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I already saw this movie when it was released but since it was a while back and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out again. Back then, after 5 long years, during which he dropped out from 'The Hobbit' among other things, Guillermo del Toro was finally back with a new directing effort so the damned thing was definitely promising. On top of that, when Nick, my step-son, saw the trailer with these huge robots and monsters, he got pretty excited too so we went together and both had some high expectations. Unfortunately, it turned to be pretty disappointing. I mean, I have to admit that it was not bad at all and there were indeed some massive action scenes (even though those took place only at night) but everything in between those action scenes was just really underwhelming. Sure, it was a nice touch that del Toro took a more worldwide approach instead of only focusing on the USA but he only partially succeeded (like 'World War Z', they should have taken us around the globe to really achieve this). Furthermore, they introduced this concept called 'drift' which is basically the melting of two minds and while this concept was pretty far out and could have been really interesting, it was never properly developed. Above all, the dialogues and the characters were just really underwhelming and even if I had a weak spot for Mako, she was not really fascinating either. At the end of the day, for his first big budget blockbuster, del Toro didn't really make a home run and, in my opinion, this movie was only slightly better than the Transformers franchise or even 'Battleship'. Anyway, to conclude, even though it turned out to be disappointing, I have to admit that it was still a visually appealing blockbuster though and I guess it is still worth a look, especially if you like the genre.
6/10
