Four months after its July 12 release, Pacific Rim is still playing at the Denver-area cheap theatres, which means there's not much time left to see it on the big screen. And let us be clear: you must see this movie on as big a screen as possible. Yes, the dynamism, charisma, and sheer bravura force of Idris Elba as the most intimidating commanding officer since Patton might carry over to your television set, but this is a movie about giant robots fighting giant monsters. That, my friends, requires a giant screen.
To paraphrase Ralph J. Gleason's comments from the Bitches Brew liner notes (you all have read the liner notes to Miles Davis' legendary double album Bitches Brew, yes?): there may be greater giant robots fighting giant monsters movies in the future, but from here on out, any giant robots fighting giant monsters movie has to go around Pacific Rim to get in front of Pacific Rim.
Guillermo Del Toro is some kind of genius. Seriously.
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