They decided to go all Star Wars and really push the budget. Built a whole universe of lore around Riddick, the only trouble is it's only one movie so it spends most of it talking about the lore and then it's all over very quickly. The Necromongers were interesting but the movie was so rushed you cant really enjoy them.

Imagine taking Dune, Aliens and Bourne Supremacy then squeezing all 3 into 90 mins. It was mostly a mess. Saying that there are some good one liners and some great action sequences so it's still worth watching. You will end up watching Pitch Black again though to appreciate the great character that has now been lost in some vast space opera.

just make sure to watch teh directors cut of riddick and not the stupid theater version

All very true and valid points.

Wait, you found Dune to be ok, but you are having problem with the pace of Riddick? lol

I love Dune but if there ever was a movie requiring more length it was it.
I would have liked to see more film in the Chronicles of Riddick, I even saw the movie at the threatre 4 times. That's 1 more than T3 and 2 less than The Fortress.

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I meant in the theatre not dvd etc.

I never said that. Dune most certainly needed to be longer but in the 1980's and with the movie already running way over budget that was never going to happen. I still think Riddick is even more rushed than Dune was. Chronicles is at least two movies of content squeezed into one.

Wait, you watched Terminator 3 3 times?

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I agree with that.
In the theatre yes, two of which on the same day. A few more on DVD.

Wow, I don't think I could even watch my absolute favourite film twice in one day.

Please discuss this in another thread.

No, you should watch it. True, it was hyped too much so too much was expected of it. The first time I saw it I thought it wasn't anything special at all, but watchable. Then I got it in a 3-pack DVD set and so watched it again and quite liked it. Every time I watch it, it seems to be a little bit more enjoyable. Then I got the director's cut version. This has some parts which are much better at explaining the story than the original theatrical cut. Plus you can get it for only a few pounds:

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/702099/The-Chronicles-Of-Riddick-The-Director-Cut/Product.html?searchstring=riddick&searchtype=allproducts&searchsource=0&urlrefer=search

I've not seen Dark Fury though. Anyone know if it's any good? I do know that it is a short animated film, but is it any good?

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