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dal10, on 13 July 2013 - 07:47 PM, said:
the biggest law of physics breaker i saw was the fact the metal didn't buckle when punching things.
Ramien, on 15 July 2013 - 12:11 PM, said:
Meh, the metal could have been skeletally reinforced to be able to throw a punch and not buckle (it's what they were designed for, after all). The shear forces from getting punched across a city, or that poor ship that got used as a sword, on the other hand, or the general ignoring of the square/cube law...
All sacrificed in the name of utter awesome.
All sacrificed in the name of utter awesome.
Just because a force is applied to a material structure, does not necessarily mean the force will be great enough to cause permanent deformation. The graph below further details this:
Up until the yield point, the material will return to its original state and suffer no permanent changes. It's like me jumping on a piece of armor plating from an M1 Abrams: there is minute deformation of the steel plating from the load I am applying, however this deformation is negligible, and when I remove myself from the plate it will return to its original state.
Obviously the suspension of belief comes in believing that in 7 years we have a material that is strong enough to withstand any permanent deformation from a rocket punch to the skull of a Kaiju or withstand being tossed a mile and a half. Essentially we have a structural revolution in the next three years.
Now the ship that was used as a sword...unless built from the same Jaeger material, it should have shredded like a tin-can.
Regardless, this movie is the ****. Were there cliches? Yes. Was some of the dialog a bit cringe-worthy? Of course. It was by far not the perfect film and probably won't earn any Oscar nods.
But it was fun. Soooo much fun. And when I go to a movie during the summer, I want that. So many movies miss that concept and try too hard. This movie knows exactly what it is and doesn't pretend otherwise. And its fantastic. I recommend this film to everyone, especially members of these forums. I pray it keeps its legs at the box office for a few more weeks.
*A side note: bravo to Guillermo del Toro for not turning Rinko Kikuchi (the female lead in the movie) into a pathetic example of sexual symbolism. She conveyed the same power, skill, and vulnerability as the Charlie Hunnam's character. There was no Megan-Fox-bent-over-an-engine scene, no J.J. Abrams female scientist stripping, no James Bond Christmas Jones or Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider. It was fantastic to be treated like an adult in this movie and not be subjected to some 15-year olds afternoon jerk session. I don't need to see boobs in every movie.
Edited by Hawkeye 72, 15 July 2013 - 02:30 PM.
