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so this is one of the last hollywood movies i saw and i watched it for the first time last july. i have rewatched it a couple of times since.
yes i am aware it is a really "trashy" movie apparently, but honestly i found it rather refreshing.
it might be just me, but i knew nobody from the cast, but the guy who played gabriel because he also played a minor character in x-man. and that alone was a relief, because hollywood tends to use one actor for ALL THE MOVIES for a couple of years and that gets boring fast.

the story is rather cheap and easy, and you should not expect too much character growth, really- there is some don't me wrong, but to be honest here the whole movie is more of a shooter-game becoming a film kind of thing.

the action is not bad, and the main actor does rather look good, though i enjoyed his voice much more than his looks.
if you want to look for "beautiful" people this is not the movie for it, they nearly all look so random it is truly refreshing!

what makes the movie good is the music! and some parts of the conversations are just amazing!
and i liked the randomness with the drama and action and loads and loads of shootings.

i also will tell you however that after the first 3 times watching it, i now just turn it on to have something in the background and only watch the scenes that i find absolutely amazing. so if you are searching for a quick and easy action movie to watch once you will be fine with it, if you want an epic movie this will disappoint you.

ok so this one has a bit of a story, and i know i told it before, but just to catch you up- if you are interested:

( why i had to watch twilight *sigh* )

so to survive watching all of these movies i made a list as i watched them about all that annoys me!
be aware if you are a fan of those movies- then this is not for you to read. i don't enjoy romance movies at all (star was is something special). from the get go these movies didn't really stand a chance with me.
what i will grant them - fair is fair - the wolves animations are pretty neat and nice to look at!

( 135 reasons why twilight sucked )
that is all i'm ever going to say about those movies ever again!

my parents gave me for christmas a cinema trip, and i could decide which movie to go.
i chose assassins creed for 2 reasons: 1.i fucking adore the vid-games, like i play all of them over and over and over (i still need to get part 3 and 4 though and i'm not so sure if i like the american world with my assassins creed that much really)
2. michael fassbender! ever since 'shame' he simply convinced me that he is a great actor and while there are some projects he did, which i am not that fond of, most of his work is awesome
so at first i was very, very excited to go
yesterday night before the movie i had a break-down into worry-land. what if it was bad? what if it wasn't like in the games, what if fassbender did it wrong?
well, here is me after the movie and long version short: i'm still conflicted!

( long version - there might be spoilers, depending on what you think is a spoiler so read with caution )

if you have seen it, or are going to see it- tell me later what you think/thought about it, i would be interested in hearing about it!

so we all know san francisco has this huge bad ass and very bright red bridge that many movies use as an establishing shot of location-
and when you are like me and into action movies, you see this bridge getting destroyed quite a lot (so often that you wonder if it will be there).
apparently this trouble you only have when you really are into action movies- but the golden gate bridge is used very often in movies, and surprisingly is not destroyed that often at all.
under the cut you will find 2 tables with the first one listening all the movies in the year they were made
and the 2ed being some 2 graphics: one showing how many movies were made in what year, and the other how often the bridge was not destroyed - it was really quite a shock for me!
all the information are taking from this wiki-page
mistakes are possible and you are very welcome to point them out to me (because i have never even heard of most of the movies)

( shiny meta graphics about the Golden Gate Bridge )

so i was surprised by this outcome- and now i want to you if you were too?

[Poll #2035273]

thanks for reading and hopefully answering because i'm nosy <3

so this will probably have a lot of spoilers in it, for those who have not seen the movie by now- I will try and mark them all; for those who saw it already- here is what I think about it:

I heard a lot negative reviews about Pacific Rim, and so I was reluctant to watch it, but my flatmate got the DVD and told me to watch it because I might like it- and I so did!- and was surprised in the most positive way!
of course me comes from a long loving mecha-anime history, so I was like "yessss, OMG do it do it do it" and "ohhh noooo, no, no, no, no way, no" at the same time but really the graphic technology used in movie making got awesome, while I was not looking! damn, they did a great job!
the story is rather simple, but come on, it's an action movie not a psycho thriller! if you want to have a deep story watch one of those, in action genre this movie is rather good and impressive, in my humble opinion
special good points are awarded for the following scenes: (spoiler warning!)
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points lost for scenes I did not like: (and again spoiler warning!)
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so basically you will find it entertaining if u like action and big machines, monsters and lots of fires with also quite some humor- GO WATCH IT!
but don't watch it if you are in search for a girl hero- not so much, she is... well let's say it's complicated with her-
- her Japanese seams real, and she plays well but her role is not that significant (action movie remember)- so if you call yourself a Feminist you might not like her at all, and there is only one other women with text, if you call 6 to 8 sentences text; nighter should you look for deem character evolvement, look again, but please not in this movie,
of course the mecha fans out there who watched a lot of mecha anime recognized some parts most defenitly- but this is an actual movie- not an anime! (and yes I am aware the took parts of other movies too)
so here is my overall awarded points- list (each category goes from 1- absolutely dreadful to 10- absolutely fucking amazing)

1. 10 points -for screenplay and animation


2. 6 overall story points
   

   8,9 points within the action genre (it has a war in it after all, and a running clock)



3. 7 points for the characterizations (but remember not much growing so my awarded points take the action genre in account)


4. 9 points for the music and the sound effects and the noises- they are pretty neat


5. -1 point for often unnecessary engaged conversations while in the mechas (most of the other conversations are rather good)

so thats what I thought of the movie
have you watched it already? if yes, what did you make of it? are there points were you disagree with me?
if not, was this review helpful?