kryptonitemonkey | Chronicles of Riddick

I've seen the movie twice in the theaters, but I have just rented it again for the family movie night tonight, and I must say, I don't really care for the changes they've made to it. Normally, one can notice a small change in perhaps a line or scene for the occasional movie, but Riddick must have like 5-15 minutes of extra or changed footage, and I don't it makes the movie any better; quite the opposite, in fact. It seems to me that the extra stuff is unecessary, and at times a little hoaky and weird. I mean, it was cool that Riddick did that cool explodey thing this time, like they had in the commercials, but as he never did anything else similar during the rest of the movie, it seems out of place. I wish they had kept it the way it was.

Aside from the changes though, the movie is still quite entertaining. I'm still not sure of exactly what the religious aspects are supposed to represent though. It is clear that they are based in something, but whether they are showing christianity in a bad light or not is still to be seen...