I feel like Chronicles of Riddick is the weakest of the three Riddick films personally. Very big on world building but feels like a slog compared to Pitch Black or Riddick.
Interesting! I have the inverted perception. All subjective of course, and it probably has to do with my being less interested in the gritty thriller aspect of the other two. That said I thought Riddick did a great job blending the two. If you haven’t done so, I highly recommend watching the “Unrated” version of Riddick and the Director’s Cut of Chronicles of Riddick which elevate both films significantly.
CoR had so many big, unique characters and good actors. Lord Marshal, The Purifier, Karl Urban as Vaako, Dame Vaako, Keith David as Imam, Judi Dench as the Elemental, etc. In our house, it’s one of the most quotable movies up there with Sin City. Some of the cinematography is stunning, too.
Yeah nothing as groundbreaking as Blade Runner for instance, but just one of those films that has such high replayability for us.
There’s just something enticing to me about the “man vs. nature” theme when it comes to an alien planet’s flora and fauna, which both Pitch Black and Riddick offer in spades. I can understand why you like it for the reasons you laid out, I just found the world building and politics boring myself.
Also, Riddick has Katee Sackhoff while Pitch Black has Keith David.
Mediocre!? Thems fightin’ words!
Chronicles of Riddick is a hall of famer in the sci-fi world building space romps! So many good lines.
I modeled the teacup and put in Riddick’s lines when equipping or striking in Skyrim for my wife lol.
I feel like Chronicles of Riddick is the weakest of the three Riddick films personally. Very big on world building but feels like a slog compared to Pitch Black or Riddick.
Interesting! I have the inverted perception. All subjective of course, and it probably has to do with my being less interested in the gritty thriller aspect of the other two. That said I thought Riddick did a great job blending the two. If you haven’t done so, I highly recommend watching the “Unrated” version of Riddick and the Director’s Cut of Chronicles of Riddick which elevate both films significantly.
CoR had so many big, unique characters and good actors. Lord Marshal, The Purifier, Karl Urban as Vaako, Dame Vaako, Keith David as Imam, Judi Dench as the Elemental, etc. In our house, it’s one of the most quotable movies up there with Sin City. Some of the cinematography is stunning, too.
Yeah nothing as groundbreaking as Blade Runner for instance, but just one of those films that has such high replayability for us.
Chronicles of Riddick is Macbeth in space, but people miss that because Riddick is Macduff, not Macbeth. 😉
There’s just something enticing to me about the “man vs. nature” theme when it comes to an alien planet’s flora and fauna, which both Pitch Black and Riddick offer in spades. I can understand why you like it for the reasons you laid out, I just found the world building and politics boring myself.
Also, Riddick has Katee Sackhoff while Pitch Black has Keith David.