I recently saw the new Vin Diesel film: Riddick. It was a testosterone fueled machismo festival of epic proportions. There was plot holes a semi truck could have been driven through. There were flaws in terms of story and characterization. It lacked a coherent sense of itself.
And yet I enjoyed it immensely. It had one redeeming quality: it knew what it was about and what it was intended to be. It was a solid escapist science fiction action film through and through. It harkened back to what I liked about the first movie in the series: Pitch Black. It was solid action from start to finish, and did not stray from that.
It also did not see the need to be overtly preachy. The producers of Elysium could take a lesson from that. It did not see the need to stray from the focus on Riddick, and his overall plight.
My overall grade for this film is a C+. It could have been higher, had the flaws I outlined been corrected, but all in all it was worth seeing and shelling out full price to see.
And yet I enjoyed it immensely. It had one redeeming quality: it knew what it was about and what it was intended to be. It was a solid escapist science fiction action film through and through. It harkened back to what I liked about the first movie in the series: Pitch Black. It was solid action from start to finish, and did not stray from that.
It also did not see the need to be overtly preachy. The producers of Elysium could take a lesson from that. It did not see the need to stray from the focus on Riddick, and his overall plight.
My overall grade for this film is a C+. It could have been higher, had the flaws I outlined been corrected, but all in all it was worth seeing and shelling out full price to see.
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