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Pacific Rim: Uprising! Oh, and Some Other [Movies].
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-gG-VyXPgWhile I'm sure we can all agree that Pacific Rim: Uprising will represent the pinnacle of modern film, rendering all other artistic endeavors pointless upon its release, it doesn't come out until February of next year. So I guess we can talk about some other movies while we wait.
SDCC is going on right now, which means trailers galore. Here's one for the new Kingsman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fvqnGmr9S8We haven't seen a bunch about Dark Tower out of SDCC yet, but hopefully they'll have a trailer to show considering it comes out in a little under two weeks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjwfqXTebIYNetflix dropped a couple of new trailers as well for their original movies, including Death Note (Except American)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFzvJMmH9x0...and a really weird cop drama about Will Smith and fairies?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EZCBSsBxkoAnd then there's all the stuff that's already been released, or will be released soon; Dunkirk and Valerian are out this weekend, The Big Sick is getting a widespread theatrical release, plus Spider-Hyphen-Man is still going strong, and you should probably check out Baby Driver if you haven't already.
So... yeah, lots of movie stuff to talk about. Let's do that.
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It is impeccably paced and plotted, about three plot threads that weave in and out of each other throughout, and unpacking exactly how they relate to each other is one of the movie's best strengths.
And you know how the weakest part of every Nolan movie is the talking? Hardly any talking in this movie. I haven't seen a more intense movie since Whiplash, and like that movie, there isn't a wasted second in it.
It's really, really good.
pretty lukewarm on it, which is a slight disappointment
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Really, I keep getting hung up on the romance angle. I don't much care for the narrative that says men and women can't work together without developing a physical relationship.
It started off kind of rocky (station montage, Mul's destruction), picked up steam (Big Market), but the rest is pretty hit or miss. I was very happy when it became The Laureline Show for ~20 minutes, though.
I'm not sure I like Alpha being from Earth (though I imagine that's straight from the comics); conversely, I really liked seeing the progression from simple capsules to gigantic station; and the various "welcome aboard" bits were cute.
I'm not certain there was an actual conflict. From the outset, the heroes have both pieces they need to solve the puzzle, and they never lose them. Valerian didn't learn anything from his journey that makes him more receptive to Laureline's plea to give the items to the Pearls; Laureline didn't learn anything that convinces her to make the plea.
Which, once I lay it out like that, kinda makes the movie a Guided Tour of The City of a Thousand Planets.
I don't think it'll ever be a favorite, but I'm happy with it, in that context.
It's this one right here.