Really it's not that bad

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2002)

I found Pitch Black to be a refreshing change from the horrible sci-fi flicks we have gotten in recent time. As a girl I admit that I was first interested in the eye candy that is Vin Diesel but as the movie played on I really got a good glimpse that it is still possible to make a good science fiction movie.
The one problem with this story is that we are led somewhere and then totally jerked in another direction. What i'm talking about is about 20 or so minutes into the film we are believing that we are going to get an awesome insight into the mysterious Riddick and then all of sudden it's "WTF it's dark and aliens are eating the crew!". Granted no the aliens weren't uninteresting or anything but Riddick was what got me interested, and I don't mean Vin I mean his character. I wanted to know what he had done, and wanted to hear more about him (BTW I hear they are making a Riddick movie sometime in the future sort of a prequel).
There are some good characters that I cared about and then there are some "Oh well they're dead." I never got around to caring about Fry so the ending didn't hurt me none.
Despite the fact that no the movie didn't go where I wished it would have it was still a great movie and enjoyable. Though you do have to overlook some parts, like how they so conveniently landed on the planet on the one day a year there is an eclipse. I think if you don't dig too far into it you'll find that you'll enjoy it. It is really quite a simple movie and you won't forget Vin Diesel's Riddick.
9 out of 10 stars.