A conversation about that Rid**** Movie

[Chang Style Novice]

Reposted from a thread elsewhere on the internet


Me - I have, for some reason, agreed to see "Rid****" this evening.

If you never hear back from me, well...


Somebody else - I'm not entirely incurious about that, actually. I liked Pitch Black, and though my first thought after seeing it was not "They really ought to build a gazillion-dollar franchise around the big bald guy!", David Twohy, who made Pitch Black, directed this one too. The reviews have been pretty bad, though.

Me again - Chronicles of Rid**** has some kinda nifty set/costume design and stunts, and for the most part the pacing is kept high enough that you don't drift off from whatever absurd eye-candy is occupying the screen at a given moment. That's the good news, now for the bad. It probably makes even less sense (plot and premise-wise) than Pitch Black did, none of the three main plot threads is developed fully at all, and is surprisingly uninvolving for even a big-budget summer blockbuster action flick starring a musclebound yutz with a goofy name.

That other dude - Did they at least give Colm Feore anything cool to do?


Yours truly - I dunno - which one was he?

Edit - I checked the imdb, so he was the main bad guy huh? Well, he chewed some scenery and was pretty game about playing second fiddle to his special effects. Plus he had the sillyest armor in the movie.

Him once more - "he had the sillyest armor in the movie."

Well, good. Just so long as there was some acknowledgement that this was a man who's played Glenn Gould, Marcus Andronicus, D. W. Griffith, and Caspar Weinberger, and so must be shown some respect.

Good ol' CSN - Oh yeah - he's also half alive and half.... SOMETHING ELSE!

I know because Judi Dench said so. I think. Maybe he said it himself. I wasn't paying much attention to who said what because about half everything said happens in voice over and none of it is important.

A third dude - Does Judi Dench get through the movie without giggling?

Me - My guess is she's warming up for her part in Gnomeo and Juliet. (http://imdb.com/title/tt0377981/)

[CaptinPickAxe]

Isn't Vin Desiel gay? I mean, he was a broadway actor.:D

[Suntzu]

did they give Thandi Newton a sammich or 3.......... dozen?

[red5angel]

I saw it, here's my take:

I loved it! Overall I really enjoyed the flick, some good hollywood type fight scenes, some serious eye candy in the effects. The writing was mediocre but let's face it, I didn't go for the dialogue. I like the main character, Rid****, he makes a good anti-hero. Did I mention the fight scenese? There were a couple of really fun ones to watch. The pot was ok, but like a good porno, I was busy watching the action.
Things I didn't like - the effects on the critters in the prison were sort of weak, but only sort of. Cool idea anyway. The black chick in the movie over acted the fukk out of her part, I hated the character not because she was designed to be disliked but because the actress playing her sucked, she wasn't even that hot in my opinion.
I want to see it again, and frankly, I'd pay full price at the movie theater to see it again. Of course I enjoyed Pitch Black too. I can't wait for the third movie.....

[Chang Style Novice]

But you gotta admit, the armor was pretty silly lookin'...:D

[MasterKiller]

Originally posted by red5angel
The pot was ok, but like a good porno, I was busy watching the action. Is pot a requisite for watching it all the way through?

[Chang Style Novice]

I coulda definitely used a lungful or three.

[red5angel]

lol! sorry, "plot".


Actually CSN, I kinda of thought the over all feel of the bad Necromongers was cool. The armor was ok. I did notice something smal though - in the preview you see the main bad guy looking out over his army, and his helmet looks like the huge pylons they plant in the ground, then he turns and you see his face. In the movie, in the same scene, he turns but he is wearing a mask so you don't see his face.


Overall, I'd give it four thumbs up, if I had four thumbs that is.