Pacific Rim trip report:
The special effects were amazing. The action sequences were great. 3D added nothing to the experience really.
Everything else was pretty awful:
Ex:
Girl says to guy: I don't like your tactics. You take risks and your crew pays for it.
Guy says: "I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE DECISIONS I MAKE ~~IN BATTLE~~"
I mumbled to myself, "he's a loose cannon and he's OUT OF CONTROL!"
That's a thing that actually happened in this movie.
tl;dr if you take it as camp like the old godzilla movies, ignore the stupid subplots and tune your brain out, it's fun as hell to watch robots punch seamonsters but you really need to turn your brain off or there are a lot of little things that will drive you nuts.