by Josh Rottenberg

Pacific Rim is about big things： big robots， big monsters， big earthshaking battles[戰(zhàn)役]. So it seems fitting that the film—the first major summer blockbuster[大片] from Guillermo del Toro（Hellboy， Pans Labyrinth）—comes out of the ruins of his biggest disappointment. At first， del Toro planned only to co-write and produce Pacific Rim because hed be directing his dream project， an adaptation[改編] of H.P. Lovecrafts At the Mountains of Madness. But Universal pulled the plug[終止業(yè)務(wù)] on that film， and only days later del Toro took the helm[掌管] of Pacific Rim.

Pacific Rim features[刻畫(huà)] clashes[沖突] between huge， human-piloted robots called Jaegers[賊鷗] and massive creatures called Kaiju （Japanese for “giant monsters”）， but dont be fooled by its Transformers-meets-Godzilla appearances. At its heart， del Toro insists， the film has all the unique qualities his fans would want： “We do crazy stuff nobody has ever done.... I always feared that with big budgets[預(yù)算] came big constraints[約束]， and this has been the opposite. Ive kind of been ruined for life. In a good way， we trust.

憾似乎再合適不過(guò)了。德?tīng)枴ね辛_原本只打算參與《環(huán)太平洋》的劇本創(chuàng)作以及擔(dān)任制片人，因?yàn)樗郎?zhǔn)備執(zhí)導(dǎo)《瘋狂之山》——這部改編自H. P. 洛夫克拉夫特同名小說(shuō)的電影是德?tīng)枴ね辛_夢(mèng)寐以求的項(xiàng)目。但是環(huán)球影業(yè)突然叫停了《瘋狂之山》，幾天之后，德?tīng)枴ね辛_接掌了《環(huán)太平洋》的帥印。

在《環(huán)太平洋》里，人類(lèi)駕駛著被稱為“賊鷗”的巨型機(jī)甲戰(zhàn)士，與巨型生物“Kaiju”（日語(yǔ)意為“大怪獸”）展開(kāi)搏斗。不過(guò)，可別讓這個(gè)“變形金剛大戰(zhàn)哥斯拉”的幌子把你給騙了哦。德?tīng)枴ね辛_強(qiáng)調(diào)，這部電影的核心依然是其粉絲所期待的各種稀奇古怪的元素：“我們做了許多從來(lái)沒(méi)有人做過(guò)的瘋狂的事情……我一直擔(dān)心高預(yù)算會(huì)帶來(lái)很多限制，而這次恰恰相反。我這輩子算是墮落了。”我們相信，這種“墮落”并不是什么壞事。

Sneak Peeks of Pacific Rim 《環(huán)太平洋》搶“鮮”看

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Theres more than just giant robots and massive monsters in Pacific Rim： Director Guillermo del Toro has also mixed in plenty of it with human drama and character stories. Del Toro tells us whats in store for monster-movie fans， beginning with the setting[電影的場(chǎng)景]： The film starts about 15 years after the gigantic[龐大的] Kaiju first emerged[顯現(xiàn)，浮現(xiàn)] from the Pacific Ocean and mankind built robotic Jaegers to battle them. Were not doing all that well， either， del Toro says. “They are evolving， they are becoming bigger， stronger and smarter， and its a very tough war.”

《環(huán)太平洋》并不只有巨型機(jī)甲戰(zhàn)士和龐大的怪獸——導(dǎo)演吉爾莫·德?tīng)枴ね辛_還在電影中加入了人類(lèi)的戲份，劇中人都有自己的故事。德?tīng)枴ね辛_告訴我們，怪獸電影迷的盼頭從故事背景便開(kāi)始了：距離巨大的Kaiju第一次出現(xiàn)在太平洋已經(jīng)15年了，人類(lèi)制造出名為“賊鷗”的機(jī)器人與之戰(zhàn)斗。德?tīng)枴ね辛_還說(shuō)，我們的情況并不妙：“它們?cè)诓粩噙M(jìn)化，它們的體型越發(fā)龐大和強(qiáng)壯，還越來(lái)越聰明了，這是一場(chǎng)艱巨的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)?！?/p>

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Del Toro is making sure the camera sees the true impact[沖擊] of the Kaiju attacks， even among fearful pedestrians[行人]. “Were trying very， very hard to make the fight scenes in the movie very visceral[出自內(nèi)心的]， very much like you are there，” he says.

德?tīng)枴ね辛_要確保攝像機(jī)能捕捉到怪獸襲擊那真實(shí)的沖擊力，甚至包括驚恐的行人。“我們非常用心地制作電影中的戰(zhàn)斗場(chǎng)面，那種震撼發(fā)自肺腑，讓你仿佛身臨其境，”他這樣說(shuō)道。

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Raleigh Becket （Charlie Hunnam） is the point-of-view[視角] character for the audience. Hes a washed-up[不再需要的] Jaeger jockey[操作員] looking for a second chance after being out of circulation for five years—“which is exactly the same number of years that Id been away from directing，” del Toro says， laughing.“Hes a guy who has a very noble heart and a very good presence[儀容]， but the things hes trying to surmount[克服] are big.”

（主角）羅利·貝克特（查理·漢納姆飾演）正是觀眾的視角。這名被淘汰的賊鷗駕駛員消失了五年，現(xiàn)在他希望獲得第二次機(jī)會(huì)?！拔译x開(kāi)導(dǎo)演這崗位也剛好五年了，”德?tīng)枴ね辛_笑著說(shuō)道。“他有一顆高尚的心靈，而且儀表堂堂，但他要戰(zhàn)勝的東西都是龐然大物?！?/p>

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Raleighs partner， Mako Mori （Rinko Kikuchi）， has an equally large backstory. “She is facing her own personal demons[魔鬼] when she attempts[嘗試] to ride a Jaeger and try to control it，” del Toro says.“She has a very personal story of destruction with the Kaiju—they basically took everything away from her.”

羅利的搭檔森真子（音譯，菊地凜子飾演）同樣有一個(gè)重大的背景故事。“她一邊駕駛賊鷗，試圖操控機(jī)甲，一邊還要和自己的心魔作斗爭(zhēng)，”德?tīng)枴ね辛_說(shuō)?！肮肢F的破壞和她本人密切相關(guān)——它們基本上奪去了她的一切。”

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The Jaegers are controlled by two people， and the fact that they have to work together to defeat[擊敗] a monster is a metaphor[隱喻，暗喻] for the movie as a whole. “Once youre in the robot you have to become one，” del Toro says. “You have to put aside everything you hate or love about the other person and just work together or we will not survive. That was the idea， that leaning[倚靠] and relying on[依賴] each other is what makes us stronger.”

賊鷗由雙人操控，他們必須同心協(xié)力才能打敗怪獸——這一事實(shí)本身正是電影的寓意?！耙坏┳跈C(jī)甲里，你們就是一體了，”德?tīng)枴ね辛_說(shuō)道?！澳阆矚g對(duì)方也好，討厭對(duì)方也好，這些全部要放到一邊，通力協(xié)作，不然我們都活不下去。這正是電影的宗旨，這種互相依賴和互相信任讓我們更加強(qiáng)大?！?/p>