movie review - Pitch Black
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-seven years and one million words
Vancouver, 2001.11.28
This is a Sci-Fi flick, and quite a good one. It has got a rare quality for sci-fi in being both watchable and not entirely ridiculous. Yes, it is a lot closer to the "Mad Max"es of the sci-fi genre than it is to the "Forbidden Planet"s, but it has great writing, realistic characters, and some charming insights into humanity. The setting is as bleak as they get, and the survival rate is not much better.
This movie held up to a second viewing quite well.
Recommended.