Then I go to the movies...

Having a free ticket, and having made some fairly decent money off eBay in the last week or so, we headed to the movie theater. Claire and Reeta went to see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Claire's first time), and I went to see my main man, Vin Diesel in "The Chronicles of Riddick".

Personally, I loved it. Aside from a couple of wierd editing glitches where I'm sure some plot in the first twenty minutes or so wound up on the floor, the rest of it was pure action bonanza. Personally, I'm giving this one at least +1.5 Cokes, but Your Mileage May Vary.

My tastes seem to run in that direction. I'm the kind of guy who will sit down and watch Japanese kung-fu science fiction action flicks by choice (remember Returner?), but I wouldn't sit through the English Patient unless I was paid off. Not even free would get me there. (Best Picture? You've got to be kidding.) You would have to drag me kicking and screaming to see Titanic (which I've still never seen, thank goodness, please James Cameron, make something I'd actually like to see next...) I loved xXx, I loved Pitch Black. The Fast and the Furious was watchable. I understand David Twohy wants to make 2 more Riddick films, and I want to see them. I personally enjoyed the ending of the movie. I've heard some people (I don't know why I'm sending that guy traffic...) complain that the ending should have been different. I see what they mean, but actually I like this ending too. I won't give anything away here (in case anyone besides me actually wants to go see it), but the ending was actually really cool.

Anyway... again, +1.5 Cokes (Out of a possible +/- 2 Cokes). Because of my personal bias, you may want to subtract a full Coke off that to get a more accurate read.