The Chronicles of Riddick (DVD)

[porkrind]

Personally, I liked it. It's a sequel to "Pitch Black", which I though was low-budget and lame, and undeserving of a sequel. However, IMHO, "The Chronicles of Riddick" is a much better film. I think Vin Diesel, who plays the main character, is a knuckle-dragger dimwit, but I liked him in this film. The bad guys are an alien death-cult called the "Necromongers", led by the "Lord Marshall" (Colm Feore), and are extremely well done (costumes, sets, back-story, etc.). The film has lots of great action, cool special effects, and a nice pace.

[lazarus]

1. actually

I like Vin Diesel. He's got a fun sense about him, even when playing an anti-hero.

The Chronicles were a blast. Yeah, the science is all whacked, but anybody who can accept Star Trek or Star Wars can't complain. It's all Science Fantasy anyway.

[Khephra]

2. Vin Diesel gets the shaft alot

He's actually quite intelligent and has a charming wit about him. Vin is unfairly grouped with the unthinking "hunks" out there when he really is quite different. In the past he's admitted to being a high school D&D geek, and he has an deep interest in history. One of his dream projects is to do a film on the life of either Attila or Hannibal (it's early...I can't remember which one it was.)

I haven't seen Chronicles yet, but, since I loved Pitch Black and I know that Chronicles' villains are based on the Religious Right, I plan on seeing it asap.

[porkrind]

3. Hmmm. Maybe I'm wrong about him.

I admit, all I've ever seen him in was "The Fast and the Furious" (OMG, that sucked), "Pitch Black", and a "Triple X" preview. There's obviously more than meets the eye if he admitted to being a high school D&D geek, something I have a hard time admitting myself. :)

[lazarus]

5. I caught a bit of XxX the other day on cable

and immediately added it to my Netflix queue, after reading some reviews. It's just fun, in a silly James Bond way.

[Forkboy]

4. I was pleasantly suprised by it

I ended up liking it a lot.

[Enraged_Ape]

6. Good effects, actors, and characters wasted in a convoluted story...

and a RIDDICKulous script. (I'm sure I'm not the first one to come up with that one.)

I like Vin Diesel. I think he's a pretty decent actor, and I really enjoyed him in those frivolous time-wasters xXx and Fast and the Furious. Plus the guy has stated that he has a lifelong love for sci-fi and fantasy, so it breaks my heart that they can't find a decent genre vehicle for him. A decent Diesel vehicle.

This movie was just absurd, and not in a "aw, turn your brain off and enjoy it" way (like, say, the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie), but more in a "how many more poorly lit and edited fight scenes until this fucking thing is over with" way.