"Meanwhile, Farmer Giles' seedlings were washed away in a deluge, a racoon had kilt his chickens, and his children were crying for eggs for their breakfast. He had aphids in his peppers and his flowers were dying."
Garm yelped. "That blasted dog!" growled Giles. "Where's the blunderbuss. . .?" :)
I enjoyed it. Visually it was great- especially the necromonger themes. The statues look like they're straight out of hard sci-fi. Big'ol said it visually reminded him of Dune.
The plot was formulaic but had the advantage of not being a beloved, and widely-read novel. The filmmakers could make the movie they wanted. Pacing had it's ups and downs. The parts that felt rushed had too much background info to process at once. You come away with too many questions that don't ever get answered. I recommend reading through the website to get the gist of the story universe before you see it. Other parts dragged on and didn't contribute much. ie. all of Crematoria.
The surviving characters of Pitch Black reprise and continue their roles. (Jack is all grown up. ) Judy Dench's character is really unique. Our wonderful Karl Urban makes an appearance as a necro captain dude. I wish they would have developed his character a bit more. Vin Diesel... well. He could read me the newspaper with that voice. *alas* He wasn't all serious- the guy has comedic insticts!
All in all, it was a fun movie. Somewhat above average for Hollywood sci-fi.