#Mako mori death scene movie#

It wasn't the totally cliche buddy movie in which they dislike each other at first, but then learn to like one another in the end. Other than that, yes, there isn't too much conflict between them, but I also sort of found that refreshing. It was super neat, as it wasn't the newbie/woman's fault for the testing failure, but both their fault. I actually found it surprising, since it wasn't completely her fault, but was on both ends and Raleigh freely admits this to his superior. True, but there was one piece of conflict between them, which was Mako 'following the rabbit' after being triggered by Raleigh's memory of the death of his brother, which in turn triggered her memories of her first kaiju encounter, which Mana Ashida preforms perfectly in, and to me is one of the highlights of the movie. Really, I could gush about this movie forever, but the best thing about it, THE BEST THING, is that they don't kiss at the end! I mean, HOLY FUCKING SHIT, A PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE OPPOSITE GENDERS IN A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE. This was also a conscious decision on Guillermo del Toro's part as he's a stickler for these kind of small details. She decided to dye her hair blue as a reminder of that day. The reason she has blue highlights is because when she was a girl, she was wearing a blue coat on the day her parents were killed in one of the many early kaiju attacks. In addition, there is more to her hair than being pretty. She preformed most, if not, all of the most awesome moves in the movie! Not to mention, as the link says, how at the climax, all of Raleigh's limbs are otherwise disabled while Mako was still able bodied. It wasn't until it made it clear with it being HER who brings out the sword and slices the monster in half. Funny you should mention her lack of lines.Ĭompletely forgot this detail and lore of the film on the first viewing, which blew my mind with how subtle it was.

Mako mori death scene