pacific rim

So today I saw Pacific Rim and while I liked it a lot (I never realize how much I want a character, especially a protagonist, who looks like me until the very, very rare circumstance where a young Japanese woman -- in TV or movies, one actually played by a Japanese or Japanese-American actress, rather than a Chinese or Korean actress (you would be surprised at how rarely this happens) -- actually shows up) and it was visually stunning and I'd like to see it again, I actually have no idea how I feel about it. (Well, I mean, aside from "I liked it and would like to see it again.")

Which actually really bothers me because I should at least know how I feel about it. It did some things I like a lot and some things I wasn't too keen on and I don't know how I feel.

Also, and this is going to sound crazy considering how visually stunning this movie is (and it is, it really, really is), I walked out of the theatre going, "I think I would have actually preferred this as a novel," because sure, that makes sense. But apparently there's almost an hour's worth of cut scenes, so that might explain it.

In conclusion: I liked it a lot but with qualifications, I'd watch it again, and it is a really beautiful movie considering it's giant robots fighting giant monsters.