Why 'Pacific Rim' is a good movie for geek girls

Following back-to-back misfires Jack & Jill and That's My Boy, Adam Sandler needed a hit to re-establish his box office viability -- and it looks he's got one with Grown Ups 2, which topped Friday with $16.3 million.Whether or not it sounds like damning the film with faint praise, the greatest virtue of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim may be that you can always understand what's happening, what theWhich brings us back to “Pacific Rim.” No matter how it does this weekend, the movie will clearly be his biggest grosser, outpacing the “Blade 2” totals, thanks to its summer-movie production budget, marketing muscle and theatrical exposure. But willWhether or not it sounds like damning the film with faint praise, the greatest virtue of Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim may be that you can always understand what's happening, what theHere's how it

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