Riddick (2013)

Originally posted by jaden101

It certainly looks a lot like the planet from Pitch Black and some of the creatures look and act similar. Also the pic of him with the weapon made from a giant bone is quite similar to the skeleton sizes from Pitch Black.

I'm just saying there's no logical reason why it has to be the same planet as PB. Hell, they didn't even give it a name.

I'm also saying that the first was filmed in Coober Pedy here in Australia & the terrain they built on set does not have the same environmental "feel" to PB's planet.

Well roughly another month to find out...

Originally posted by jaden101
He then apparently leaves the planet and returns to Furya to 'save it from destruction'. So I get the feeling the trailers are all showing only half the film.

I remember reading that years ago, too. About him returning to his home planet to save it from destruction. But then suddenly that part disappeared from all the synopses I've read. I think I first read it when someone was reviewing an early draft of the script, so I wonder if the script was revamped since then to stretch that out for later films. They may have been trying to condense the rest of the series into this film originally. Who knows.

But I seriously doubt that this planet is going to be the same one from Pitch Black. And I ALSO seriously doubt that it will turn out to be Riddick's home planet. (Both would be silly twists.) If it is abandoned and overrun by vicious mosters then it would probably be beyond saving. And "Furya" is the title of the (hopefullly) 5th and final film. "Underverse" is number 4 where there is supposed to be some seriously all-out f#cking war (citing this interview with Twohy). Let's hope this film succeeds at the Box Office so that can happen.

Yeah it seems an odd notion that he is to save Furya when it's strongly suggested that almost all Furyan's were killed by the Lord Marshall. Also odd that if Furya did survive as a planet rather than a civilisation then why didn't the Lord Marshall simply destroy the actual planet during that purge of furyans? An odd discrepancy.

As for the film doing well, I hope so. It deserves to make its money back and then some. I've noticed general opinion against it seems to be changing more for it which can only be a good sign. I go to Cineworld cinemas to see most movies and so follow them on Facebook and Twitter and early posts about Riddick were met mostly with universal disdain but opinions have changed the closer the release date has gotten.

Vin is cited as being one of the 1st actors to actually use Twiiter & listen to what his fanbase has to say, especially with the Riddick franchise.

Vin posted a couple years ago that he could easily get the funding for the next Riddick instalment but it would've been on the condition that it would be PG-17. Fans reacted badly to the rating & so Vin had to a) go to Germany to seek the funding needed & b) agree to another F&F movie before getting the greenlight to do an R-Rated version of Riddick.

Pg-17?

PG-30.

Originally posted by Mindset
Pg-17?

Well you're PG17 is equivalent to our MA (Mature Audience) 15+ here.

Well I thought that Vin had said that the premiere for the film was yesterday (Aug. 28th), but I can't find anything about it. Perhaps he was mistaken. Anyway, here's some interview footage with 3 cast members...

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Shit, and now perhaps a longer version...

YouTube video

(^That second video is a different interview, even though it looks the same)

And yes, they did have the premiere the other night...

And I don't know who the f#ck this guy is, but I like his review (this guy, I suppose)...

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Well you're PG17 is equivalent to our MA (Mature Audience) 15+ here.

Originally posted by Mindset
We have pg-13 and R, so I assume you mean the former.

Here in Aust we have G, PG, MA15+ & R.
Admittedly it's been a long time since something was rated R.
Theatres tend to go with MA15+ then we get the R-version on dvd release.

So far as I know the cinema cut is getting an 18 rating in the UK. We have ratings as below

U for universal suitable for all.
PG for parental guidance. Suitable for but with some older kid appropriate themes
12 dvd release rating only.
12A. Supposedly suitable for older kids only accompanied by an adult.
15.
18.
R18. Pornos

A special behind the scenes thing...

YouTube video

I'm hearing positive reviews.

I've seen a mixed bag. Mainly people damning it with faint praise. Or praising it with faint damning. Heh

But I'm trying to keep reviews from clouding my judgement. I didn't care about the bad reviews for the previous films, so why should I care now?

You're the second person who seems to question the positive reviews.
Positive is positive, right?
This time next week....

It's settling in at about 54% on RT with about 59 total reviews so far. Which is actually damn good for a Riddick movie, heh. I was hoping it would land that 60% and above "fresh" rating, but oh well. As long as people are saying things like this I think the film is right on target (and fu#k everybody else):

"It's B-grade cinema made with A-level intelligence and imagination -- skillfully directed, surprisingly well acted and gratifyingly preposterous."

Rafer Guzman
Newsday
Top Critic

"The CGI-created landscape is impressively rendered and detailed, there are loads of cool gadgetry and, of course, plenty of action and "ghosting" - i.e. killing."

Bruce Demara
Toronto Star
Top Critic

"Though it explores overtly familiar territory, Riddick shows that there's life in this franchise yet, improving on its predecessors with a potent blend of suspense, humor and newfound vitality."

Isaac Feldberg
We Got This Covered

I even saw one reviewer who compares it to Kubrick's 2001. Haha, that sounds absurd, nevertheless I look forward to reading his take. But sometimes I think these critics go into it expecting Citizen Kane or something. 🙄 I've got my ticket for tomorrow.

Saw it and enjoyed it. The opening 20 or 30 minutes is great, beautifully done. It establishes quickly that this isn't childsplay anymore. It's rated R for you-know-who. There's a few good thrills to make it fun, and definitely some humor. It was definitely cast well. And yes, it definitely feels a lot more scaled down than the previous installment. But it works for the most part. Just as I suspected it wasn't going to really conclude anything. I felt like it needed a little more time to tie things up at the end...

Spoiler:
...maybe some explanation of Dahl being a Furyan or something. Don't know if that's true or not, but that's my guess. Something like that would have helped the ending not feel quite so abrupt. And it definitely needed more Necromongers. Twohy wants to add more in for the Extended blu-ray release. So hopefully that'll happen.

I'll admit, some of the effects look cheap, but not the animated creatures. Those look great as far as I'm concerned. To me it's more the lighting with the greenscreens. When you're used to seeing all these upwards of $150 million budget movies, this definitely looks different (only about $38 million). But it's not too distracting. It keeps things simplified a little and it's more intimate. But I do honestly miss the epic, sweeping visuals of Chronicles and the expanded mythology. Some of the meat-and-potatoes action shots of this film feel like they could have been beefed up and made much more interesting with a little more budget. I'll give examples when more people have seen it, but I do think the film will play well with repeat viewings. I look forward to seeing it again. But I won't do IMAX again. I swear they have to cut off some of the film for IMAX. I can't stand that.

Hope it fairs better overseas, because it's already not debuting very well here in the States (est. 7.3 million Friday). I think I realize now why there weren't any other major releases coming out this weekend: football celebrations. Fu#k me. That's what everyone was doing instead. Everyone was out and about last night.

LoL, this guy.

I doubt anyone thought this movie would pull in big numbers, they'd be stupid if they did.

Hopefully, it makes enough to warrant a sequel.