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Net Worth (2001)
This has a lesson about life and what's really important..
I watched this movie thinking it was going to be just about four friends setting a challenge for themselves to see who would come out on top, but in the end, they all did. Each took a different approach; one focused almost solely on earning money, another made lots of intimate contacts, one was a hippie/explorer and the fourth, took the slow and hard path in his quest. Through all their experiences, the true meaning of friendship shone like a ray of sunshine upon them and they realized what really mattered. I won't spoil events in the film by telling you what happened, however I'll say this..the resolution touched me and made me wish that I had friends as close and good as the four guys had in each other. Nothing is more important in life than a good friend!
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
This movie elevates Vin's character to a whole new level!
I just saw this movie last night at an advance screening the local radio stations were promoting and it blew me away! Vin's character "Riddick" showed skills and talents I never suspected him of possessing back when I watched 'Pitch Black'. He proved himself to be a master escape artist, slipping free from any binds those who opposed him would place upon him. During the course of the film, he would make some very amusing comments that made me laugh. An especial shock was seeing him shrouded in long dreadlocked hair, a mustasche and beard at the beginning of the movie. At first, I didn't even recognize him! Once I saw the goggles and heard him speak, then I knew who it was. The special effects in this film were amazing and took my breath away more than once. This production reminded me a lot of the 'Dune' movies, both the original and the remake/its sequel in the grandeur and scope the visuals presented. True, this movie was not as epic as 'Dune' but then, its not a mini-series nor is it attempting to summarize itself as one. The ghosting effects that Judi Dench's character as well as the Lord Marshall exhibited contributed to their mutually mysterious natures. They were beyond human, more like supernatural beings. Another thing that pleased me from watching this was they brought back one of the actors from 'Pitch Black', Keith David! I felt that gave the sequel a certain weight that it otherwise would not have had, standing solely on the shoulders of Vin. It is always better to see more than one returning character in a sequel esp. if they are played by the original actor. Go see this in the theater, you will be glad you did!