Man of Steel vs Pacific Rim

Yeah i've watched all of those

Wicked City is alot more messed up.

Mos but action in Pacific Rim was better.

I, on the flip side, lean Pacific Rim. In the action, there was more a sense of 'the heroes are fighting to *prevent* this mega damage,' Jonathan Kent's 'don't use your powers to save lives even if it could cost your secret ID!' was silly and I don't think it worked, and overall it trended a bit dark for what I prefer for Superman.

Pacific Rim was straitforward but strong in theme, and it's effects captured a sense of mass in the Jaeger and Kaiju to reflect their scale that's quite impressive.

Superman didn't listen to his dad anyway, exposing himself like 4 times over the course of the movie in order to save people.

True. It's still an element that I don't think worked.

I thought it was ok right until Johnatan's retarded death scene. I just couldn't fkn buy someone being so stupidly stuck up about something.

maybe when I become a father I'll understand, but until then its just awful.

Exactly.

There's no parts of Pacific Rim where I facepalm at like that.

MoS for me. I found it to be an enjoyable film. Pacific Rim, however, was a massive disappointment and just a boring generic film. Ultimately, I'll buy MoS on blu-ray but I'll never feel the need to watch PR again.

How was PR boring and generic?

Boring because I din't give one shit about the story or characters. The action was pretty good but even that wasn't amazing. Generic because the characters were so typical for lack of a better word. Nothing about them was unique.

Your opinion is stupid and so are you.

The characters were definitely straitforward, but I found them good in those roles, and there were some very good scenes in there. Plus, Ron Perlmen as Hannibal Chou!

Also, here's one that may be a plus or a minus- I'd say that Pacific Rim was the more optimistic/positive movie.

Pacific Rim was generic. I wouldn't call it boring though.

Originally posted by Zack Fair
I thought it was ok right until Johnatan's retarded death scene. I just couldn't fkn buy someone being so stupidly stuck up about something.

maybe when I become a father I'll understand, but until then its just awful.

That's also what I found odd & disappointing about Clark's childhood.... No matter how you're raised as a child, no kid has ever done as they're told 100%.I was honestly hoping Clark would've stood up to those bullies as a kid...or at least got them back in a way that didn't implicate him or his powers.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
That's also what I found odd & disappointing about Clark's childhood.... No matter how you're raised as a child, no kid has ever done as they're told 100%.I was honestly hoping Clark would've stood up to those bullies as a kid...or at least got them back in a way that didn't implicate him or his powers.

Anyway, Clark and John were idiots.

IMO, I believe Pacific Rim was better. It was far more successful than Superman at being exactly what it said it was, had far less noticeable flaws, and it's characters had better arcs and sub-plots.

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
Man of Steel hands down,,.

better story/acting, etc

I was actually a bit disappointed with PR, even going in with modest expectations. I started to find the fights kind of redundant (leap, punch, roar, punch, leap, roar, etc). I think some wrestling moves could've broken up the monotony (hell, even Godzilla and Kong have done judo flips 'n' stuff).

I dunno. I saw the movie only once. We'll see what happens the second time around.

I feel Man of Steel took greater risks that didn't didn't pay off while Pacific Rim used a more tested and true method but polished it up the best they could. I'd vote Pacific Rim.

Originally posted by NotAllThatEvil
I feel Man of Steel took greater risks that didn't didn't pay off while Pacific Rim used a more tested and true method but polished it up the best they could. I'd vote Pacific Rim.

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Man of Steel had some great visuals, but it failed at telling the story it was attempting to. Pacific Rim, while "simpler" in it's plot (debatable) told it's story perfectly and more fluidly. I also liked the character arcs in PR better, as Clark Kent's, while taking up a bit of screentime, was confusing and missed it's mark. The one's in PR were simple, but substantial and perfect for the story.

Like I said, I feel Pacific Rim was far more successful at just being what it is. MoS feels like a disjointed mess that is trying to explore several concepts but hitting upon neither.

Even as far as visuals go, seeing Superman wrestle some tentacles is sorta cool, but seeing an underwater dome caused by a nuclear explosion is cooler IMO.

Superman vs Tentacles was the lamest action sequence in the entire movie.