I didn't see the following movie in the theater and was told by a friend that it truly sucked, but when I finally got around to watching 'The Chronicles of Riddick' on DVD I really had a good time watching it! Don't get me wrong- I'm not saying its classic cinema or anything (far from) and not saying that it doesn't have ridiculous moments to it. I really don't even care for Vin Diesel much at all... but I think I *got* what the filmmaker was trying to do. Which, harkening back to my earlier post here, was to make a modern sci-fi, 80s-style barbarian movie. Seriously- it has all the trappings of one of those cheeseball movies I loved as a kid and a tone that takes its seriously but not *seriously* seriously if you know what I mean.
I sorta had the same feeling after watching it that I did after seeing 'Buckaroo Bonzai' (one of my all-time favorite films!!!)- many general audience people didn't *get* 'BB' either... but those of us that did...