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Vin the Barbarian
Jun. 12th, 2004 12:01 pmOr, The Chronicles of Riddick. (No doubt spoilerific)
Hmm. As with an 'orkshop crit, I'll start with something positive. Perhaps something along the lines of: Vin Diesel is Hottie McHot of the clan McHot. I like the necromongers' spine motif. Very stylish. I want one of those coats. Um, what else is good...? Oh, yeah. I like that they brought back Jack/Kyra, and made her rather nucking futs. The prison planet bit was good. And it was all very pretty--I especially like the phasing effect. And when is a vast army of death-worshippers not fun?
On the negative side, I hate prophecies! Hates them, precious. Riddick was a pretty sociopath with a shine job on his eyes. That's it. No ancient warrior race, no child of prophecy. Just a bad-ass killer with a growly voice. I hate the contrivance of taking an already competent character and then turning him into a Chosen One. So unnecessary. And speaking of unnecessary, what was Dame Dench doing in this film? Her impressive talents were rather wasted here. I'm not sure what the point of her character was at all, besides to show off the aforementioned phasing effects. And then those other people... Thandie Newton could have been redeemed had one of the monsters from Pitch Black popped up and eaten her. Maybe. Although the monster might have been too frightened by her dress to attack. Karl Urban apparently has two settings: angry and confused. Sometimes he's stoically angry, sometimes growly angry. Sometimes he can be angry, stoic, and confused all at once. Wow. And they set up this army of death-worshippers, but never go into it. I want to know more about the underverse (which needs a new name), and about how exactly the Lord Marshal is half-dead. These things interest me. Most of what is shown in the film does not. And finally, that ending shot just reeked of Conan.
I loved Pitch Black. This one, less so. But I'll rent it, I'm sure.
In other news, there is nothing more annoying than slaving for two weeks over a scene, only to realize it needs to be cut. And then realizing it should be replaced by the scene you slaved over a month ago and then discarded.
But, I actually outlined the whole second half of the book last night. Woo!
Hmm. As with an 'orkshop crit, I'll start with something positive. Perhaps something along the lines of: Vin Diesel is Hottie McHot of the clan McHot. I like the necromongers' spine motif. Very stylish. I want one of those coats. Um, what else is good...? Oh, yeah. I like that they brought back Jack/Kyra, and made her rather nucking futs. The prison planet bit was good. And it was all very pretty--I especially like the phasing effect. And when is a vast army of death-worshippers not fun?
On the negative side, I hate prophecies! Hates them, precious. Riddick was a pretty sociopath with a shine job on his eyes. That's it. No ancient warrior race, no child of prophecy. Just a bad-ass killer with a growly voice. I hate the contrivance of taking an already competent character and then turning him into a Chosen One. So unnecessary. And speaking of unnecessary, what was Dame Dench doing in this film? Her impressive talents were rather wasted here. I'm not sure what the point of her character was at all, besides to show off the aforementioned phasing effects. And then those other people... Thandie Newton could have been redeemed had one of the monsters from Pitch Black popped up and eaten her. Maybe. Although the monster might have been too frightened by her dress to attack. Karl Urban apparently has two settings: angry and confused. Sometimes he's stoically angry, sometimes growly angry. Sometimes he can be angry, stoic, and confused all at once. Wow. And they set up this army of death-worshippers, but never go into it. I want to know more about the underverse (which needs a new name), and about how exactly the Lord Marshal is half-dead. These things interest me. Most of what is shown in the film does not. And finally, that ending shot just reeked of Conan.
I loved Pitch Black. This one, less so. But I'll rent it, I'm sure.
In other news, there is nothing more annoying than slaving for two weeks over a scene, only to realize it needs to be cut. And then realizing it should be replaced by the scene you slaved over a month ago and then discarded.
But, I actually outlined the whole second half of the book last night. Woo!
