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Old 03-24-2013, 10:52 AM   #26
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Old 03-24-2013, 11:52 AM   #27
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I have never seen Vin cast in a movie that was a anything other than a collection of mediocre choreographed fight scenes with some plot in name only concocted to string those bits together. Hoping for real character development?

If I want to watch a "B" quality movie then I'll just watch a B movie.
A Man Apart, while in general just another bad action flick with a cliche plot, Vin is great in it.
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Old 03-24-2013, 01:16 PM   #28
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Character development is overrated.
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Old 03-24-2013, 01:21 PM   #29
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Vin should always be teamed up with Paul Walker.
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Old 03-24-2013, 01:32 PM   #30
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Awww yisss.
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Old 03-24-2013, 01:34 PM   #31
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I admit XXX was painful to watch.

Maybe I can blame my ex for that one, but I don't recall finishing it.
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Old 03-24-2013, 01:52 PM   #32
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Sin City
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V for Vendetta

Also: faqurug, of course your opinion is the only right one
Whatever, moron.

I guess you missed the fact that everyone here disagrees with you.
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Old 03-24-2013, 02:00 PM   #33
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Pitch Black was awesome.
Chronicles was awesome.

They were obviously very very different movies, but so good in their own rights. I'm happy to see another Riddick; looks to be going back to Pitch Black planet?
Pitch Black - everyone will agree on this

Chronicles - people will be strongly divided on this. I personally thought it was an overly ambitious mess
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Old 03-24-2013, 02:01 PM   #34
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Whatever, moron.

I guess you missed the fact that everyone here disagrees with you.
How did you score on reading and comprehension?

Pretty much everyone agreed on my basic premise that watching a Vin movie is like watching a B movie with some money spent on production. Apparently that plays well with OT.

Let me put it this way, a Vin diesel movie will never go down in the history of cinema as a truly great work of film.

I've seen the Riddick movies as I happened across them for free/Netflix and they're just average (I did enjoy Pitch Black enough but I'd never re-watch it). I don't see what commends them over any number of other action flicks, pick your summer action flick flavor and be happy, but don't delude yourself that it's great cinema.
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Old 03-24-2013, 02:03 PM   #35
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How did you score on reading and comprehension?


Just fine.

Shut up and leave. I'm sick of watching you try to pee on anything you decide you don't like. You don't want to watch the movie, you don't even want to watch the ****ING TRAILER.
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Didn't even watch the trailer.

This will be ****.
Just GTFO.
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Old 03-24-2013, 02:11 PM   #36
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You don't want to watch the movie, you don't even want to watch the ****ING TRAILER.
I heard Vin's voice in my head as I read this. It made me .
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Old 03-24-2013, 02:16 PM   #37
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I heard Vin's voice in my head as I read this. It made me .
Unintentional win!
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Old 03-24-2013, 02:20 PM   #38
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Unintentional win!
I just watched the trailer, all 22 seconds of it. Enlightening stuff, totally changed my viewpoint.

Completely.

Unwad your panties and go watch your popcorn flick.
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Old 03-24-2013, 02:21 PM   #39
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I heard Vin's voice in my head as I read this. It made me .
yup Except I heard Adam Carolla as Vin in my head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHMjCZJcpXI#t=08m35s
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Old 03-24-2013, 02:29 PM   #40
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Pitch Black - everyone will agree on this

Chronicles - people will be strongly divided on this. I personally thought it was an overly ambitious mess
Pitch Black was a relatively simple scary things in the dark movie with Diesel playing a great anti-hero. It just works.

I got the feeling that Chronicles was originally a totally unrelated script and someone got the great idea to get Diesel to do it and create some sort of tie in with Pitch Black.

If this film is more like Pitch Black, it should be a solid movie, not high cinema, just very entertaining.
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Old 03-24-2013, 06:32 PM   #41
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yup Except I heard Adam Carolla as Vin in my head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHMjCZJcpXI#t=08m35s
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:24 PM   #42
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Pitch Black was a relatively simple scary things in the dark movie with Diesel playing a great anti-hero. It just works.

I got the feeling that Chronicles was originally a totally unrelated script and someone got the great idea to get Diesel to do it and create some sort of tie in with Pitch Black.

If this film is more like Pitch Black, it should be a solid movie, not high cinema, just very entertaining.
Your speculation on the Chronicles script is probably right, many original screenplays never make it to film in their original form and instead get retooled & shoehorned into an existing franchise as a sequel
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:26 PM   #43
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:28 PM   #44
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Regardless it'll still be better than a potor thread.
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Old 03-24-2013, 07:57 PM   #45
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Regardless it'll still be better than a potor thread.
You must be gay because only the gays voice their hatred for him.
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Old 03-24-2013, 08:19 PM   #46
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You must be gay because only the gays voice their hatred for him.
You suck ONE dick and all of a sudden your gay!!!! WTF kind of **** is this?!?!?!
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Old 03-24-2013, 08:35 PM   #47
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I heard Vin's voice in my head as I read this. It made me .
Hell yes.

Chronicles of Riddick has been on rotation for the last couple months...

I think I've watched it about 6 times.
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:54 PM   #48
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Sin City
Skyfall
V for Vendetta

Also: faqurug, of course your opinion is the only right one
Pretty sure the character in Skyfall has been developed for like 50 years... and I dont consider V for Vendetta an action movie
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Old 03-24-2013, 10:57 PM   #49
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I almost wish Escape From Butcher Bay would have been a movie instead of a game. It's easily my favorite of the Riddick stories.
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Old 03-24-2013, 11:18 PM   #50
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I admit XXX was painful to watch.

Maybe I can blame my ex for that one, but I don't recall finishing it.
Still a million times better than ice cubes remake.
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