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Just Excellent!
Sci/fi horror stories. You really don't expect such charatcer development in these types of movies, but this one does an excellent job, from start to finish. This is definitely not a B movie, not by a long shot.

You find out for example that the bad guy is not always the bad guy. In the crash sequence after all the dust settles and Johns finds an empty cryo sleep tube and his gun missing, it's found on the floor under a dangling Riddick. Now if Riddick was such a bloodthirsty bad guy, he would have taken the gun and shot Johns and been done with it. This is the second interesting development in the film, and gives you a nice window into the character of Riddick.

The first interesting development is the moral dilemna during the landing/crash of the ship, in which Fry tries to eject all the passengers.

The third interesting development is the assuming of Riddick's guilt in the death of Zeke, for which no one has apologized yet.

I've rarely seen such a depth in chracters in the scifi genre. All of the characters go through some deep changes under the pressure of the struggle to survive. Check out the expressions on the faces of the actors, and the dialogue, excellent job, without overacting or forcing.

The special effects are good, and they don't overwhelm the story. The plot is good, and the suspense stays with you up until the very end, building and ebbing throughout the film.

I wish they'd have had a bigger budget for this one, but if they had they'd have probably overloaded on the special effects.

Overall, I would give this an excellent rating as a movie buff.

Pretty good SF, ok DVD
Pitch Black starts out with a pretty standard SF plot - space ship is pulled off course by a meteor shower, crashes on a seemingly deserted planet and the survivors discover that they are not alone. Familar territory to many SF/horror movies.

However, Pitch Black is original enough it's telling of the story to stay interesting. First of all, the bleach process used to process the actual film gives the movie and interesting "look"; transforming the stale, lifeless desert and low budget sets into much more visually appealing scenes.

Secondly, because the film does not appear to be large budget, it capitalizes on the few effects it does have to build a sense of tension and expectation with the viewer. This is far more involving and entertaining than straight out computer generated gore.

Finally, the performance of Vin Diesel as the tough anti hero is fantastic. Credit should go to the producers for casting him in this role and to him for making it work so well.

The DVD extras are not particularly interesting. The commentaries are good, but generally more interesting if you are a film student. The "underground" videos of the rave/launch party for the video are poorly produced are not particularly exciting. And to be honest, I couldn't spot the three extra minutes in the unrated version.

Overall, the DVD makes a good rental. I am not sure that I would buy it to watch it more than once or for the DVD extras.

Pitch Black and Poopy
If I could get the two hours of my life I spent watching this pile of crappola back. I'd use it to send Vin Diesel a close up of my pastie posterior!

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