Summer 2013 Movie Preview: Pacific Rim

My parents divorced in 1975, and my Mom and I were on our own.  As a treat we would go to the drive-in movies on Friday nights to see the Godzilla double features.  Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla and Godzilla vs. Megalon both featured giant monsters vs. giant robots.  To this day I still remember those special movie nights.  So when I first heard about Pacific Rim I tried to imagine just how it would be pulled off.  When they signed Del Toro to direct I knew it would be very cool. Who doesn’t love giant robots fighting monsters?  And it’s Guillermo Del …