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Pacific Rim
But ignore the sequel entirely. The drop in quality is impressive.
I'm baffled at how much they screwed it up. They really didn't need to change the formula much for the sequel to be a success. Just come up with a new portal or some excuse why the portal from movie 1 didn't close and do the same thing as the first movie.
Instead they did whatever they ended up doing in movie 2 and killed what could've been a fun blockbuster franchise.
Hell they could've adapted one of the the hundreds of fanfics online and it would've been a better starting point than whatever they ended up with.
I look at it a different way - it's a miracle the first one was good. If you imagine hearing the premise for the first time, it sounds like a trashy movie with no depth. Somehow it ends up being way more than that, and I'd suggest that's because of excellent direction. Without that it reverts back to trash.
yeah it had a different director.
The lack of Guillermo del Toro was glaring.