTE TANGO. No joke, in the prequel comic there was the whole story of Stacker and Tamsin and how Tam blacked out during the mission, they could have shown that when Stacker explained to Rals that he was the only other to finish a mission solo. Devo again.
-That damn chain sword and it's lack of being lead with.
Anyone else think Chainblade when they saw it?
-The visuals....we got the impression of just how damn big everything is right at the start so why the damn shots of Gipsy crushing a car, Bladehead crushing a car, the damn office desk with the *****, the rope stay on the dock being tapped over, etc. Third watching and I groaned when I saw it all again....ugh. Cool the first time, annoying the second, just go away the third.
-This movie could have been half an hour longer and I'd have been happy if they explained more, needs "Marvel One-Shots" of the battles and things they left out IMO.
-That stupid *** wannabe Australian.
Now I could go on more but I don't really want to, still a 9/10 movie for me.
Forgot to add, when Gipsy slices Otachi in half, that's the best damn hero shot I've ever seen!