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Cortez 2022-04-22 07:01:02
It feels like a movie version of Ultraman. I feel that the monsters in the movie are just big, not very powerful. They can be shot with cannons, cut with knives, and if they are more high-tech, they can also study some biochemical weapons. I can think of a hundred ways to deal with such monsters. One hundred and the other is to build robots of average size to fight monsters hand-to-hand. With the Battle of Los Angeles and Super Battleship Lace some time ago, the plot is so weak that Hollywood blockbusters are now starting to take the mentally handicapped route? As long as the special effects, as long as the scene. Fortunately, the plot is still compact, if you don't think about it, it's still very enjoyable to watch. The only thing that deserves credit for this movie is probably the soundtrack, which is pretty grand.
Extended Reading
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Raleigh Becket: This is worth fighting for. We don't have to just obey him.
Mako Mori: It's not obedience, Mr. Becket; it's respect.
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[first lines]
Raleigh Becket: [narrating] When I was a kid, whenever I'd feel small or lonely, I'd look up at the stars. Wondered if there was life up there. Turns out I was looking in the wrong direction. When alien life entered our world, it was from deep beneath the Pacific Ocean. A fissure between two tectonic plates. A portal between dimensions. The Breach. I was fifteen when the first Kaiju made land in San Francisco.
[pause]
Raleigh Becket: By the time tanks, jets and missiles took it down, six days and 35 miles later, three cities were destroyed. Tens of thousands of lives were lost. We mourned our dead, memorialized the attack, and moved on. And then, only six months later, the second attack hit Manila.
Newscaster: [on TV] The acid factor of the Kaiju blood creates a toxic phenomenon known as Kaiju Blue
Raleigh Becket: Then the third one hit Cabo. And then the fourth. And then we learned this was not gonna stop. This was just the beginning. We needed a new weapon. The world came together, pooling it's resources and throwing aside old rivalries for the sake of the greater good. To fight monsters, we created monsters of our own. The Jaeger program was born.