elysium and pacific rim: a comparison

Rating: 9/10 (9 August 2013)

i just saw pacific rim right before this and was incredibly disappointed - since elysium was getting similar ratings, i wasn't expecting much. i was very pleasantly surprised. The acting was great (whereas i think pacific rim could have saved itself if the acting had been better, MUCH better); it was visually impressive while not being too cgi/big box office-y. and i'm good with big box office/cgi filled films (think iron man) if the acting/story is there, unfortunately it wasn't there for pacific rim - surprising considering they had a great cast. overall, where pacific rim came off phony - as if everyone was trying too hard to make it work, elysium just worked. i gave pacific rim a 5 - the worst rating i have given anything since the sad little movie with the hot man, Conan ;)