Pacific Rim

incredible action scenes, character+creature design, worldbuilding and composition. the writing was very sloppy and dumb, the use of cgi left everything feeling almost dreamlike and im incredibly conflicted. the actors were very often delivering very subpar performances and the characters were entirely uninteresting both with the exception of the endlessly talented charlie day. immensely fuckable mechs, and a very fun watch. succeeds at what it needs to be on most fronts. mako would be great if she wasnt just an overdone stereotype. its main failing on fronts that truly matter a few of the twists i felt were very dumb or just predictable (not a problem on its own, but when its treated like something thats meant to shock you, its a bit irritating). i did myself a disservice by watching this on tv instead of in theatres. (later-but-same-day edit: i find del toros ability to express love and sensuality and fantasy in his art endlessly compelling and it translated into a spectacle action film so well, im not even sure why im shocked. you can feel the heart in this)