Glenn Gould takes over the universe!
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sigerson and I went to see The Chronicles of Riddick today. Whoo.
I mean, from the previews, it looked pretty damn bad, right? Well, somehow it wasn't. I mean, yeah it was bad, but it was fun-bad. And sincere, almost. Maybe it's just that I've had my fill of ironic detachment recently. I liked knowing that several of the stars were enthusiastic about the project; it does come through in the final product.
But this was really a fun B-movie. Nothing more than a B-movie, mind you. It had bizarre costumes, plot issues, too much focus on Vin Diesel's biceps, a physics issue that would have sent most Div 3 people I know into seizures, and enough chewed scenery to fill the Queen Mary. But it also had fun one-liners, a female character who royally kicked ass, Glenn Gould (Colm Feore) taking over the universe, iconic images (smoke rising off our hero, for one; an homage to Conan the Barbarian, for another) and a scene that can only be described as "Good job, second-in-command. You get an even goofier hat."
Vin Diesel does antihero better than hero, but is pretty good. Karl Urban's got a purty mouth, even though, as sigerson pointed out, he does look a lot like Dib from Invader ZIM in this. Judi Dench gets to whoosh around.
And most importantly, it's several hours since I saw it, and I'm not regretting the loss of two hours out of my life as I was after, oh, Episode 2.
This summer is really turning out to be the Season of Big and Stupid at the movies. Not that I mind.
I did miss some of the movie, though, because a toddler in the front row was babbling and crying at several points. Not angry at the kid -- babbling and crying is what toddlers do -- but I would have liked to take the parents out and hit them with sticks for a while.
Back to the revisions...
(later)sigerson reminds me that I have neglected to mention the best line in the movie, or in many movies, for that matter. It is:
"I'm going to kill you with my teacup."
Teacup!
sigerson and I went to see The Chronicles of Riddick today. Whoo. I mean, from the previews, it looked pretty damn bad, right? Well, somehow it wasn't. I mean, yeah it was bad, but it was fun-bad. And sincere, almost. Maybe it's just that I've had my fill of ironic detachment recently. I liked knowing that several of the stars were enthusiastic about the project; it does come through in the final product.
But this was really a fun B-movie. Nothing more than a B-movie, mind you. It had bizarre costumes, plot issues, too much focus on Vin Diesel's biceps, a physics issue that would have sent most Div 3 people I know into seizures, and enough chewed scenery to fill the Queen Mary. But it also had fun one-liners, a female character who royally kicked ass, Glenn Gould (Colm Feore) taking over the universe, iconic images (smoke rising off our hero, for one; an homage to Conan the Barbarian, for another) and a scene that can only be described as "Good job, second-in-command. You get an even goofier hat."
Vin Diesel does antihero better than hero, but is pretty good. Karl Urban's got a purty mouth, even though, as sigerson pointed out, he does look a lot like Dib from Invader ZIM in this. Judi Dench gets to whoosh around.
And most importantly, it's several hours since I saw it, and I'm not regretting the loss of two hours out of my life as I was after, oh, Episode 2.
This summer is really turning out to be the Season of Big and Stupid at the movies. Not that I mind.
I did miss some of the movie, though, because a toddler in the front row was babbling and crying at several points. Not angry at the kid -- babbling and crying is what toddlers do -- but I would have liked to take the parents out and hit them with sticks for a while.
Back to the revisions...
(later)
sigerson reminds me that I have neglected to mention the best line in the movie, or in many movies, for that matter. It is:"I'm going to kill you with my teacup."
Teacup!
