Pitch Black/The Chronicles of Riddick
POSTED BY: Fastmover
UPDATED: Thursday, January 18, 2007 16:00
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Originally posted by Uncomprehending:
Pitch Black is one of my favorite movies of the action/sci fi/horror type. It's dark, it's edgy, it has giant man-eating creatures. The plot is simplistic, but it's supposed to be that way.
Chronicles I did not like. I have the same opinion of this series that I did of the Matrix movies-- the first one is engaging and thrilling. Then they had to go and give it a back story.
Pitch Black stands alone well, but Chronicles requires so much exposition to get you to where Riddick is and then leaves so many unanswered questions that it is frustrating to watch. And the Necromongers are simply not believable as a menace.
Don't get me started on Dark Fury. Lack of any discernable plot, poor animation... yikes. Just yikes.
Man it takes a silly girl to lie about the dreams she has.
Lord it takes a lonely one to wish that she had never dreamed at all.
--Dashboard Confessional
I see where you are coming from, and there are also many characters in Chronicles that could have been given much more significant parts then they were. In fact, some of them barely have any reason for being in the movie at all. For example, the Purifier who ultimately turns back to Furyan and walks out into the burning sunlight. I really liked his character and what he was because of my personal feelings and beliefs, but there was no real point to him other than pulling Riddick into the hangar in the end to save his life. They could have had Kyra do that, or Riddick even wake up and walk in himself. I think they really should have had that character do a whole lot more in the way of "planning, plotting, and possibly scheming" for the Lord Marshall's demise. Then there's also Aerion, the Air Elemental who basically did nothing but hang around and give lame advice. Once again, another character who could have done a whole lot more.
I actually liked the whole back story thing, but they just made the Necromongers weak. They should have been just a bit more hardcore with them. The thing that hurt it for me was how they built up the suspense of their arrival like they were some dark plague, but when they arrive they're no more than any other army we've seen in any other battle movie. If they had just done like I think they should have done and made the whole storyline take place over 3 films, then it would have worked better, just like LOTR kept you wanting more and obliging you to see the next film.
I am evil, I am sly, and if you get eaten no one will cry.
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i saw pitch black and i jjust started playing the game this morning. isnt ven diseal gay?
Someday the verse will spit in your soup but at least they gave you soup.
one day
one plan
one mission
one army of browncoats
june 23rd serenity day
-Our mission as browncoats is to make us known.
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Originally posted by kayleesthegreatest:
i saw pitch black and i jjust started playing the game this morning. isnt ven diseal gay?
Someday the verse will spit in your soup but at least they gave you soup.
one day
one plan
one mission
one army of browncoats
june 23rd serenity day
-Our mission as browncoats is to make us known.
It's been rumored, however as far as I know he's straight. He apparently likes to joke around about it and act a little "elegant" once in a while, as well as appearing in a magazine that has a large gay following. Really, though, this doesn't matter at all to me as long as he's a good actor. Ian McKellan is gay but I was very impressed with his performance in LOTR.
I am evil, I am sly, and if you get eaten no one will cry.
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Its actually funny to go on the IMDB boards for pretty much any actor out there. Always at least one thread inquiring as to sexuality, as well as infinity rebuttels and agreements.
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