“Remember, it’s about compatibility. It’s a dialogue, not a fight.”TONY: That fight scene between the two of them may still qualify as the best sex scene to show up in any movie this summer, even if they are both fully clothed.
Guillermo del Toro: That’s exactly how I shot it—like a sex scene. That scene was all about two people having an intimate connection after beating the crap out of each other.
One of the great things about this movie is that Raleigh is so pleased to have been beaten by Mako – have you ever seen a guy so happy to be thrown on his back? (please, let’s haul our minds out of the gutter until later).
When he comes running after her later (that scene outside his quarters), she looks around and backs away, as though she’s expecting him to be aggressive, as though she’s preparing for a fight – and instead, he’s all “We’re compatible! We can drift! We can be pilots together!” with hearts in his eyes.
There isn’t any masculine pride or “I’m the veteran, who the hell do you think you are, rookie?” bullshit. He’s found a new partner, after expecting never again to find anyone, after being unwilling to ever again let anyone in his head, and he’s delighted about it.
It doesn’t matter that it’s a girl who’s smaller than him who’s just kicked his arse in front of all the rest of the Shatterdome crew. He’s not humiliated, he’s not angry, he’s not resentful – he’s found someone good enough to match him and it’s wonderful.
Thank you, Guillermo del Toro, for showing us decent human beings
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