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A pivotal book in the series gets if anything TOO much time (nearly 3 hours) to work its way through the story in movie form, but it's well done.
A pivotal book in the series gets if anything TOO much time (nearly 3 hours) to work its way through the story in movie form, but it's well done.
July 12, 2013
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663662/ Pacific Rim]
Finally giant robots vs giant monsters looks convincing, and it's dead cool. Perhaps the best big-budget eastern-western fusion of recent decades that doesn't involve Wachowskis?
July 21, 2013
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113142/ Gamera: Guardian of the Universe]
Generally reminded me about how earlier monster movies were too obviously fakey, and without a whole lot else of interest going on. Some cool imagery, though, like Gyaos at Tokyo Tower.