Dear Joe Q Public:
Please explain to me how a movie as good as Pacific Rim gets the short-shrift from general movie-going audiences, while shiny but vacuous replicants like Transformers and Independence Day score big and spawn sequels.
Don’t tell me you’re not still starved for a truly big-bang “movie-movie” entertainment.
Not after Man of Steel pissed the proverbial leotard and the Lone Ranger laid a giant stinky egg.
We’re all still dying for this summer’s Jurassic Park or Aliens, a crowd-pleasing spectacular that demands to be experienced in a giant theater with a capacity crowd.
Well, here it is, and you almost let it slip through your fingers.
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Please explain to me how a movie as good as Pacific Rim gets the short-shrift from general movie-going audiences, while shiny but vacuous replicants like Transformers and Independence Day score big and spawn sequels.
Don’t tell me you’re not still starved for a truly big-bang “movie-movie” entertainment.
Not after Man of Steel pissed the proverbial leotard and the Lone Ranger laid a giant stinky egg.
We’re all still dying for this summer’s Jurassic Park or Aliens, a crowd-pleasing spectacular that demands to be experienced in a giant theater with a capacity crowd.
Well, here it is, and you almost let it slip through your fingers.
Read more »