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Summary: This movie will give you shivers!
Review: Nothing like it! This movie was really scary. A great "chick" movie, it wil have her holding on tight!. All the main characters were intresting beyond belief, I suggest a trip to the official web site too before going to see it.
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Summary: This movie is off the Hook!
Review: i think this movie is tight. i dont care what all yall other people think. if you have not seen it yet, you need to go rent it or buy it, so you can see it for yourself.
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Summary: Actually 4 1/2 stars, a fun, thrilling sci-fi adventure.
Review: First, this movie is a refreshing change of pace in the sci-fi genre. Sci-fi movies are becoming too top-heavy, with indestructable main characters (i.e. ripley) and outlandish special effects becoming predominant while intriguing plots and complex characters are forgotten.Pitch Black is a well crafted, well-acted movie. The characters, even Vin Diesel's sociopathic killer, aren't really good or evil. They're both, and far more human because they aren't portrayed as black or white. Vin Diesel further moves up in my estimation as an up and comer. his role in Pitch Black reminds me of Russell Crowe's in L.A. Confidential as a prelude of things to come. The special effects work with the movie to heighten the tension. They are REALISTIC and believable. Too much CGI ruins special effects, no matter how well done it is. A fine movie. I'm looking forward to the sequels. I'd say more, but the movie has so many plot twists I don't want to give any away.
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Summary: Universal employs fools in the UK
Review: PITCH BLACK has received many sparkling reviws since its early 2000 debut in US cinemas. Sorry, but this is going to take a slight tangent and deal with Universal's treatment of the movie in Europe. UK movie fans had to wait with baited breath until the film's release late May. Or rather, the films planned release. Pitch Black's release was postponed until 21st July mere days before it was due to appear on UK screens. So we have all waited once again with high expectations and cash in our hands. The 21st July date had presumably been picked to open against High Fidelity, a cool film but hardly a blockbuster. Well here we are on the 18th July and guess what? Yes those fools have moved the release again - this time back to 11th November (almost a whole year since its US release). Universal, and their subsidiary company UIP, are treating the sci fi fan with contempt, and worse still treating PITCH BLACK like an embarrassment which cannot stand up to any sort of competition. Universal feels we should have the awful Flintstones sequel excreted on us withi weeks of its US release but not PB ! UK fans' good faith has now run dry - I, and all the people I know, will buy PB when it debuts on US DVD later this year and other less committed fans will no doubt avoid it when it eventually stumbles onto UK screens. After all if Universal haven't got the confidence why should we ? A real, real shame for what promised to be an excellent film.
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Summary: The suspense was great
Review: Pitch Black was by far the best thriller movie I've seen in years. The actors were great they made you feel like you were there with them. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. The stunts and visual effects were superb. This is a movie that I would recommend ALL to see.
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Summary: Pitch Black
Review: I can't believe this won't hit uk screens 'till November time... Pitch Black is one of the best Sci-fi movies I have ever seen. Frankly. Possibly THE best. The cinematography is second to none; I was blown away by the use of lighting, color and filters. (And you thought 3 kings was stylised?) The somewhat dodgy physics aside this film is a master-work. The plot is first rate, with every twist and shock you could want/hope for. New comer Vin Diesel steals the show entirely as the night-vision bearing convict leading the crash survivors through the darkness and heading the defence against the terrors of the night. WATCH THIS FILM.
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Summary: Pick of the crop...
Review: There hasn't been much out there worth seeing in the way of horror or sci-fi and in my opinion the Alien series will never be outdone however, I think that this movie was as close in capturing the feeling and spontinaety of a good sci-fi as we're gonna get for awhile! The acting was decent, the cinematography was very well done, and the story-line didn't make me completely roll my eyes...however, the best part of this movie, by far are the aliens!I'd say, go see it for the entertainment value. Lighten up an enjoy!!!
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Summary: Multiple personalities
Review: Pitch Black has probably left the theaters in your area. This is a bad thing, because you probably didn't see it (judging by its revenues to date). Or maybe not. This movie is driving me nuts. I don't know what to say about it. How can a movie have so many good things going on and still manage to miss the mark as often as Pitch Black did? David Twohy gives us what would be a creditable first film, if it weren't his third. And Pitch Black suffers from many of the same shortcomings as did his last, The Arrival. However, there are a lot of things about Pitch Black that are stronger, so Twohy IS learning from his mistakes. He's just not put everything together in the right way yet. And that's maddening, especially given that there are enough good things about this movie to make it worth seeing. We open on a spaceship carrying a bunch of passengers, an undisclosed nonhuman cargo (which is never mentioned in the film, only in the Sci-Fi Channel show _Into Pitch Black_, leading me to believe there will be a sequel), and a very dangerous criminal, Richard Riddick (Vin Diesel). The ship passes through something-- perhaps a meteor storm, perhaps the rings of a planet-- and the ship is bombarded with small rocks that penetrate the hull-- and the captain's sleep chamber, killing him. The navigation officer, Fry (Radha Mitchell), is left to try and crash-land the ship on the nearest celestial body, a moon orbiting the large planet with the big rings of the rocks that may have penetrated the ship. In order to successfully land the ship, Fry has to jettison the cargo, and the ship is still overweight. Will she jettison the passengers in order to try and save herself and the other surviving officer? Or will she try and save as many people as possible at the risk of her own life? Obviously, what you've got could be an exceptionally suspenseful piece of filmmaking. And it ain't. It's a confusing jumble. Fortunately, things get better form there as the survivors attempt to figure out if anything lives on this desert moon, how they're going to get off it, and how they're going to survive when Riddick has escaped and is (presumably) hunting them. Despite the opening mess, there are some incredibly suspenseful scenes here, though not with enough consistency to make it a credible suspense film. There's also a good deal of comedy, both intentional and not. There's a great soundtrack-- Graeme Revell here has done his best ominous work since he revamped SPK's _Zamia Lehmani_ album for _Dead Calm_ over a decade ago. Also, remember the name David Eggby. He's not a well-known name, but his grasp of the art of cinematography deserves an Oscar. The scenery in this film, despite being desolate, is absolutely stunning. There's one particular scene (it was thought so much of by the powers that be that it made it into _Into Pitch Black_, but seeing it on a TV doesn't do it justice) of the ringed planet coming over the moon's horizon that's literally breathtaking. This guy is GOOD. (Previous to this, his most notable outing was the original Mad Max, and the two share a good deal of traits vis-a-vis cinematography.) Another very strong point for the movie is the ensemble cast. This is really Vin Diesel and Radha Mitchell's movie, and both are very, very good. I don't know what they got paid to be in this movie, but I'm guessing that both will be commanding many times that sum within a couple of years. Excellent supporting roles are turned in by Claudia Black (Farscape), Keith David (Armageddon, Where the Heart Is), Cole Hauser (son of Wings Hauser, another longtime favorite of mine), and especially another newcomer, Rhiana Griffith. Okay, so if there's all this good about the movie... why am I not so thrilled with what happens when you put it all together? Maybe I saw it too close to The Ninth Gate. Maybe David Twohy was absolutely the wrong person to direct this (I ache to think what, say, Ridley Scott would have done with this cast and script). There are many, many good reasons to see this film, but you'll probably walk out thinking "that should have been miles better than it was." Still, it's worth seeing because its component parts, taken by themselves, are fantastic.
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Summary: Nothing too new plot-wise, but very well done.
Review: I will be the first to admit this movie doesn't have too much for its plot; it does have the typical Aliens "We're not gonna last 17 hours!" attitude. What makes this movie worth seeing? A combination of Twohy's film style and Vin Diesel's great performance as Riddock. The great Australian landscapes and the "Where's Waldo" of trying to find the escaped murderer Riddock in them entertain for the first half of the movie; then, Riddock and the monsters become more central and the guilty pleasure of watching hapless people being gobbled up entertains the second half. Vin Diesel's Riddock is by far the most entertaining good?-bad? guy in recent cinema. I can only hope they do a sequel or two (and not mess them up!).
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Summary: Pitch Black is a visual masterpiece with a decent plot
Review: With a great casting job and the most excellent cinematography of the year to date, Pitch Black is a movie to see. But here's a warning: rent it on DVD and watch it in Dolby Digital Surround Sound or you won't get the theater feel, and it is necessary to enjoy the full effects. Vin Diesel is simply a bad@#* in Pitch Black, but he isn't so invincible that he gets his way at all times. Radha Mitchell plays a headstrong, stubborn navigator thrust into a role of command, and she plays the part well. But the best thing about this movie is director David Twohy's mastery of the camera. For the first half of the movie, the screen was so bright from the three suns that I needed refills on my drink three times to quench my thirst. Twohy's portrayal of a bleak desert world was impressive and worked well. But when the eclipse came, the movie went from bleak heat to dark fear. Just like that. But the great part about it is that the viewer doesn't consciously recognize the transition. It is a subconscious switch that heightens the apprehension level and sets the heart beating. I can't describe it any better than that, but the movie was worth the $6.50 and will be worth my $20 when it comes out on DVD.
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