Yeah, I also hate it when they use long words.

 

Here's an interesting tidbit I'll cross-post: Vin did his Tokyo Drift cameo for the Riddick rights instead of an actor's fee.

 

Saw it this morning and loved it, I disagree with

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Riddick is fighting and loosing against a never ending swarm of monsters when the merc who left him for dead returns and rescues him. Riddick should need no rescue!

I thought it the perfect balance of

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Johns being the opposite of his sont with an almost end surprise of him not being what we thought he was, spineless. And really, there was no way for Riddick to last with him being hurt and all those monsters coming up.

Also totally disagree with that Riddick review. Didn't feel all that campy and I had no problem not seeing Riddick in every scene. The dialog? I took the nipple comment to let Dahl know he was the one she had heard in the shower and the unicorn's ass one made me and the entire audience lol. And stumbles blindy to a muted conclusion?? I saw a man with a righteous mission satisfied in his findings ( and you never know when a lone man can use a friend) and a set up for the next installment.

 

Caught it in IMAX earlier this evening.I was quite satisfied with it. It's very much in the vein of Pitch Black (as well as the Cremetoria prison sequences in Chronicles) but is still something very different.

If PB was Alien, then one could almost make the argument that the second half of Riddick is Aliens (so far as having limited firepower in the first film and then a heavily armed team of mercs in this one).

And, as far as that goes, it's very much a fun, macho action flick. I don't think we've really gotten a good commando/mercs-type team movie like this since the 80's (though I suppose Alien Resurrection came close and Predators tried).

However, it's really the first half of the movie that was so surprising- while the second half is guns-blazing survive/kill-the-monster-hordes, the first half is a survival story of Riddick enduring the hostile world he's stranded on.

And it's actually very effective- I'd honestly be perfectly ok if the entire movie had just been about Riddick and his dog.

The new creatures are interesting... kinda like a non-insectoid scorpion whose tail pinchers really look just like a Mandalorian logo.



Probably the only slight criticisms are that the ending is a tad sappy (though not to a horrible degree) and doesn't have a hook on par with Chroncile's ending (or any hook, for that matter- it's almost entirely standalone in that regard). Also, some of the rapey humor might be offputting at times, but that depends on how you take the context (ie: it's probably just him messing with people's heads, not literal).

 

Vin seems like a genuinely positive dude. Since he wasn't on social media 10 years ago, one can't say for sure, but I'm wondering if some of that humbleness has developed in response to finding such success with returning to the franchises he once abandoned? I mean, Riddick is a bad example because he's always been actively pursuing Chronicles of Riddick continuations in film and video games, but he tried to move beyond xXx and F&F, didn't find much luck, came back (or is planning to come back) to them and they exploded.

At the same time I don't want to suggest he was ever negative or got full of himself or anything- I think he's always been thankful for his success. I just think those experiences brought a zen balance to him.

 

He played D&D with Judi Dench. That's all you need to know about Vin Diesel.

 

Damn, has it been 5 years already? Well, we have some news! Vin just got the script for Furya! Looks like we may finally get a conclusion to this saga afterall.

He revealed it on his Instagram.

Cover page has the quote "Everyone wants to be a beast until it’s time to do what real beasts do.”