PACIFIC RIM REVIEW (GRADE: B+)

If there's one thing I've learned from attending so many movies, it's that it's all in the execution. As long as good storytellers are at the helm and the audience can connect with the characters, it doesn't matter how ridiculous a premise is on paper. Pacific Rim, about piloted mega-robots versus giant monsters from the sea, seems on the surface like big-budget Power Rangers episode. In truth, it's a modernized love letter to the Godzilla movies of yesteryear, albeit with a commitment to keeping things interesting between the rather amazing smack-downs.