PACIFIC RIM (2013) MOVIE REACTION - GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S KAIJU BANGER - FIRST TIME WATCHING - REVIEW

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[@D0S81]

14:20 would you be surprised to know that this guy right here, Rob Kazinsky, was one of the Dwarfs in The Hobbit...is what i wanted to say, but and then I looked it up to find how to spell his name for this comment, and found out he left the production. He's in BTS for the scenes in Bilbo's house, but turns out he left and they replaced him with Dean O'Gorman who, despite looking nothing like Rob, somehow looks just like Rob when in full Dwarf makeup. its really weird. But a little known useless fact. I'll always know Rob as being Sean Slater in British TV soap Eastenders.

[@MKev_Gaming]

Nice reaction. now since you watched this movie. The Movie "Underwater" with Kirsten Sewart gets a new and higher importance. you should consider it for your reactions. regards.

[@Vizag_rockzzz_1]

Guys please react to eega ( Indian movie ) director: rajamouli sir

[@omkar26.l]

3:53 The musical Scores are done by Ramin Djawadi Who is actually the music composer for both Iron Man (2008) the first movie, He also did for Game of thrones all seasons though 🤯

[@tombradley2263]

Please react Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp the new 2024 movie 🙏🤣❤️

[@merchillio]

I just love the movie’s no bullshit intro: “there are monsters, we have robots, they fight. Any questions? No? Ok, shut up and watch the movie now”

[@ryanmussell739]

Fun fact: The aliens were learning about the jaggers from their alien attacks. It wasn’t until the knife head fight, that they realized the pilots were in the head of the jagger.

[@Souledex]

Except it has strong internal logic to answer many of those questions. And that’s why it’s praised. It’s like playing Control for the combat, like sure it’s fun but you kinda missed all the real beauty it has.

[@merchillio]

@@Souledex I’m not sure you’re replying to the right comment, because we are 100% in agreement. And I don’t see where I missed the movie’s intelligence and beauty. I’m just praising the movie for hitting the ground running instead of wasting time justifying itself, justification that comes later, at the appropriate time.

[@Webwra]

That's the whole movie not just the intro.

[@ExInfamous]

@@merchillio Honestly loved the exposition anyway. I think its incredibly realistic to think pilots would be seen as literal superheroes, and that figurine lines would be made with the kaiju as inspiration. It’s a nice little prelude to show us just how good humans were getting at fighting back. Only to throw us into what is essentially a doomed world literally on a timer 10 minutes later. Really explains how dire the situation is becoming.

[@melissacreel4719]

Idris Elba could read the dictionary and make it sound like the most bad ass thing ever.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Faaactsss, in case you didn't know he's cancelling the apocalypse!!! 😂

[@tonyyul703]

​@@OfficialMediaKnights the Director Guillermo del Toro is such a HUGE fan of the GUNDAM series that the idea of the DRIFT COMPATIBILITY concept was HEAVILY BORROWED FROM GUNDAM

[@tonyyul703]

​​@@OfficialMediaKnights sense the Yaggers required such a strain to pilot you need one LARGE BRAIN 🧠 to make sure everything works properly.... RIGHT ▶️ BRAIN 🧠 LEFT ◀️ SIDE ◀️ LEFT BRAIN 🧠 RIGHT ▶️ SIDE When the drift process in the sequence, their literally sharing each other's BRAIN and they have to 💯% IN SYNC WITH THEIR DRIFT PARTNER, and Yes they can even feel each other's pains, and share memories.

[@GodfreyAlmero]

Ayo it was posted 2 hours ago but this comment was posted 14 hours ago

[@c1ph3rpunk]

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[@rijlqanturis625]

Del Toro understood EXACTLY what this movie was and what it needed. Truly a one of a kind experience.

[@erikbjelke4411]

I don't think anyone else could have made it what it was. Give it to one kind of director, they would have said "We have giant monsters, we have giant robots. . . but is has to be IMPORTANT, there needs to be a MESSAGE, it has to be ABOUT something," and they would have sucked all the fun out of it. Give it to another kind of director, they would have said "We've got giant robots, we've got giant monsters. . . fuck it, we're good!" and it would have been just bland and forgettable. Del Toro looked at it and said "We've got giant robots, we've got giant monsters. . . we need THE BEST giant robots and THE BEST giant monsters anyone has ever seen," and gave it not just awesome spectacle, but real heart.

[@SeanPS]

@@erikbjelke4411 Actually the third ingredient was just "Aliens!"

[@danieldickson8591]

Guillermo also paid careful attention to the details to make us believe these are actual titanic creatures and machines. How they move, how they sound, how their environment reacts to them, really make us feel their scale and weight. The sequel lacked that care, and it showed.

[@Nyx_2142]

@@danieldickson8591 The "sequel" lacked any care, period. And it deserved to flop harder than it did.

[@Webwra]

​@@erikbjelke4411The only thing in this movie that is not forgettable is the main theme.

[@Treysor101]

"We're drift compatible." "Is that what they're calling it now?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@melissacreel4719]

Loved that.

[@danieldickson8591]

@@melissacreel4719 Great line. But I really like that Raleigh and Mako did not have a conventional love story. Right to the end of the film they displayed respect, comradeship and friendship toward each other. Refreshing to see a man-woman relationship not defined by hormones.

[@mutanthybrid3466]

I am surprised he did not say, "Wanna drift with me?"

[@listentomusic5065]

Imagine saying to your girlfriend that we're drift compatible 😂

[@mutanthybrid3466]

@@listentomusic5065 Or during the act, "Are we drifting yet?"

[@dsleong8328]

the whole community heartedly said that there's no sequel

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

But nooo, we were looking forward to the sequel 😭

[@melindaszegedi9402]

@@OfficialMediaKnights kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnOkmaqdn7KppK8 there is a sequel :)

[@Chrisswiss]

@@OfficialMediaKnights unfortunately the sequel is a BIIIG stinker 💩😭

[@wingedswordslayer]

Well, there is a sequel. It's just a Netflix CGI show. But seriously, I thought The Black was a much better entry than the second movie overall but it does kind of need the second film to even work.

[@leodouskyron5671]

There is a sequel but you have ot turn your expectaions down.... way down. The sequel series down. But what can you expect when the bar is set by Guillermo del Toro. If you don't have a mind as beautiful, talented and experinced as that running things then it is not going to end well.

[@ViKatamari]

Wholesome fun fact: Guillermo Del Toro's name was too dificult to Mana Ashida, the little kid that portrays child Mako, to pronounce. So she asked Del Toro if she could call him “Totoro-san" 😭❤

[@thejamppa]

Well, Del Toro does look bit like Totoro...

[@ViKatamari]

@@thejamppa Del Totoro

[@Gavrev]

Awwww.. that's so cute! She's brilliant.

[@Melancthon7332]

@@thejamppa A bit? That dude looks like he takes a catbus to the studio every day

[@rosinaya]

That's adorable😂

[@Chimera211x]

Fun little point about the sword Gypsy Danger uses, and why it was used so infrequently despite its effectiveness. In the opening its alluded to that Kaiju blood is incredibly toxic and dangerous to the enviromnent. So Jaegers largely used blunt/cauterizing weapons so minimise the longstanding collateral damage that could come from having Kaiju guts splattered across an entire city. When Gypsy uses the sword, its only in the most dire scenarios as a last resort (In Space/deep underwater at the breach)

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Ahh! That explains it. We were wondering why they wouldn’t use it more often. Thanks for the insight 😄

[@talusneedsalife]

Not to mention the first time they use it, Raleigh's been calling all the shots in the fight as the more seasoned pilot and it's not until he runs out of ideas that Mako steps up and suggest the sword, something it seems he didn't know, meaning it was probably a more recent addition

[@RZONE2000]

@@talusneedsalife acc to the script this gypsy danger is a upgraded version. and it was indeed the single thing they added on in that upgrade as a weapon. for the rest the armnament was the same

[@jamesisaacson6379]

​@OfficialMediaKnights question when are you guy going to watch more predator movies or aliens or predator vs aliens also what your schedule?

[@jamesisaacson6379]

​@@OfficialMediaKnights when you guys watch more predator moive or predator vs aliens moive also what your guys schedule?

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

I like the way Raleigh is written. He's not your typical arrogant hotshot or an insecure mess you'd typically see, but an actual veteran. He has the skills, knowledge and proper attitude, humble but not submissive - especially when he vouched for Mako and later stood up for her against Chuck.

[@irmarodriguez1390]

One of my favorite movies. When this movie came out my daughter was 11 and her favorite Yager was Cherno Alpha and drew it, it came out very good.

[@sugarplumsoda]

When I was 12 years old, My aunt and her boyfriend came over to my house for a movie night and brought a cheap good quality dvd that looks like a dollar store. My favorite scene was the relationship between two characters as I watch it again at morning after the movie night, then my mind was like "OMG are they going to kiss!?" and the characters are like the coolest reunion students from college (i'm not even joking tho).

[@canceltheapocalypse8190]

The Jaegers were inspired by American WWII military bombers and jets complete with nicknames, decorative artwork and that old-timey industrial look. The the cockpits were practical sets on hydraulics that really tossed the actors around.

[@dracodracarys2339]

YESSSS FINALLY! No other film has shown such pure, unironic love for the kaiju and mecha genres. Making them feel so real and believeable while also keeping the inherent wackiness of "anime-esque setting where giant monsters and robots fight". Also Charlie Day brightens any movie he's in. He and Burn Gorman have such perfect comedic chemistry. They oughtta be in more movies and shows together.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

This really hit the spot when it comes to delivering on that promise. Massive mechas fighting giant Kaijus. It sounds like an absolute blast and they definitely didn’t back down from delivering exactly that 😄

[@imthewolf1]

This one is so much better than the first one, Atlantic Rim. A b rated movie with bad everything. 😆

[@GreatOldOne9866]

Del Toro doesn’t miss when it comes to monster movies. Very talented guy.

[@phousefilms]

I don't think there's a movie that Del Toro has made that is really "bad". I mean, he has sometimes been held back by idiotic studios("Mimic"so ruined his vision because of Harvey Weinstein and Miramax that he disavowed the film). He's also produced a bunch of films and shows that were awesome thanks to his vision and his creative design(not enough reactions to "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" and "the Strain").

[@Squeekysquid]

It doesn't hurt that He's a huge kaiju fan. This felt like a passion project. He was like No, we're gonna do this right.

[@shania991]

“Do not let me calm demeanor fool you RANGER” Idris wasn’t even talking to me and I stopped talking 😂

[@PierceArner]

The way that this movie conveys giant motion is one of the _best_ elements of how this communicates the absolute SCALE of the action.

[@danieldickson8591]

And an element that was mostly lost in the sequel.

[@PierceArner]

@@danieldickson8591 Unfortunately very true, and an EXTREMELY similar issue with the shift from *_Godzilla_* (2014) compared to *_Godzilla x Kong_* (2024), which makes me wish Legendary kept everything more towards how they established their kaiju franchises initially.

[@marcioamaral7511]

​@danieldickson8591 Uh sir...there's no sequel

[@flowy3422]

@@danieldickson8591 theres no sequel bro

[@PaleoEntertainment]

Woke up and got myself a cup of coffee for breakfast, then came over to KZbin for something to watch to start my day. Saw the thumbnail and immediately went and made me a bigger breakfast because no way was I gonna watch this awesomeness with only a cup of coffee in my stomach!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

That sounds like an awesome way to start the day! Haha Thanks for the love man ❤️

[@VoidVintage]

Cheers! ☕

[@dustinwilson4815]

Yeah, I stopped it and made chili for dinner before I came back to watch it with a full meal in hand.

[@NoFalseTruth]

That baby kaiju didn't seem like it had teeth. It basically was gumming Ron Pearlman XD At least, that's how I'm explaining him surviving.

[@Sure0Foot]

dammit, you ninja'ed me!!

[@Zankaroo]

Babies humans can bite decently hard with just gums. Now think about a baby kaiju. It would have more than enough bite force to crush him with its gums.

[@Sure0Foot]

@@Zankaroo tough enough FOR RON PEARLMAN?!?!?!?

[@michaelccozens]

@@Zankaroo Possibly, but it wasn't even a baby; it was apparently still quite premature. And it seemed to eat more like a duck or frog, ie. with a focus on getting the thing being eaten down its throat, not necessarily in any number of pieces. If we're going to get into the weeds a bit on it, while remembering this is a kaiju movie, incisors allow the concentration of force onto a very narrow surface, allowing it to cleave. The level of force applied drops really fast the more that surface of interaction is expanded. You drop a bowling-ball on your foot, it's going to hurt; you attach a blade to the bottom of that ball, and you're losing whatever it hits. And, of course, this is Ron Perlman playing Hannibal Chau, so, y'know; plot armor. And the thing generally looked real squishy, so it may have been more like being bashed between two waterbed mattresses. But your point is still a fair one, and fun to consider.

[@Whoyoulookinatfoo]

It was more like a baby bird eating a worm, it "biting" down was more to keep the food from spilling out while it tilts its head back to let it slide down its throat

[@rogu3rooster]

Perfect for 2am when I can't sleep

[@troyhallett9856]

Same!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Haha awww you guys 🥰🥰🥰 We hope y'all got to enjoy!!

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

As a dude who’s got some severe insomnia I feel you man!

[@sorinvlas7814]

For me its 5 PM

[@BlankSpace83]

@@sorinvlas7814means you are pretty much in the European timezone 🎉🤘🏻

[@blinkachu5275]

Just remember that this movie is a solo movie, there's never been a sequel ever, I promise :') (seriously though, I know with situations like The Thing (2011) the hate is unwarranted for the sequel but for Pacific Rim 2 the hate is 100% warranted... don't waste your time with it unless you genuinely just are curious how bad it is)

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thanks for the heads up haha 😄

[@camiischneiider93]

Agree. It's not worth it and actually ruins some of the best things of this one.

[@velvetra29]

Agree. Pacific Rim is a solo movie and we have the perfect ending here. There's no sequel, it's just a fever dream.

[@jiopa]

It's not that bad. Definitely nowhere near the genius of the original. But nowhere near as terrible as you imply. There are solid ideas in there. Mostly, it fails due to bad directing and trying to be funny. But the plot is interesting enough. 3/5

[@bridgethaines7127]

PacRim 2 is what it is -- a Young Adult version of this movie, aimed at teenagers, with teen leads. It's ok for being that but I wanted a true successor to this instead. This movie shows what Transformers COULD have been if they'd been CGI'd properly.

[@omegashark1837]

I remember watching this in theaters in 3D, felt every impact in my core.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Ooohhh that must have been AWESOME!!

[@omegashark1837]

@@OfficialMediaKnightsoh it was.

[@supahfly2106]

Hell yes, 3D IMAX real sound was insane.

[@Fedorchik1536]

@@OfficialMediaKnights It was so good I went a second time. Twice xD

[@blatherama]

The little girl in the memories is played by Mana Ashida, a Japanese actress/prodigy who's been stunningly good since she was six years old and was featured in a drama called "Mother".

[@kidterra4483]

Fun fact: Mana couldn't pronounce Mr. del Toro's name properly, so he allowed her to call him Totoro. Little cute trivia there.

[@dweller132]

Fun fact: The soundtrack for Pacific Rim features Tom Morello from Rage Against The Machine, he does guitar on a few tracks. The composer is Ramin Djawadi, who's worked on System Shock 2, Game of Thrones, this, and the new Fallout show. He also has synesthesia, the thing where people see sounds as colors.

[@logandarklighter]

Wow! What a wild "handicap" to have as a composer! What the hell must that be like? Also - Ramin Djawadi did the soundtrack for the first IRON MAN film. And it's possibly the BEST of all the Iron Man films. I wish they had brought him back to do Iron Man 2 or 3, but I guess it wasn't to be.

[@virgoleo81]

​@@logandarklighterBeethoven had synesthesia too. He wasn't really deaf, his brain just converted sounds to colors.

[@benmason9755]

Raleigh and Mako using an oil tanker like a baseball bat is one of the most awesome moments in movie history.

[@StreetHierarchy]

16:56 The thing about this guy is that he represents how Raleigh was before he lost his brother. The relationship between him and his dad is an exaggerated version of the relationship between Raleigh and his brother. This connection is made a number of times, especially when they call their partner "old man"

[@nitrokid]

Guillermo Del Toro is a huge anime fan and he got the inspiration from all sorts of Super Robot anime such as Getter Robo, Mazinger Z, Neon Genesis Evangelion, etc which features giant robots with fantastical weaponry destroying kaijus 🤘 And the way the Jaeger was piloted reminded me of an 80s American sci-fi/mecha movie called 'Robot Jox' 😂😂😂

[@SSD_Penumbra]

Also, the Titans in Warhammer 40k function similarly, only their pilots sometimes go crazy and request to be sealed INSIDE the cockpit, essentially becoming its brain.

[@pliniocampanaesouza6150]

I'd never expected to find someone who watched "Robot Jox". Kkkk Alexander's Mecha was my favorite.

[@IdleCommentator]

Battletech/Mechwarrior did this way of piloting way before "Robot Jox" with is neurohelmet (in fact, it's probably what inspired "Robot Jox" in the first place as there some suspicious parallels there).

[@ReznovSoldier]

@@SSD_Penumbra or are unable to, cause the titan will go on a rampage if they dont remain bonded

[@doktor_ghul]

...Guillermo also slid in his love for Gerry Anderson shows like THUNDERBIRDS and STINGRAY in the design and extravagant planning that the Jaegers and the Shatterdome got. They made sure to give the Jaegers their own personality and they went to a lot of pre-production time getting the interior design , the construction of the hydraulics, and why the Jaegers worked. They even made sure that the Russian Jaeger , which is my personal favorite, looks like a clanking tank with a nuclear tower on top. It wasn't fast, but it punched like a mountain falling on you.

[@Theeplayboi]

I can watch this movie hundreds of times over and over one of my favorite childhood movies growing up everything about this movie was perfect. The soundtrack visuals, action, human elements everything. and them boys were really cooking in the studio with the soundtracks

[@jyaad]

After rewatching this movie every year since it was released. Im still learning about all the small details and other details in general. This movie is absolute cinema. Theres so much thought and consideration that went into the movie as a whole. Every little thing has context and a reason why its like that.

[@Matrim42]

One thing I really like about this film is that we have an intimate relationship between the co-leads that isn’t romantic or sexual. It’s a rarity.

[@ExInfamous]

Yup, purely just two people who understand each other to the core. About what you would expect when they can literally read each-others minds, memories and emotions when they fight.

[@SemikaThambawita]

​@@ExInfamousand then we have an abomination of a film as the second one

[@calibadgerdude6082]

Saw this in IMAX 3d when it first released. Was so awestruck I walked out of the theater and bought another ticket to go see it again. XD. I’ve yet to see another film that captures scale as well as this movie, and I think it has to do with how things move. The inertia of massive objects is so hard to truly capture on film because small things don’t follow the same movement arcs as large things and you can usually tell when something’s a miniature because of this lack of inertia. Del Toro managed to get it right, and it works so well!

[@AWhistlingWolf]

The first attacks take place in 2013. The knifehead fight at the beginning takes place in 2020. The rest of the film is 2025. We're a few years behind on the kaiju war.

[@senzanome7302]

Cause we’re in the Black Ops 2 timeline

[@tonkatrucker]

When a movie is beyond our comprehension, in terms of " monsters and robotics" , it takes a good director to " suck us in". This was well done. The concept is really well executed, and all in all- a good ride .

[@lordmortarius538]

So Marshal Stacker Pentecost is the only other pilot to operate a Jaeger solo. He was one of the pilots of Coyote Tango, a Mk I Jaeger, and as you heard, the Mk I's were rushed into production to combat the imminent threat, and so they did not have adequate reactor shielding. Both he and his co-pilot were exposed to some severe radiation, and during their fight with Onibaba (the kaiju that was chasing little Mako), Pentecost's co-pilot blacked out from radiation poisoning, leaving him to defeat the monster alone, which he did, but at a terrible cost. His body was severely weakened by the radiation and the strain of piloting solo, which is why he said that if he went in one again, that'd be the last time he did. Also, when Charlie Day drifted with that bit of brain, he learned they're a hive mind... and that connection goes both ways. The Precursors took knowledge of Earth animals from him, which is why the next two kaiju they made are not actually sea creatures: Leatherback (the gorilla), and Otachi (the flyer). They'd also gained knowledge of how the Jaegers worked from him, which is why the EMP and acid abilities are such potent weapons against them. If you like this type of mecha, you'd LOVE The Big O, an anime that is half film-noir, half rock'em-sock'em robot monster fighting, with a very heavy Batman: The Animated series art influence. TOP tier anime, highly recommend, best episode is definitely the one with the fight between Big O and Big Duo.

[@swrennie]

To be fair, regardless of Elba's personal bias, "Because I said so" is the concept that armies, paramilitary organizations, businesses, schools and parents use for control, coordination and cohesion - aka "authority".

[@cytorakdemon]

In the novelization, it's said the brain power it takes to pilot a Jaeger solo is so severe that you have to focus on controlling normally involuntarily bodily functions. Like imagine piloting the Jaeger to shore and on top of controlling, walking and balancing a massive swaying giant robot, you have to remember to breathe and will your heart to beat. Also, you notice the Kaiju began to adapt to the Jaegers and humanity. They got bigger of course, but they also say... developed a hardened horn to punch through armor or walls. Or fly over walls to give birth deep inland. Or disable the electrically powered Jaegers after the nuclear powered ones were destroyed or decommissioned. Jaeger pilots were also selected based on close familiar ties to give the best results for drift compatibility, which is why so many of them were siblings or parent and child. With twins/triplets be the best case scenario. Which just goes to show how strong the bond is with Raleigh and Mako and the Kaidonovskys (who were married). I highly recommend reading the lore and watching the BTS and making of Pacific Rim. But I cannot reccomend the sequel. While the first film was very clearly a passion project made by people who love the Mecha and Kaiju genre, the second film was very clearly not so.

[@ScarlettM]

40:10 - backstory: Hansen family lived in Australia when Kaiju appeared. This was before Jaegers and the only way to bring down Kaiju was a nuke. Hansen was at an army base when order for nuke strike came through and he had access to a chopper. He could go home and pick up his wife or go the school and pick up his son, there was only time enough for one. This obviously affected father son relationship.

[@0203darkstar]

Lol hope they see this. Ngl Chuck is one who really interested me. And some of this more annoying traits can be explained. Wish they gave more info for the other pilots

[@ScarlettM]

@@0203darkstar I remember saying "Unless they bring Chuck back, I'm not watching the next one".

[@vanyadolly]

Definitively needed more hugs from his dad when he was younger. It's tragic because we know Herc cared, but him not knowing how to communicate with his son led to Chuck bottling up all his grief and anger all his life.

[@Iymarra]

GLADoS just casually chilling there - the voice of the Gipsy Danger's AI is Ellen McLain

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

We love Portal!

[@XenomorphXIII]

Yes! I came down here looking for this comment! 😁

[@srg08]

Same😊

[@D0S81]

The way Idris says the word ''Jaeger'' has lived rent free i my head since his film, and if i ever do an impression f him, its just e saying YAYGA in a deep cockney accent. lol.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

As a German (Denise) I will henceforth say it as YAYGA, in Idris' voice. Forevermore!

[@sic111]

The scene in the end where Eureka Striker sacrifice himself, where they show the giga Atomic Explosion from deep sea POV will always make me remember this movie as a masterpiece. The whole explosion as the Yeager uses his sword to not fly away, looks like some Elden Ring, Dark souls thing, then the vacuum as fish fall from the sky and wind blows in deep sea, then the tsunami of ocean water coming back is just perfect👌

[@pliniocampanaesouza6150]

This scene is amazing!

[@AWhistlingWolf]

When pilots merge their minds they see each other's lives and memories. The pilots for Striker Eureka are father and son.

[@senatorarmstrong1233]

If you noticed the 2 kaiju were meant to counter each Jaeger. The claw for gripping and destroying crimson tornado’s head, the acid spit for Cherno Alpha’s heavy armor, and the emo wave to knock out the last one.

[@AdderTude]

Fun fact: the body design for Gipsy Danger was modeled after MMA fighter Georges St. Pierre. Also, it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, but at the beginning, the Beckett bros are spotted wearing an undersuit called a circuitry suit right before their armor is attached to complete their Drivesuits. The circuitry suit is what allows them to interface with the hull of the Jaeger and feel pain from damage via the Drift, as well as transmitting movement to the mech. Lag time between Rangers' movement and Jaeger is "near zero." The thing that people don't realize is that the deaths of Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon could've been avoided entirely if Stacker's judgement wasn't clouded by his emotions over Mako. Bottom line, his decision to ground Gipsy is what cost him five Rangers because of emotional attachment. The Kaiju that appeared in the movie, AFAIK, are: - Trespasser (San Francisco) - Hundun (Manila) - Knifehead (Cat 3, Anchorage) - Mutavore (Cat 4, Syndey; broke the wall) - Otachi and Leatherback (Cat 4, Hong Kong) - Scunner and Raiju (Cat 4, the Breach) - Slattern (Cat 5, the Breach)

[@mycroft16]

They did an absolutely phenomenal job making you feel the size and weight of these things. That's not easy to do with something digital, but they nailed it. Just a hell of a fun action film.

[@malacaimarbas2048]

I personally love that they didn’t do the expected heroes kiss at the end. Whether you ship Mako and Raleigh or not, there’s no need for that overt physical declaration of love (platonic or romantic), because they were in each others heads. Like Chuck said to his father: No need to say anything, I know.

[@sugarplumsoda]

I shipped these two since 12 while watching the movie twice with my aunt, her boyfriend, and my siblings. In the original script and the novelization, they actually kissed.

[@bhargavipba]

I would have loved a version where they kissed too. But a no-kiss scene was equally sweet.

[@tonysaourn9220]

It took jets, Tanks and missiles to take it down 6 days and 35 miles later.Love that line

[@marvelousnerd5837]

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Same here I usually skim through reactions videos but I always let there’s play all the way through just for the commentary and appreciation for films itself. Love this channel a lot!

[@perfectq7206]

I love it when reactors simply get involved with the movie instead of constantly try to predict it. You two keep enjoying your movies and let us have fun watching your authentic reactions.

[@camiischneiider93]

Pacific rim it's just a masterpiece. Epic fights. Epic kaijuus and yaegers. Epic characters and lines. Just epic

[@christopherroberts6089]

To bad they didn't make a sequel 😏

[@weswesyall2827]

@@christopherroberts6089 they did and fucked it up completely, or were you being sarcastic?!

[@christopherroberts6089]

@@weswesyall2827 I was being sarcastic

[@GHost_LAgoonZ]

FINNALY PACIFIC RIM 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑 Funfact: godzilla is 2.4X taller than every Jaeger/kaiju in Pacific rim

[@GXKSS19]

He would destroy against all of them

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Gaaaah, the multiverse we all need right now!!

[@theeddytor3490]

yaa Jaegers would be godzilla's toy figures and kaiju's would be MUTO's pets basically.

[@youtubeyo142]

Who knows, they had categories with different abilities of their own, and they were not even the exterminators, as they said they were there just to clear out populated areas, who knew how big their big ones were? Or the ones who created them​@@GXKSS19

[@tyrannosaur219]

It’s not just size in terms of physical dimensions, but sheer weight. Pacific Rim’s kaiju are lightweights compared to most of Godzilla’s incarnations, only weighing a couple thousand tons while Godzilla is typically upwards of 20k. Without any adjustment between the two universes, I’d imagine the only edge the Pacific Rim kaiju would have against him would be speed or something like Otachi’s acid, but none of their physical blows would carry enough weight to effectively do anything. It’d be like punching Superman as a normal dude.

[@sptheprodigy_0398]

They didn’t use the sword earlier because it would have covered the area in Kaiju blood, which is toxic. Their plasma canon cauterizes wounds so it was safer to use in a populated area

[@aleatharhea]

I saw my first Godzilla film when I was a little girl in the 60s. My dad loved creature features (and sci-fi) and loved sharing them with his daughters. We saw it in a drive in theater. I had Godzilla nightmares and The Blob nightmares for decades. But I love creature features and sci fi to this day. I can’t tell you how much I love this film.

[@R1ch4rd74]

A must watch is The Day The Earth Stood Still. both the original and the remake are EXCELLENT movies. This move was great as well.

[@US-ox9wo]

As a Japanese, I believe that this is the best foreign film that has been made with such respect for what represents Japan as monsters and giant robots!

[@lktzu2821]

Y'all always react to the best movies and also give the best commentary. I'm glad I found this channel.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Thank you so so much for such a kind comment, it honestly means the world to us!! We are so glad to have you among us ❤️

[@Treysor101]

"Godzilla Minus One" FINALLY comes out in May (hopefully). Can't wait for you guys to see it! 😊

[@Mr.PigeonErwan]

I thought it was released back in december

[@bmaster5324]

@@Mr.PigeonErwan I think they mean to streaming

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

We’ve been counting on the days man! We need an official release date!

[@Treysor101]

@Pigeon66676 Sorry. I meant streaming.

[@lazunekko]

Japan only, apparently.

[@SaraBearRawr0312]

When everyone went to see this on opening day, pretty much everyone thought it'd just be a cheesy but otherwise cookie cutter monster movie - then after 30 minutes everyone collectively thought "...wait... this is actually pretty sick" and by the end of it everyone left with genuine smiles at how awesome this movie was. Once of the best kaiju movies every made. Such a shame they only ever made one of these...yep - just one... no sequel that completely missed the mark on what made this great was EVER made...........

[@DaRkLoRdZoRc]

What I find very interesting is that this movie *was* cheesy, but del Toro made it work by leaning wholeheartedly into the cheesiness. This movie doesn't really 'feel' like a movie - it's more like a comic book or a video game. The setting, while based in some semblance of our real world, is something very different than ours in terms of its level of technology and the impact that the kaiju have had on its culture. The characters are lovable and easily recognizable because a lot of them are some sort of fun stereotype: You have Gottlieb the stuffy British professor that has no idea how to have fun, Newt the MLG kaiju nerd that has no social awareness whatsoever and probably collects kaiju Funko Pops on his days off, Mako who is pretty much literally an anime character, and tons of characters and locations with names chosen purely because they sound badass (Hercules Hansen, Stacker Pentecost, the Shatterdome, basically every Jaeger name, etc.), and no amount of absurdity is too much to tolerate. Using giant robots instead of concussive missile turrets and ballistic nukes perched atop massive walls? Damn right, PUNCH those fuckers. Plasma cannons and rocket punches? Shit, man, I'm down with that. Using shipping containers as brass knuckles, or a fucking *oil tanker* as a baseball bat to beat some skyscraper-sized Jurassic Park reject upside the head? HELL YEAH! It's just a fun watch because it feels like the kind of movie that results from giving a little kid a $100,000,000 budget and letting him go nuts with it.

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

seeing this movie in theaters was something special, the giants fighting giants on the biggest possible screen with the seats shaking with the bass you could feel in your chest: just incredible

[@NestorCaster]

54:22 the kaiju was chewing, but had no teeth, so it ended up swallowing like a duck swallows food lol

[@ChrisMillerCrazyHouse]

This is one of my favorite films of the last 2 decades. I remember watching on opening weekend and feeling like a kid again while watching these giant robots fight giant monsters.

[@danieldickson8591]

I find it interesting to compare this film to the Monsterverse movies, especially the first three. Those movies are told from the perspective of humans "looking up" at the giant monsters, which makes us feel very small and helpless against them. Pacific Rim uses the Jaegers to scale us humans up to the monsters' level, empowering us to literally look them eye-to-eye. As Raleigh says, "In a Jaeger you can fight the hurricane. You can win."

[@tenchraven]

And then you realize a jaeger comes up to Legendary Godzilla's waist. Well... Where it would be, Big G is rocking the dad bod these days.

[@helloasa9296]

​@@tenchraven🤦‍♂️

[@frkzoid]

I was driving around the shipping dock one time where containers were being moved and I heard the sounds it was making and I thought "Wow, that's exactly the sound I heard from Pacific Rim."

[@patrickwaldeck6681]

Best part of this movie how well they portrayed the WEIGHT of the Kaiju and the Jaegers. You can really feel the force of Gipsy's fist when it is rocket punching the shit out of giant monsters.

[@senzanome7302]

Agreed, the scene with Striker from a standing point trying to run to assist Cherno is amazing, the struggle of the hydraulics trying to push every once of pressure needed to get that behemoth moving let alone run meters deep in the ocean and the water beautifully designed and looks like real water being pushed by a massive thing is just 🤌👌

[@spdcrzy]

13:40 I LOVE this conversation between Mako and Beckett. It sounds like snark coming from Mako, but she really is just stating facts from her perspective - and Beckett is both aware of how much she is right as well as how much she lacks in terms of experience. There is no fragile ego here - just two very experienced people giving their opinions to each other with mutual respect. That theme of mutual respect along with understanding that nobody is perfect, combined with the relationship between the two of them - it's a rare thing to see in movies these days. What they have isn't platonic or even romantic. It goes deeper than words, than understanding, than even emotion itself. That was something I wish this movie had expounded on more. This sort of mind-meld literally bonds you to another person, and changes both of you in ways that cannot be anticipated.

[@DavidKing-nl7ct]

I discovered this channel yesterday looking for a great kaiju movie reaction and instead found the funniest movie commentary channel:)

[@akumadaYT]

Thank god that only one Pacific Rim movie was made. And no others.

[@StrikerEureka13]

Yeah, they would have probably messed up a sequel

[@eijirokirishima5263]

Yes you guys finally are watching my favorite kaiju film. This movie was so good when i saw it in theaters with my father.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

It was a blast to watch! Glad you enjoyed it as well 😄

[@eijirokirishima5263]

@OfficialMediaKnights thxs, and I'm glad you enjoyed it 😊. Now the franchise I'm for you guys to react to is Harry Potter

[@Diamondplayz-hu9he]

This movie will never get old. It is one of the best movies, and will stay one of the best movies.

[@barneysannobleys6331]

You guys are a hidden gem, I love your content, the comments you make and overall the quality you bring to the reaction community. I will make a shameless off-topic suggestion and say that Bladerunner 2049 is a movie that I'm super excited for you to watch in the future! Much love to you both ♥

[@ScarlettM]

30:52- the way Russian Jaeger is build - it doesn't have an escape mechanism for the pilots. They are in the "abdomen", safer but also stuck, while other Jaegers have their pilots in the "head" that has an ejection system, but also more open to attacks. It's a trade off.

[@halfknight2310]

one of the major things I liked about this movie was how, during the fights or just how the jaegers and kaiju move. you can FEEl the weight of it all. each impact, the straining of metal, the cracking of concrete etc. you can just feel how big and heavy these giants are. also love how kinda thought out it was. (maybe I'm over analyzing) but notice how the jaegers started failing after Gypsy danger fell. cause they kaiju learned that they need to target the cockpit. which is when the jaegers started failing. then. the only jaegers who were left were jaegers who left were the ones who were incredibly unique. cherno alpha (the russian one) actually lacked a head. and its body was HEAVILY armoured. making it hard to get into the cockpit. Crimson (the chinese one) has 3 arms, making him unique and different. he's fast, and far more different than many jaegers. And of course. Striker eureka, he's new, with anti kaiju missles, and faster than most of the jaegers, so the kaiju hadn't adapted yet. but then. in hong kong, cause of newt, the kaiju were specific to go against the remaining jaegers. otatchi, with the clawed tail, that let it counter crimson's 3 arms. and it's acid to rip through cherno's armour. also, the wings, cause no jaeger can fly. (also able to give birth to bring new kaiju into the fray if otatchi lived) while also, leatherback, a large tanky kaiju. able to match cherno's strength and brawler style of fighting and also the weight class. while cherno was nuclear, leatherback could likely still match him in a physical fight. while also the emp to go against Striker's electricity and also (if crimson survived when leatherback arrived), to effect crimson's electric power as well. then slattern (the hammer head and tentacles one) was more sea creature based than above water combat. which makes sense if they wanted him to only defend the breach. along with raiju (the crocodile with the split head) being a fast swimmer. (scunner is one I'm not so sure about though. he was tanky. maybe the precusers planned to keep scunner as backup, so it would be raijin's speed and scunners strength. (slightly fun yet morbid fact about cherno alpha. there was NO ESCAPE POD built into him. meaning. if the jaeger was to die, so would the pilots. going down with their jaeger)

[@halfknight2310]

wow I rambled

[@senzanome7302]

My only question is how did they learn to go for the head? Knife head died so it couldn’t send the information, unless…the guy who drifted with the Kauji before Newt did relayed that information in the drift Edit: (get it? “Should have gone for the head”) I’ll let myself out

[@halfknight2310]

​@@senzanome7302 they are always connected. they are a hivemind after all. knife head likely noticed that Gypser had falters the moment it managed to go for the head. this info is still stored inside the hivemind, even when knifehead fell. his memories are still stored in the hivemind of the precursors. notice how it went for gypsy's body first? but it noticed despite being stabbed the through chest and an arm being lost. gypsy was still standing. so it went for the head. (it was first fighting as if it was fighting another animal. the head is a small target, but most creatures die if you go for the body.)

[@senzanome7302]

@@halfknight2310 ohhh right I forgot they are hivemind and not just clones. I am surprised they didn’t start trying it earlier(not complaining as that would’ve been very bad for humanity lol) since the most effective animals try to aim for the throat/neck. Was knifehead bred for a specific purpose like leatherback and the others? Have a flesh knife doesn’t seem like it would be useful if they thought Jeagers were like other animals, my guess is that when the guy drifted with a brain they at least learned Jeagers were machines and could break a lot more easily with pointy weapons rather than blunt force like its predecessors

[@halfknight2310]

@@senzanome7302 my guess for knife head. No. Seems like most before this. They were sending out test runs. To see which Kaiju would be best suited for combat against the humans. Also. They have targets the head before. (It’s how stacker ended up having to fight solo. If I recall onibaba, the crab, had knocked against the con pod. Knocking out his co pilot.) but it seems they figured the body would be were the main areas would be. I think they knew the jaegers were machines. They likely were simply basing their Kaiju to the predators and animals of earth. (Knife head is based on a goblin shark. Who has a similar head) but they likely thought that the most logical place to put the pilots was the chest. Instead of the head. (It’s like gundum logic. The head is just a decor.) but that’s just my guess. Maybe cause the jaegers stand upright, the head is further up. And a smaller target. And since kaju are meant to be weapons. They went for the second best option. The chest. But that’s just a theory. But it’s hard to tell though. As for newt. He likely accidentally sent them what the remaining jaegers were capable off. So it’s the precursors sent Otachi and leatherback. Who Were both specific to Crimson typhoon, cherno and striker.

[@GeminiWoods]

Fun fact: Ellen McLain did the computer voice for the Jagers in this movie. She's also known for her voice as GLaDOS in Portal games and the Over Watch in Half Life 2 among many other voices.

[@Lloyd00]

OST goes so hard

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

It gets you hype from the get go!

[@angelabatiste446]

I'm so glad you took our suggestions to watch this to heart! I was hoping it would be just as much for you as it was for me. Check out any of del Toro's interviews about creating this... you can see that he had a lot of fun. His description of the monster design of the kajui is mint.

[@frosty575]

Hey mediaknights, the reason why they didn't use the sword the whole entire time, because it would splattered the kaiju's blue blood everywhere in the city and the kaiju's blue blood is.. like toxic and could kill anyone near them...

[@adarsh4764]

Another info- The Kaiju's who attacked before didn't knew the Jaegers were actually giant machines run by humans. They thought Jaegers as the actual organisms of Earth. That's why Knifehead tried to kill Gypsy by stabbing it's chest and ripping off the arm. The killing of the brother pilot was just a unfortunate coincidence as it got ripped off from the head cockpit as it got hit. Only later on after the Newt Kaiju drift they knew Jaegers being controlled by humans which is why this time they specially attacked the head where the pilots were.

[@kuzu_no_ha]

Pacific Rim! Was obssessed with this when it came out. Still have my Jaeger action figs on display.

[@adarsh4764]

The fact that it took two category 4 Kaijus attacking simultaneously to take down Cherno Alpha while it was already damaged by the Acid says how true of a Badass Cherno was. All other advanced Jaegers had similar basic structure such as the pilot cockpit being inside the head of the Jaeger. So the Kaijus knew specifically to target the heads. But Cherno on other hand doesn't really have an actual head. The top part of it was actually covered by the reactor cooling fans. The pilots were kind of in the chest area. And since Chenro was the strongest and heaviest of all Jaegers, no physically damaging hit like claw strike or punch would affect it much. So that's why they had to use Acid to destroy the armour and then just simply drown the pilots in the water.

[@goldendoomslayer6301]

Fun fact godzilla weighs 164,000 tons he weighs more than 20 of these kaiju combined so he would shred through these things like they were made of paper. I loved the first Pacific rim film and... Some aspects of the sequel i wish they coulda kept the momentum with these movies we very well could have seen the burth of a new kaiju universe but sadly PR after its Netflix anime which wasnt bad has went silent. Hopefully they can regroup and pull this awesome franchise out of the dark and do something incredible.

[@blackwidow7804]

Yes Slattern who was the biggest kaiju weigts only 6,750 tons. The writers messed up with the weights. These things should be much heavier. At least 10x heavier.

[@emperorchampion]

They could made of some super light material ​@@blackwidow7804

[@ScarlettM]

27:45 Little interesting "fact" - Cherno Alpha team held the record for longest Neural Handshake (Drift) - 18 hours.

[@ACNelson-officialchannel]

I've been waiting for you guys to react to this film! 🤣 This is such a great movie! I love the angel that was taken with this one! Awesome reaction Guys! ❤❤❤ I'm still considering the "speed run for dating" comment. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

Haha aww thank youu, we hope you enjoy our reaction!! Also yesss haha this is definitely the best solution in 'speed run for dating' 😂

[@ACNelson-officialchannel]

@@OfficialMediaKnights I love watching you two! Seeing your reaction was like watching this again for the first time! Although, I can't believe that Denise didn't slap Ari for the "catfish" comment!!! 🤣😂🙃🤣😂🙃🤣😂🙃

[@JerASMR]

I love how the Muto from Godzilla came from the Philippines. Then here, the second attack happened in Manila lol!

[@StrikerEureka13]

The Philippines and San Francisco jist can't catch a break

[@Mandred85]

It's sad they never made a second part. Well maybe thats for the better.

[@AquaBlue77]

This is one of my all-time favorite movies because I love both Monsters and Mecha, and this movie has both in absolute spades, on top of a lot of action blended in with both heart-warming and heart-wrenching moments. All reasons why I adore it so much. Great reaction.

[@dhk5174]

I recommend Pan's Labyrinth (2006). It's not only Guillermo Del Toro's best film but also one of the greatest fantasy movies of all time.

[@alexdewayne9392]

I suggested that like 3 weeks ago to them. They acknowledged my comment.

[@tim-thetoolman-taylor]

9:08 That, boys and Girls, is what we like to call: Foreshadowing 10:45 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. THE IRONY 12:53 Well this is awkward 13:13 Yes, they are

[@Voldezhur]

This movie is actually so freaking cool Too bad they never made a second one

[@allengator1914]

They did in 2018. It's called "Pacific Rim Uprising"

[@jonyvole]

@@allengator1914 its a joke among the community lmao, movie so bad its better to pretend it doesnt exist

[@sugarplumsoda]

There is no sequel in ba sing se...

[@teddyj5187]

Have to admit something but i was seeing other reactors at the same time as you. Now i love you guys and have been faithful for the past 3 weeks the longest reactor monogamy i ever had. Keep up your awesomeness.

[@MorgainPendragon666]

I was 13 when I saw this movie for the first time In theater. You can imagine how a teenager would feel about it 😅 Also in 3D! I still absolutely love it

[@sugarplumsoda]

Same since I was 12, my aunt and her boyfriend brought a good quality dvd for like 1$ for a cool movie night and I enjoyed the intro and the fight scenes that feels like a video game.

[@Whalewraith]

Best kaiju movie ever. Wish they would do a Godzilla team up.the Jaeger's have a real feeling of weight, something I never got from any of the Transformer movies.

[@nerdwatch1017]

I’m guessing you both never saw the awesome biker series called Sons of Anarchy then? Because the two biggest actors Charlie Hunnum and Ron Pearlmon are in this movie

[@18videowatcher41]

This is just an all-around incredible movie. It was well written, well directed, and the actors did a fantastic job. Guillermo Del Toro really is a master of cinema.

[@ivanbutenko8778]

By the way, James Cameron is listed in the credits of the film, I never found information, maybe he somehow helped in creating visual effects or something else.

[@duhduh14]

28:09 sadly the sequel lacked that and they all just move at light speed. Goes the same for Godzilla in Kong vs Godzilla and the newest one.

[@shainewhite2781]

NICE! One of my favorite Kaiju movies! Pacific Rim 2: Uprising was not well received by critics or fans and a third film in the franchise was cancelled due to the film's poor box office.

[@canceltheapocalypse8190]

Epic movie. Skip the sequel.

[@OfficialMediaKnights]

That's such a shame, we were actually really looking forward to the sequel 😭

[@sylvielopez228]

Está película no tiene secuela 😄

[@thunderism2649]

When he drifted with Kaiju brain the Kaiju makers got access to his knowledge about Jaegers, hence the departure of newly designed Kaijus made to counter Eurekas Electronics by EMP and Cherno (Tanky punch Jaeger) by acid spit. He doesn't know much about Gipsy at the time as it was decommissioned for quite a while from its battle in Anchorage. So the counter Kaijus doesn't really have any built in designs to counter Gipsys components mostly running in Analog system thats why EMP did not shut it down, not to mention it runs via Thermo Nuclear.

[@BlankSpace83]

„Wait. I think this guy's dead. But let's check for a pulse.“ „Okay.“ [They turn the Jaeger around and fire the plasma cannon into the Kaiju four more times, exploding its chest] „No pulse.“

[@chaimeansteabro_]

Just obsessed with this movie. It's a bit of a comfort movie to me now. Guillermo Del Toro basically kills every genre he feels like doing, but especially monsters/horror. I loved your commentary and acknowledgements about the practical effects, the music, the choreography, the detailed lore, and the cinematography. One fun fact that I didn't see anyone mention, is that the computer's female voice in both the Jaegers and the Shatterdome HQ is GLaDOS's voice, the antagonist from the Portal video games. Thanks again for this reaction! Absolutely fantastic people people watching a fantastic film.

[@JoveJoved]

They operate by Voltron rules. Don't use the most effective weapon until last.

[@requiem-girl]

And just like Voltron there is no sequel. Or nothing after season 6.

[@JoveJoved]

@@requiem-girl What are you talking about? 1. Pacific Rim had a sequel. 2. Voltron also had a sequel (Vehicle Voltron). 3. None of the Voltron series only had 6 seasons. The most recent had 8.

[@requiem-girl]

@@JoveJoved It's a joke based on how shitty both the Pacific Rim sequel and the later seasons of the recent Voltron show are.

[@JoveJoved]

@@requiem-girl Ah.

[@vanyadolly]

Raleigh didn't know about it and Mako was following his lead through most of the fight.

[@breezy3392]

I like how we see Riley as a brash hothead at the beginning, but we see after the time skip how his character changes in those years after losing his brother. He breaks thr stereotype usually used for this type of character role. He was such a good mentor to Mako.

[@lonewolf8102]

If you like this actor, you should watch him in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. It's another amazing fantasy style film.

[@dmyz5343]

so happy you guys enjoyed and reacted to this movie. the monster as well as the mech design is just amazing. I love the battles between the two. thank you guys again for everything you guys do. hope you have an amazing day. can't wait for the next. 🤘