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As the sequel to "Pacific Rim", "Rising of Thunder" is actually well aware of the shortcomings of the previous work, and tries to build more tension in the plot, but in fact, the masked characters and empty and boring lines cost a lot of time The plot foreshadowing has become almost useless, and the old cyberpunk style in the previous work has disappeared in this sequel.
At a time when the big scenes alone can no longer make people surprised, "Pacific Rim" uses near-extreme special effects rendering and the attainment of the lens, which is really exciting. As a sequel to "Thunder Comeback", the most urgent problem that needs to be solved is the criticism of the plot. However, whether it is the character creation or the plot concept, although a lot of thought has been put into the movie, but all kinds of lack of good can be applied to the old tricks, making the movie impossible at all. What is really novel about its plot, but in terms of look and feel, it has become more tedious than the compactness of the previous work.
From the perspective of visual experience, the core reason why "Pacific Rim" can still shine after the audience has been baptized by the "Transformers" series lies in the cyberspace carefully crafted by director Guillermo del Toro. The punk style, the mecha warriors under the dark night of the sea, brings a more realistic meaning to people. On the other hand, in the second part, the new director of "Pacific Rim" only had a superficial understanding of "fighting monsters", and directly put the mecha under the bright lens, although the various combat actions became clearer, but the old The lens aesthetics that stand out in the gloom seems to no longer exist.
From this point of view, although the battle of Tokyo in the movie is still a heavy book, it is not at the same level at all compared to the battle of Hong Kong hidden in the dark night of the previous film. The latter gives me It feels more like a deluxe version of Ultraman fighting monsters, rather than the mecha battle brought by "Pacific Rim" in the past. Similarly, at the end of the movie, the strange death method of the villain monster is even more important. This sequel draws an ironic end, and makes people finally understand the root cause of why the movie has become so vulgar.
For this sequel, which is inaccurate in terms of plot and style, I can't help but think of the "Atlantic Rim" that once lived up to its name. Naturally, "Rise of the Thunder" has a Hollywood-level orthodox production, but such a resurgence of Thunder, with the The previous work was essentially nothing more than a raccoon dog on a hill.
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