Creating the amazing visual effects in Pacific RIm

Here's a couple neat videos showing how Industrial Light and Magic created all the cool effects in Guillermo Del toro's Pacific Rim. 

Behind the Magic: Building Jaegers for "Pacific Rim"

The story of "Pacific Rim" is told on an epic scale, where 250-foot tall combat mechs battle similarly sized giant alien monsters in the ocean off of the coast of major cities, and when that fails, in the cities themselves. Scale is a recurring theme throughout the film, where a large threat is countered with a large response, making humans tiny in this new out scale world.
ILM's visual effects team discusses the design, effects and animation of these incredible machines in this video.

 Behind the Magic: "Pacific Rim" Hong Kong Battle

"Pacific Rim" is Guillermo del Toro's modern retake on the giant city destroying Kaiju films that started with Godzilla in 1954. The survival of mankind is threatened by giant alien creatures and to respond to this outsized threat, the nations of the Earth come together to build an outsized response - similarly sized giant combat robots.
Here the ILM visual effects team discusses the challenge behind one of the films signature action sequences, the Hong Kong battle.

Behind the Magic: Creating the Kaiju for "Pacific Rim"

Although "Pacific Rim" begins more than a decade into the battle with the city-destroying Kaiju, in this video the visual effects team at Industrial Light & Magic will discuss the process of creating the incredible race of alien monsters from the earliest stages of concept and design. Enjoy the video!

The ILM YouTube channel has some great stuff. Check it out if you find the whole process that goes into making movies interesting.