1:14 I really appreciate the use of real life set pieces used to make the bone slums. all the detail, big and small, makes the world feel large and real. Not unlike the star wars prequels, where George Lucas green screened so much of the movie, that alot of the cgi looks terribly fake and has no sense of realism. It makes you wonder if the prequels were gonna be fully animated like Pixar. Thankfully Guillermo del Toro went as far as adding in alot of rich detail and personality into these set pieces that it makes the world feel large and real as I already said.
Curious fact : the cinemathographer of pacific rim is guillermo navarro a oscar winning cinemathographer for pan s labyrint oviously of guillermo del toro among his other films are cronos 1993 the devil backbone 2001 hellboy 2004 and his sequel hellboy 2 2008 and he was the cinemathographer of desesperado 1995 from tusk till dawn 1996 spy kids 2001 all directed by robert rodriguez night at the museum 2006 and his sequel night at the museum the secret of the tumb 2014 both directed by shawn levy stuart litle 1999 directed by rob minkoff zathura 2005 directed by jon favreau twiligth breaking dawn part 1 and 2 2011-2012 both directed by bill condon and jackie brown 1996 directed by quentin tarantino and it does not surprise me that guillermo del toro have resorted to him for this good movie the cinemathography is seen visually appealing and well crafted it s kind of reminiscent of blade runner i wouls say that here he has done an impeccable job again 😃
