I <3 Vin Diesel

[ShankS]

Originally posted by urgeok
no of course ..

pitch plack was good because of great art direction and casting (the other actors were good) and the tight script.

Vin was pretty suited for the roll i thought ... and good that he was an unknown at the time. He had a good look, was kept in the shadows for the most part .. a good roll for an up and comer.
A more established actor would have tried to be too up front and centre for the roll which would have ruined it.

thats one of the many reasons i didnt like Chronicles ...
Now he's a big star he has to be onscreen all the time. in your face .. hardly menacing anymore.

he did suit the character in PB physicaly, quite well, but once he put his 'vocal' acting skills it started going down hill. Maybe he's improved now with experience, I've only seen him in the sequal, no other films.

[urgeok]

good lord, i never thought i'd see the day where i was defending Vin Deisel ...

but i thought even his monotone delivery was appropriate for pitch black .. he wasnt supposed to have much of a personality ..

(like the way Keanus wooden delivery served his Matrix character ..

[ShankS]

Originally posted by urgeok


(like the way Keanus wooden delivery served his Matrix character ..

lol you put that in there purposfully.... you know I'm a Matrix fan :p

[urgeok]

Originally posted by ShankS
lol you put that in there purposfully.... you know I'm a Matrix fan :p

ha ! actually i wasnt thinking that .. but i guess it was a pretty apt example :)

[Vodstok]

I liked Chronicles for what it was, 90 minutes of pure fluff and special effects. If it had for a second tried to be anything else, im sure i wouldnt have liked it.

The ending really sucked though... Plus, i cant see that head necromonger guy as anything other than the guy from storm of the century....


Vin is kind of like the predator, more a cool looking monster than anything else. Although the predator certainly has more depth.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I liked Chronicles for what it was, 90 minutes of pure fluff and special effects. If it had for a second tried to be anything else, im sure i wouldnt have liked it.

thats just the thing, i thought it was trying to be an epic ..
i saw traces of Dune and LOTR in there ...
and the ending sealed the deal ... the chronicles will continue ..

[Vodstok]

Originally posted by urgeok
thats just the thing, i thought it was trying to be an epic ..
i saw traces of Dune and LOTR in there ...
and the ending sealed the deal ... the chronicles will continue ..

I believe you are correct, but i suppressed any attention my brain may have paid to those details. I really, REALLY wanted to like it (i saw it the same night as the Manchurian Candidate and Collateral, so i was in the mood to like things)

I was so let by then end, though. I remember saying "Oh Jesus christ... He is the fucking messiah or something....."


And then there was the whole "Furian" thing... that was lame....
"Oooo... Angry bad people come from 'Furia'. People who poop alot come from 'Incontenentia'"

as opposed to "Incontenentia Buttocks"... Who married Biggus Dickus.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
I believe you are correct, but i suppressed any attention my brain may have paid to those details. I really, REALLY wanted to like it (i saw it the same night as the Manchurian Candidate and Collateral, so i was in the mood to like things)

I was so let by then end, though. I remember saying "Oh Jesus christ... He is the fucking messiah or something....."


And then there was the whole "Furian" thing... that was lame....
"Oooo... Angry bad people come from 'Furia'. People who poop alot come from 'Incontenentia'"

as opposed to "Incontenentia Buttocks"... Who married Biggus Dickus.

i guess the people who nemaed them were the Obvians :)

its like little kids .. if they have a pink stuffed toy they call it 'pinky'
if its a fuzzy stuffed toy : 'fuzzy'


that aside ... it just tried for too wide a scope.. the pace was a bit too frenzied and although the story was simple, it still tried to make things complicated - all over the map.

I cant bring myself to see the manchurian candidate..

[Vodstok]

I enjoyed it. Denzel was good. Meryl Streep makes you want to punch her in the head, which is good.

Although i do have a hard time thinking anything with Liev Schreiber in it is anything other than shit. Phantoms caused some pretty nasty scars on my psyche.

[urgeok]

Originally posted by Vodstok
Although i do have a hard time thinking anything with Liev Schreiber in it is anything other than shit. Phantoms caused some pretty nasty scars on my psyche.

you notice though .. he seems to carry a good rep in Hollywood ??
i get the impression he's held in fairly high regard.