The Chronicles of Riddick (Movie)

It's sooooo good!! I love it!

CG is amazing! I love the way the army was deployed! And that chick can really kick arse!

A small part/section of the movie was in some ways similar to Pitch Black, but I don't mind that.

Hmmm...

Seems like alot of the 'critics' are bashing this film (over at rottentomatoes), but people reviews (mostly coming from dvdtalk.com) are pretty much in praise of it.
Possibly another Butterfly Effect type of movie, where critics say one thing, and the public say another.

Critics have never really praised the sci-fi genre.
Me, I'm hoping for a good time this weekend watching this.

I think the critics are being too harsh on the movie.

Over at rottentomatoes, Pitch Black got fairly decent rating. And in my opinion, this is a great movie that continues the story of the character from where it was left off.

I'm probably going to see it, but one thing that sort of bothers me from the ads and such is it seems to have gone from a sci-fi universe (as it was in pitch black) to more of a sci-fi/fantasy one.. Its like going from the aesthetic of star trek in the first movie to the aesthetic of dune in the second. Know wut I mean?

what boggles my mind is what exactly they producers were smoking to come up with the idea to make a sequel to the extremely crappy Pitchblack?

Originally Posted by Degenerate

what boggles my mind is what exactly they producers were smoking to come up with the idea to make a sequel to the extremely crappy Pitchblack?

While Pitch Black is not a example of excellent film making/dialogue/characterization, it will always be remembered by me since it is the first movie my finace and I ever saw.

to be frank, i found this movie pretty boring. if it had stuck to being a serious scifi movie, without all the corny oneliners, then yes, i would put the seriousness into perspective. but all the lousy jokes and even worse the lousy audience reaction, laughing at these garbage lines, wow, i cannot recommend this film unless you enjoy watching an epic-like scifi with dumb triple x style one-liners.
the beginning started off pretty cool, then it just dragged on and on...

yep. *pats her "get into Riddick FREE"* coupon. At least I waste not money with this. I didn't think Pitch Black was that terrible. I've seen worse, and I didn't leave the theatre twitching.

This has got to be a razzie award contender. This year has been awful for movies - Eternal sunshine, Kill Bill, maybe Troy and...bleh.

I thought it was pretty good. The special effects were pretty cool, I really liked those CG tiger-like animals. I didn't see the first one though.

I didn't like it at all.. thought it was crap.

K just saw it and I didnt think it was that bad but it certainly isnt as good as it could have been... Every scene just left me wanting more, like I was eating some good food but only bits at a time...

Originally Posted by KennyX

Hmmm...

Seems like alot of the 'critics' are bashing this film

Wait a minute, you forgot about me, I also did NOT liked this movie, the first movie ever from my hero Diesel that I detested. Somebody here said "it was similar to Pitch Black but I don't mind". Hey man, what's wrong with you, what the hell you're talking about? You make it seem as if Pitch Black sucked and Riddick was awesome, that's not the case. The Chronicles of Riddick sucked, no plot and no purpose was found in the film, this film could have been a lot better. Only the prison scenes I liked, the rest of the movie was a conundrum as undeciphereable as Matrix Revolutions.

I'm dissapointed, the ending was stupid, so was the beginning, did the white girl and the black old man have to die? It seems as if the director wanted them dead to avoid a sequel with them, anyways, Diesel's first bombshell finally happened.

good concept, movie too short, no time to tell story. hopefully they will make another to tell us what the hell was really going on. this movie's like lord of the rings fit into an 2 hr movie. anyways i enjoyed it for the SFX and action.