Post by Nacky on Oct 16, 2010 2:30:39 GMT -5
When this came out, we didn't see it at the movies, we rented it. After that, I had to own it on DVD! I now have that trilogy of Riddick's story on DVD. I'm not really what you'd call a fan of horror movies but this wasn't what I'd call horror. I found the film to be a very smart, grim, interesting and very engaging story. Well, and I love Vin Diesel! So Pitch Black is one of my favorite sci-fi movies in the genre of horror/sci-fi.
Ghosts of Mars is another one I liked. The scenery of Mars and the reddish photography without it being too much of that constrast is what really impressed me and John Carpenter is one of the greats! The story was involving as the protaganist tells her story as the movies moves along with it. About the only thing I think it could have done without is all the slaughter. But John Carpenter has to have it! Incidently, the earliest work he did was for a very low-budget film called Dark Star. Dan O'Bannon, one of the actors in Dark Star went on to write and produce the legendary Alien.
And finally, while Dune isn't as bloody as the above mentioned films, I have to say that eventually I'm going to own the U.S. version, and the U.K. version on DVD because I've gotta have these. But I have to say that the U.K. version was a bit better. When I first saw Dune, it was the U.S. version and I thought it was boring...but since then I've read more about the story online and discovered that I should give it a second chance. So one night a couple years back, we rented both versions and watched them and I could see that I missed out when first viewing it back when it was first released.
And ironically, Dune (the U.K. version) must have inspired the film The Chronicles of Riddick. It seemed to be.
Ghosts of Mars is another one I liked. The scenery of Mars and the reddish photography without it being too much of that constrast is what really impressed me and John Carpenter is one of the greats! The story was involving as the protaganist tells her story as the movies moves along with it. About the only thing I think it could have done without is all the slaughter. But John Carpenter has to have it! Incidently, the earliest work he did was for a very low-budget film called Dark Star. Dan O'Bannon, one of the actors in Dark Star went on to write and produce the legendary Alien.
And finally, while Dune isn't as bloody as the above mentioned films, I have to say that eventually I'm going to own the U.S. version, and the U.K. version on DVD because I've gotta have these. But I have to say that the U.K. version was a bit better. When I first saw Dune, it was the U.S. version and I thought it was boring...but since then I've read more about the story online and discovered that I should give it a second chance. So one night a couple years back, we rented both versions and watched them and I could see that I missed out when first viewing it back when it was first released.
And ironically, Dune (the U.K. version) must have inspired the film The Chronicles of Riddick. It seemed to be.