Pacific Rim: Uprising

[mirth]

You're going to watch Gladiator with the kids?

[JasonPratt]

WILL THEY NOT BE ENTERTAINED?! -- at least by the gay giraffes?

(Note: check that first by showing them the Domnia AAR.  :hide: )

[BanzaiCat]

The Asylum just needs to stop.

[BanzaiCat]

8.99 to buy it on Amazon. Dare I?

I hope you didn't buy it for 8.99. I'm seeing it for 4.99 on Amazon right now. ;D

[Gusington]

^F*CK YOU SAY?? Yeah I got it for 8.99 but with gifted credit.

I was thinking of watching Gladiator with my 12 year old, and then the 9 year old said she wanted to watch too.

I don't really remember anything too racy in Gladiator other than the epic violence. Older daughter is studying ancient history right now and thought she would be in to it.

[BanzaiCat]

That's weird. I went ahead and got it last night too...for $4.99. Streaming, not DVD. Did you get streaming?

[Gusington]

YES...and it still shows up as 8.99. Must be a regional thing.

[JasonPratt]

I don't think there's anything racier than the standard sword-and-sandal epics of yore.


Pacific Rim, meanwhile, has a little harsh language, but that's mostly reserved for the scenes with Ron Perleman.

Saw PacRimUpri with Dad this afternoon. I went in with low expectations, and those were well-exceeded. My main complaint is that it's practically worse to include a LITTLE of the iconic original music, because that reminds the audience that you really could have included more of it if you weren't shaving pennies somewhere. But the money is up there on the screen. John Boyega does a fairer job as the main protagonist than whoever was in the first film (although he's fine, too). I kind of guessed the twist from earlier non-spoiler reviews, and I agree with them that the twist is telegraphed a little too clearly a little too early.

[Staggerwing]

whoever was in the first film (although he's fine, too).

Dude... that was 'Jax Teller' (Charlie Hunnam)!

[mirth]

I don't really remember anything too racy in Gladiator other than the epic violence. Older daughter is studying ancient history right now and thought she would be in to it.

Violence, patricide, incest. Nothing too bad :P

[Gusington]

She's gotta learn about those things some time.

:/

[JasonPratt]

If you get a PS2 emulator (there are some nice ones around, assuming you don't have an actual PS2) you can point her to the fantasy gladiator game from Lucasarts (with all the quality that implies), GLADIUS!

She can play a barbarian princess, traveling the not-Roman Empire to set up a gladiator team, and falling in love with a down-on-his-luck Roman patrician's son while she's at it.  O:-)

[Gusington]

One bad parenting decision at a time.

[BanzaiCat]

Trying to get through Pacific Rim since last night but have had way too many things to do in the last two days. I'd forgotten how much fun this movie is.

[mirth]

The new one was pretty dumb even by the standard of the original. There was a somewhat interesting concept behind the main villain, but that's about it. It lacked the Del Toro flair of the first one, but it was still fun at a certain level. Definitely more enjoyable than most of the Transformer movies. The few characters returning from the first movie were welcome additions.

This thing went very hard after the Asian market. Lots of characters, locales, product placement (at one point the male leads were enjoying a couple of Tsingtao beers).

Don't rush out to see it in a theater, but it's worth a watch as a rental if you liked the first one.

They left the door wide open to a third, but I can't see why they'd bother unless this thing does really well overseas.