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Steve Zahn takes David Twohy on A PERFECT GETAWAY!

Tropic Thunder Trailer! by wadi77	Mar 18th, 2008 01:25:09 AM
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I liked The Arrivel, didn't like Below. by Crimson King	Mar 18th, 2008 01:25:23 AM
I'm kinda "meh" on Pitch Black. Maybe I need to rewatch it.
Wait a minute, First? by wadi77	Mar 18th, 2008 01:26:11 AM
Sorry, I got excited of that trailer for Tropic Thunder. Awesome!
I liked The Chronicles of Riddick. by otm shank	Mar 18th, 2008 01:30:03 AM
Yup. I was the one.
The Arrival by Mezzanine	Mar 18th, 2008 01:36:23 AM
Wasn't that the one with Charlie Sheen? If so, your friends were right in making fun of you for that. And who gives a fuck if Harlan Ellison thinks its ok? I realize this is Geek Blashpemy, but... the dude isn't all he's cracked up to be.
Unrated Riddick is great by UMAGA	Mar 18th, 2008 01:45:37 AM
I don't why people dislike that film, it's fucking awesome. I seriously want to see the next film so fuck you, Quint.
What's "Pitched Black"? Proofread, Quint! Proofread! by FilmCritic3000	Mar 18th, 2008 01:50:36 AM
It's so easy to do, good sir.
It's PITCH, not PITCHED. by DerLanghaarige	Mar 18th, 2008 01:51:03 AM
Hey, I just got up and got nothing else to do than complaining.
Awesome! by GoFukyerSelf	Mar 18th, 2008 02:10:31 AM
David Twohy! Steve Zahn! Timothy Olyphant! Killers! This just became one of my most anticipated pre-production flicks!
So basically it's Kalifornia meets The Hitcher then... by Sledge Hammer	Mar 18th, 2008 02:47:39 AM
Not that that's a bad thing, but it'll be all about the performances and how well Twohy can ramp up the tension, and so far I'm not convinced of his ability to do tension very well. I mean I liked Pitch Black and The Arrival, and Below was okay, saw them all in cinemas, but I've always thought that Twohy was a pretty generic director, and all three of those films could have been better in more capable hands.
And by "Arrivel".... by Crimson King	Mar 18th, 2008 03:02:01 AM
I meant "Arrival."
No one can defend Riddick? Sounds like a job for me! by Vern	Mar 18th, 2008 03:02:58 AM
Okay, it's a bad movie, and it also suffers from its PG-13 rating. For a movie with a serial killer anti-hero there sure isn't much violence. But to me it's way more fun than PITCH BLACK. PITCH BLACK has a good, derivative concept, it starts off good, and then becomes dull and mediocre. PITCH BLACKs are a dime a dozen, but there are no other CHRONICLES OF RIDDICKs. It's got Diesel rockin a beard and dreadlocks, the scene where he stops a monster dog by petting it, Judi Dench as an alien, the sudden out of the blue narration in the middle, the line "I haven't smelled beautiful in a long time," the bad guys who fly around in giant statues and worship death, the ending that made even my buddy who groaned obnoxiously through the whole movie say that he wanted to see a sequel. Okay, so I haven't gone back and watched it again, but I will do that some day, and I won't for PITCH BLACK. Sorry, PITCH BLACK. I'm just being honest.
Riddick was better than Pitch Black by ShiftyEyedDog2	Mar 18th, 2008 03:16:17 AM
I liked Chronicles of Riddick quite a bit. I wish they'd make more in the series. While I liked Pitch Black, it just FELT like a story that needed a bigger budget and bigger scope.
I llike "The Arrival" by TattooedBillionaire	Mar 18th, 2008 03:19:41 AM
It's pretty solid, I'd say. The same goes for "Below." I've never seen "Pitch Black" and only parts of "Riddick."
I'll defend Riddick... by drwilliamweir	Mar 18th, 2008 04:28:33 AM
Except you did a good job enough already, Mr Vern. If anything the shortcomings are outweighed by its own ambition and wonderfully overbaked production design and script. Yes, the science fiction sits a bit uncomfortably with the Dungeons and Dragons-esque/LOTR fantasy (Diesel is a fan) but for sheer imagination not many films come close. The Crematoria sequence alone is worth the price of admission. I didn't realise that The Arrival was by Twohy, I really enjoyed it when it came out on video in the late nineties. The way the aliens broke their legs to walk was inspired! Below in an underseen gem of a ghost story. It's a real shame that someone of Twohy's imagination hasn't done better in the industry, he's a credit to Hollywood.
"The Arrival" is pretty great by moviemenace	Mar 18th, 2008 05:20:34 AM
I don't understand why people shit on it. It's solid sci-fi with lots of tension and great twists. I think Twohy is hit-and-miss. "Pitch Black" has some amazing moments but the overall movie is dull. "Below" just underwhelms. I saw it in theaters but barely remember it at this point. "Riddick" has eyepopping visuals but it places a one dimensional character at the center an epic setting. Riddick never really deserved a movie that size, which is why the best sequence is when he races the sun on that prison planet, not all the babble that clunks through the rest of the movie. All these movies, which are flawed for the most part, contain elements that tell me Twohy has a classic genre film in him. If he find the right material---one day, I'm telling you, one day---he will do something spectacular.
Horrible Killers? by GooBoy	Mar 18th, 2008 05:31:28 AM
So does that mean they are just shitty at it? Like, they have good intentions, but they just lack the skills for an effective follow through?
Oh, and.... by GooBoy	Mar 18th, 2008 05:32:09 AM
Riddick sucked balls.
David Twohy for Conan by DocPazuzu	Mar 18th, 2008 06:57:32 AM
Yeah, I said it - and I'm basing it on Chronicles of Riddick. Say what you want about the film, but don't tell me Twohy doesn't have the eye required to bring a lush Hyborian Age to the screen. Also, the hand-to-hand combat scenes in Riddick are staged in a way that would do Conan proud.
too bad I didn't know of AICN back in 1999 by Magic Rat	Mar 18th, 2008 07:16:15 AM
i would have written a review of Pitch Black. I saw it at a screening in the Hard Rock in NYC. Afterwards Towhy and Diesel and Keith David (or David Keith, I can't remember which comes first) and the whole cast were there for a Q&A session. I remember it being awkward because after the movie premiered and they took questions, nobody really had anything to say about it. I do remember that's the first time I heard of Vin Diesel, though, and you could tell the guy was going to be a big star.
Yup, I like The Arrival, Pitch Black, AND Chronicles of Riddick by just pillow talk	Mar 18th, 2008 07:30:14 AM
I mean, c'mon, the ending of the arrival when the kid's legs go all crazy and he runs away as one of those aliens...Charlie yelling at him. Great. For whatever reason, I like Chronicles too. I don't care how bad it is, and like Xiphos said, the sidekick is hot and can kick ass. Yum-yum!
I'll be waiting for the Neil Diamond cover w/ Jack Black by donwillymo	Mar 18th, 2008 08:07:42 AM

Why not? by Darkman	Mar 18th, 2008 08:10:01 AM
Steve Zahn as the husband? Wouldn't it have been cool to see him as one of the killers? I really believe he's due for a psycho role. Still, this sounds fairly promising.
My Take by Cobbio	Mar 18th, 2008 08:24:27 AM
I dug "The Arrival" and "Pitch Black," but really disliked "The Chronicles of Riddick." God, that movie could've kicked so much more ass than it did. To me it was a one-dimensional role-playing game misfire. The baroque visuals were pretty but hollow. The characters were silly, humorless, and oh-so-serious. There wasn't a moment of tension or uncertainty in the entire film. Riddick kicks ass magically, without any thought as to why or how he could pull it off (just like characters do in RPGs), and then he descends into... the underworld? Uh huh. WTF? Are you a science fiction or fantasy film? Because sloppily mixing genres like that sucks. Twohy should've reined in Diesel's role-playing shit, slapped the badboy upside the head, and rewritten the entire script before shooting. Hopefully Twohy will surprise with his new flick.
Sounds Good, Great Casting by cowboyone	Mar 18th, 2008 09:07:28 AM
Twohy's good (ambitious but inconsistent.) I loved Zahn in Joyride and Olyphant is talented too. I'm onboard!
The Chronicles of Riddick by Series7	Mar 18th, 2008 09:28:53 AM
Was awesome. In fact I've liked all of Twomeys films. I own all of them except Below. That first scene in Pitch Black was one of the most intense times I've ever had in a movie. I had no idea, hadn't seen one trailor for Pitch Black just heard some good reviews and went in and saw it. I was blown away. Riddick was just a dumb fun movie, I could see where you don't like it because it wasn't like the first one. But come on a small budgeted Sci-Fi movie gets a huge budget for the sequel, of course its going to be a mess. At least it was fun and really good looking. After seeing Doomsday, another amazing movie, I want to see Marshall and Twomey make a movie together. That would be awesome.
ZAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHNNNNN! by Unlabled	Mar 18th, 2008 09:31:11 AM
Sorry, I know
God bless Steve Zahn by abcdefz7	Mar 18th, 2008 09:38:37 AM
The best part of Rescue Dawn and a great part of Out of Sight. This guy's a real actor.
Riddick by Nabster	Mar 18th, 2008 10:16:21 AM
Was certainly a bad movie, with bad acting in spades. Specifically the black actress in it, inspired unintentional laughter, virtually every time she delivered a piece of dialogs. The best part is the awesome finale showdown. The film is essentially a b sci fi film, the kind one might expect to run accross on the Sci Fi channel late at night. But man, if you are in the mood to turn your brain off to an epic sci fi film, this film is damned fun.
Disaster in time by MesnerTrks	Mar 18th, 2008 10:21:02 AM
I don't know if anyone else knows or remembers a little movie(made for tv?) called Disaster in time. I loved it when I was a kid, as I am a sucker for a good time travel story. I know that Twomey didn't write the novel that it was apparently based on, but he did adapt the screenplay and direct it. Great movie with a couple of neat twists. There is one line I always loved. "There is a reason for time you know...it's to keep everything from happening all at once." Or something like that. It sounds a lot better in context. Anyone else remember this one?
Honeymoon in Vegas Redux by bobinnova	Mar 18th, 2008 10:23:23 AM
Wow, is Steve Zahn going to rescue his woman with a planeload of Flying Elvises? Maybe he'll end up in Hawaii airport jail.
Below/Twohy by MacTard420	Mar 18th, 2008 10:41:18 AM
I actually like this film quite a bit. It is a pretty entertaining psychological submarine thriller that definitely didn't get any notice when it was released on about 400 screens for one week. This new Twohy-Zahn film sounds entertaining though. I'd like to see Steve Zahn go into crazy-desperate-husband mode!
THE ARRIVAL continually surprised. by LoneGun	Mar 18th, 2008 10:41:56 AM
I liked that one. I think that when David Twohy is on, he is really on. PITCH BLACK, for example, had a great edginess to it and introduced one of the more appealing anti-heroes of recent times. Some of that edginess was lost in CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, but there was still a lot to appreciate in that film. I like DocPazuzu's suggestion of Twohy for directing CONAN. On the less fortunate side, there's his film BELOW, one of the few movies I just couldn't make it through. I don't know...maybe it was my mood at the time. Maybe I should give it another shot. Naw.
Riddick was great. by Captain Justice	Mar 18th, 2008 10:49:18 AM
So it would seem nobody can bash it. Defending it is pretty fucking easy.
oh and Vern by Captain Justice	Mar 18th, 2008 10:51:03 AM
The line is: "it's been a long time since I smelled beautiful". This movie is also on Peachtree (formerly TBS) tonight.
David Twohy for Conan by Toonol	Mar 18th, 2008 11:36:34 AM
I'd be ok with that. It seemed like Chronicles of Riddick was half Hyboria, half Dune, and half Dungeons and Dragons. That's 150%, which led to a very overstuffed movie.
Pitch Black and Riddick are so different. by Kurzinski Valentine	Mar 18th, 2008 01:00:52 PM
There's really no comparison. Pitch Black was fucking awesome as a stand-alone, and I think it should have stayed that way. I enjoyed Riddick, but it also feels very stand-alone-ish and would have benefitted from being set in a seperate universe.
Don't tell me I can't defend Chronicles of Riddick by crazyhorse2099	Mar 18th, 2008 01:15:36 PM
You're not the boss of me.
Pitch Black and The Arrival are both pretty good by Rupee88	Mar 18th, 2008 02:21:52 PM
sci-fi movies are so rare these days, so even an ok one is appreciated (like that recent burned out son movie). Riddick looked unwatchable so I never tried.
The ONLY problem with Riddick is... by Spastic Jedi	Mar 18th, 2008 07:15:43 PM
It suffered from trying to please everyone. If it didn't try and please fanboys and studio execs and instead chose to please just one, then it would be amazing. It is still one of the best sci-fi epics (in scale) since star wars, just my opinion.
another Riddick apologist by zombieslayer	Mar 18th, 2008 07:42:48 PM
you felt it holding back for the pg-13, but there was too much crazy cool in it. I mean, for shit's sake, he beats the space nazi zombies, and then has the nerve to pull a conan ending? I wanted more.
"Its an animal thing" by El Cimarron	Mar 18th, 2008 11:11:48 PM
Riddick/Pitch Black are on my top sci fi flicks. I like the universe, the character design and the epic feel of it all. To me, it felt like a space Blade Runner. Would love to see where they take it next if the ever make the next one.
hell yeah by rants-raves-and-reviews.blogspot .com	Mar 19th, 2008 02:08:53 PM
im glad that are some more Riddick defenders out there. That movie was ass and begs for a sequel. Hopefully it will get done someday.

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