GeneD (post: 1373386) wrote:Have you seen Pitch Black? It's the first Riddick movie and IMO much better than Chronicles.
>_> Well, seems I'm one of the few people who has seen both movies and thought Chronicles was awe-some. Maybe it's just because I accidentally watched Chronicles first, but I really like the epic feel to it, and the twist at the end, and all the characters and cool stuff that happened. (Besides, you have to admit that "I'll kill you with my teacup" is one of the coolest lines ever.) They really are such different movies that they almost shouldn't be in the same series, but I like them both. And I don't see what you mean about Riddick's character being different. Seems to me he's pretty much the same, except in Chronicles he shows a bit more depth - which, if you ask me, is always a good thing.
Anyway, I saw Facing the Giants for like the fourth time. Lol, I watched that way too many times in the hospital this summer. Still, good movie.
And I saw the Spanish movie El Orfanato (The Orphanage).
Woah, what an awesome movie! A bit disturbing, with the ghosts and mediums and all that, but I thought the acting was really good, and I so loved the camera techniques they used throughout. (With the handheld cameras and super-long shots, it felt like Shyamalan, who is my favorite director.) It was also cool that I could understand most of what the little boy said with my unsteady Spanish, though the adults talked way too fast and with far too much complexity for me to really follow. I didn't know that the movie was a horror movie (...ish), so the scares never failed to surprise me. There was one that was so unexpected and out of nowhere that I actually leapt back with a yelp and clapped my hand over my mouth and stayed that way for two whole minutes. It was also a touching story about a mother's desire to be with her son, though I didn't like the message they seemed to be giving at the end about how death is better than life.
