If Grown Ups 2 beats Pacific Rim at the box office I will lose all faith in humanity

I love this poster by artist Matt Ferguson. It's a take on the classic Jaws poster using one of Pacific Rim's kaiju. But you know what makes me sad? I read on io9 just yesterday that early tracking of interest in Pacific Rim is way down with audiences...like it falls behind Grown Ups 2.

I'm not sure why guys aren't excited to see this movie. I can understand women not wanting to see it. But come on guys! Huge monsters and giant robots. How is that not a movie that will take you back to your childhood when you wished you could go and find Monster Island or thought the big snake at the zoo was the best animal there? This movie has a budget of $200 million. Grown Ups 2 has like a budget of (I think) a hundred dollars. Pacific Rim is filled with epic battles made for IMAX glory. Grown Ups 2 is just a running gag of fat man fall down jokes. Sigh.

So yeah...if Grown Ups 2 beats Pacific Rim at the box office, I think I will be very depressed. That would be like Honey Boo Boo getting an award over Schindler's List.

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