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Highly Overrated But Still Good

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Considering that I turned it off after 20 minutes, I can't really give a full review. However, I feel compelled to warn others, who don't particularly enjoy mindless, illogical story lines, coupled with acting which rivals what one sees in a WWE commercial. If that sounds like you, don't waste your time on this movie. On the other hand, if you enjoy WWE, over the top special effects, and can overlook 2nd grade level concepts of science and engineering, you may actually enjoy this film. In short, I suspect it polarizes most people. You will either love it or hate it...there's no room for middle ground with this one.

This is the wet dream of a stalinist. there is no reason, although some emotions are built to mimic some sort of shallow logic. but the rest is everything about getting together to weave the better hive. how everybody and everything got together against an enemy built, like all western apocalyptic narratives, after the model of satan: chaotic, out of nowhere, and very powerful. and all the humans have to do is admit they are simply cogs in a bigger machine, of course, like all despots "for the sake of everybody".

An incredible waste of $190M. The first twenty minutes were pure cringe; I was hoping, but not expecting, that it would somehow be a self-satire, considering it was as obnoxiously over-the-top as the Alliance military culture in Starship Troopers, but alas, no. Entirely sincere. The only good things of substance were the performances and the bits of passable dialog between Elba, the blonde guy (the main one, not the 5 other ones), and Kikuchi. The script was interminably and unrepentantly stupid without a shred of self awareness. There is no sense of what's going on in the wider world, and the action scenes - despite having technically competent effects and production design - were just boring. Another entirely derivative and forgettable action film, barely having a personality past its formula. The child actor playing little Mako in the flashback sequence was incredible, however. Bravo.PS If you want an actually compelling alien sci-fi actioner, watch Edge of Tomorrow. The very ending doesn't make sense, but it's compelling throughout.

Bad, bad, I mean, BAD acting. There are times when the Asian chick Mako has some screen time, and honestly, it's very, very cringe worthy. Idris Alba does his best to be a good actor too, but the situation that he's placed in makes him especially impossible to make his acting shine competently (esp. the elevator scene. I'll say nothing more.). With that being sad, what really saves this film are the visuals. I mean wawaweewa. The movements of the jaegers. The way they move are so realistic that you feel their enormity, their crushing gravity within you as you watch this film. It's as if you're actually there, which is what makes this film so awesome (visually)! And then there's this one scene where... I won't say anything more because I won't give it away, but trust me. When you see the film, you'll never forget it. The image will stick with you to the grave. I'll just give you one clue: sunlight. Boom. That's it. Anyhow, there are times, however, when the film makes you feel that cheap props and super fake-as-hell stuff are being used. Maybe Hollywood was cutting corners OR Guillermo needs to find himself other artists who decorate his scenes, fabricate the non-cgi equipments, and so forth. Those annoying knick knacks really killed the film. But other than that, the visuals. For those alone, the film is worth 7 stars.