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Feb. 27th, 2016
The Statement For The Prosecution:
The Chronicles of Riddick is a sequel to Pitch Black.
Pitch Black is a good sci-fi horror which I recommend if either of those two genres appeal.
Chronicles of Riddick is a somewhat peculiar sci-fi/fantasy/action melange. That is not the problem with it. I would be completely cool with it. In fact, it would even be quite fun. It's just that to bridge the gap between the two films they kill off characters we've grown to like in the first one. Which is not cool. They replace them with characters who are less interesting than the previous ones (one thing that Pitch Black did well was sketch characters given the minimum of time they were working with).
The one character they don't kill off to replace her ... I, listen, I have tried to keep the ranting to a minimum in this list, but I cannot conceive of anyway that Jack, who I liked a lot, turned into Kyra, who I can't stand. I don't think I would have liked her anyway, but as a development of Jack, I don't like her and I don't believe in her.
And I know one character, who is not even a main character, should not affect my opinion of a film this much, but it does.
The Scene Itself:
I have not gone with the Teacup of Death scene, despite it being a fantastic set-piece (although I shall give you a link to it because it is the teacup of death.
I have instead gone with quieter scene.
( Spoilers follow )
( Why The Scene Is So Good: )
I think part of the problem is that the rest of the film is full of serious characters who come from cultures and/or situations where you don't show any emotion so there suddenly being a (wholly unexpected) character gets to do it, it stands out.
(Also casting Linus Roache in things always helps. Really!)
The Chronicles of Riddick is a sequel to Pitch Black.
Pitch Black is a good sci-fi horror which I recommend if either of those two genres appeal.
Chronicles of Riddick is a somewhat peculiar sci-fi/fantasy/action melange. That is not the problem with it. I would be completely cool with it. In fact, it would even be quite fun. It's just that to bridge the gap between the two films they kill off characters we've grown to like in the first one. Which is not cool. They replace them with characters who are less interesting than the previous ones (one thing that Pitch Black did well was sketch characters given the minimum of time they were working with).
The one character they don't kill off to replace her ... I, listen, I have tried to keep the ranting to a minimum in this list, but I cannot conceive of anyway that Jack, who I liked a lot, turned into Kyra, who I can't stand. I don't think I would have liked her anyway, but as a development of Jack, I don't like her and I don't believe in her.
And I know one character, who is not even a main character, should not affect my opinion of a film this much, but it does.
The Scene Itself:
I have not gone with the Teacup of Death scene, despite it being a fantastic set-piece (although I shall give you a link to it because it is the teacup of death.
I have instead gone with quieter scene.
( Spoilers follow )
( Why The Scene Is So Good: )
I think part of the problem is that the rest of the film is full of serious characters who come from cultures and/or situations where you don't show any emotion so there suddenly being a (wholly unexpected) character gets to do it, it stands out.
(Also casting Linus Roache in things always helps. Really!)