‘PACIFIC RIM’ early buzz is that it is monster-bashing bliss. I’m torqued.

Pacific Rim is the sort of movie that is trying to surf a very specific niche. Should it slide the fuck off the rail, it is going to bash its goddamn skull and bleed suck everywhere. Should it succeed? Way gnarls, bro. Early reports is that the movie is totally fantastic, and that has this dude doing cartwheels. (What did I just type?)

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Guillermo Del Toro‘s July 11 release, Pacific Rim, had a early test screening in Burbank, CA Saturday night and the buzz is extremely positive. Looper director Rian Johnson praised the film along with several others who took to Twitter and message boards to give reactions. It seems Del Toro has at least met, and possibly exceeded the gargantuan expectations for the film. Read the reactions – and see some brand new images – after the jump.

Ain’t It Cool News was the first to report on the screening, including Johnson’s tweet:

Go into Pacific Rim prepared to be transmogrified into a 12 year old. And then to pee your pants with joy. I love it so much.

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) February 2, 2013

Here are some others from PacificRimMovie.net and the IMDB message boards:

Saw a pre-screening of Pacific Rim… it is amazing.

— Eric Church (@HoursOfWealth) February 3, 2013

 So, yeah. You’re going to want to see Pacific Rim.

— Alex Irvine (@alexirvine) February 3, 2013

Overall, it’s probably the best summer monster movie I’ve seen, and out of summer movies in general, falls behind the new Batman series, but that’s about it. I wrote on their response form that they should be proud of the movie and that I’m glad it’s not another Transformers clone (re: Battleship). They killed it!

You can read more at those links.