It made no sense for the guy to survive at the end. That was probably just to please the audience. Presumably he'll end up dead in the director's cut.
GTFO.
They'll kiss. They already did in the novelization, which is based on the final script. And I've seen copies of the first script, so I know he was always meant to survive.
Though personally I think them not kissing is actually kind of brilliant. They have Drifted, been in each other's heads. Compared to that, any physical expression of affection or intimacy is nothing.
Well, I wasn't gonna derail WHIYL further with Pacific Rim discussion, but since you guys are doing it...
Though personally I think them not kissing is actually kind of brilliant. They have Drifted, been in each other's heads. Compared to that, any physical expression of affection or intimacy is nothing.
I'll grant this much at least.
It took several days and nuclear weapons to kill the first and smallest kaiju. Cannons just do not cut it. That also has the rather nasty side effect of littering the ground for miles with pieces of dead kaiju, which quite effectively poisons everything it touches unless cleaned up immediately. Cleaning it up immediately is impossible if it covers a dozen square miles.
And slicing kaiju in half with a giant sword doesn't get kaiju parts everywhere? :P
I saw it a few weeks ago. It dragged in ways that STID didn't, but overall it was a good time. I still don't understand why people couldn't have used cannons to shoot down the kaiju instead of relying on big, expensive robots, given how effective projectile-launching weapons are IRL. Firing cannons wouldn't make for a good movie, though, especially not one with the special effects budget this one must have had.
I don't think there's much doubt that, in the real world, a combination of conventional air power, saturation missile fire (from guided missile frigates or whatever) and specially designed artillery could bring down a Kaiju pretty efficiently. But is that really a movie you want to go see? Or do you want to go watch a giant robot do it? :D
^ Like I said.
I have an answer for that: The universe that movie takes place in is not in line with our own
Conventional weapons are thus less effective in that universe and we must rely on awesome robots
Could be.
why does pacific rim keep sounding like a bad anime? you guys are making me want to see it less.
Like I said, it was entertaining overall, just dragged at times.