recommendations

[melchar]

Saw 2 DVDs. 'Pitch Black' - for the first time and enjoyed it a lot. Quite a decent little sf film [tho I thought the Caroline death at the end was needlessly gratuitous.

And saw 'The Returner' which is also pretty good. I have a quibble with the last 5 minutes of the flick, in that IMHO there were 3 plausible endings. #1 has the girl stuck in our time because her own does not exist any longer; #2 that she ceases to exist because the time she comes from no longer exists; or #3 that she is recalled back to her own time in a now-parellel Earth, since she could not change her own timeline, but could alter it on another Earth. In any of these conditions, there is no need for a 2nd visit from her [as it could be explained by prior knowledge] - and IMHO this 2nd trip greatly weakens the story.

Comments

[venusrising.livejournal.com]

I have the very same icon lurking some where on the other machine!

Now that you've seen Pitch Black you really ought to see The Chronicles of Riddick. I lurves it! Riddick is Teh Sex!

[melchar.livejournal.com]

I got 'Pitch Black' as a 2-pack with 'Riddick', so I'll be seeing that soon enough. I was warned tho [at the BASFA meeting] that it was not as good. So I'll have to see if this is so.

[pusifoot.livejournal.com]

What it is, is MacBeth with really hot guys. (Both Vin Diesel and Carl Urban really do it for me.)

Trust me. It is completely MacBeth. In space.

I LOVE PItch Black!

[boojumbunn.livejournal.com]

Shadowcat-X and I both love Pitch Black. Personally, I think Riddick was pretty good as well... provided you didn't expect it to be Pitch Black. :D

Hi Melchar! As you can see I now have an LJ account to!

Re: I LOVE PItch Black!

[melchar.livejournal.com]

Hi hi - yes, the universe shudders at you having an LJ. [now I must 'friend' you ^_^]

[buull.livejournal.com]

cough cough, spoiler warning?

Im not complaining for me, I've seen pitch black numerious times. And they're not recent movies. But if you're recommending others see them...


Chronicles of Riddick, standing alone, is enjoyable.
Compared to Pitch Black, teh suck.

[melchar.livejournal.com]

That's kind of what I was told. But when it comes to 'Pitch Black' I will recommend it as a quite decent genre flick.

But I won't expect much from 'Riddick' ^_^

[kathykat.livejournal.com]

hey man...spoiler!