Rate Serenity

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

You know, I LIKED the two parts. Despite not liking them...they just...worked. I don't know how else to put it. They fit. It was right. Even though it was...yeah. Why again is this not a spoiler thread?!

 

[Truth Seeker]

Everything has its place in the universe...

Then there is Serenity...

And what makes her go?

Love...

Love...you give it. She flies, you show it. She shields you from the coldness of space.

You share it.

She becomes your home.

That is...Serenity.

10 out of 10.

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[Greylock]

Loved the movie, but really hope Joss reigns in his camera work for the sequel (please please). Some of the shots it was pretty clear (at least to me and my wife) that he was not used to the big screen.

The loonngg opening shot reminded me of the first Star Trek movie, and I always thought that was the "money" shot of the entire film series. "HEY GUYS!!! WE MADE THE BIG SCREEN!"

The rest, well, it's frenetic at times, and the big space battle lost me once or twice, but hey, I'm gonna see it a few more times anyhoo. I'll get it straight.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Dark Horse released a 3 issue Serenity comic this month (Sept.). It chronicles some events between the end of the TV series and before the movie... notable stuff about Book and Inara. Joss wrote it so the dialog and story are spot-on. The art's not very good though (IMO).

The problem I have with that is you shouldn't need a comic prequel to explain stuff for the movie. The biggest failing of the movie, IMO, is that a lot of it is lost if you haven't seen Firefly or read the comic. The movie was, IMO, not sufficiently self-contained as to make certain points, for a big example Book, mean anything. He would have been better off leaving Book and a couple other points out of the movie altogether.

Like I said earlier, I thought it was a good movie... I gave it an eight out of ten. However it's readily obvious to me that while Whedon made a decent movie, it definitely felt like it should have been on TV, and that isn't praise when it comes to movies. I would have liked to see the story spread out over a half a season or more, not crammed into two hours. There was resonance that I felt was missing because of the movie format and for new viewers, because they hadn't at least seen the series.

Also, for those interested, the movie I base all my opinions on is The Shawshank Redemption. If I feel a movie is as good as that, I give it a ten. Needless to say, I haven't felt we've had a ten movie in a while. A couple nines, a few eights, a bunch of sevens, but no ten.

And what happened to Ron Glass? He seemed so much older and more gaunt. Is he okay?

 

[Darthjaye]

I liked the movie quite a bit. Entirely entertained from beginning to end. This is coming from a guy who wasn't so turned on by the series. While the series introduced some interesting characters I never really got into the episodes. Found myself at times playing the series eps (which I would record and watch when I got home form work) later while doing other stuff cause my attention waned from a lack of interest. The movie however made me consider going back and taking a harder look at each episode to try again. I hope they find a way and a good story for any future movies to be made. If not, the ending of this one is a good sendoff as well.

 

[Greylock]

My only disappointment? I missed the horses, sure, and I missed the dust and the excessive Mandarin, but that wasn't a big deal. The only thing that I really MISSED was that corny-ass theme music from the OS. There really should have been a nod to that.

The soundtrack in general was sub-par.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

There really should have been a nod to that.

It was.

At the very end of the credits, there was an instrumental version of the TV theme played.

 

[Warrior Poet]

A 10 for me.

That movie was big damn heroes, sir.

I'm still reeling. Awesome.

Warrior Poet

 

[Cthulhudrew]

At the very end of the credits, there was an instrumental version of the TV theme played.

Arrrgh! I had a feeling there would be, but my friend had to get back to work so we couldn't stay very long into the credits. Man!

Well, just gives me another incentive (as if I needed one) to see it again.

 

[Cthulhudrew]

You know, I LIKED the two parts. Despite not liking them...they just...worked. I don't know how else to put it. They fit. It was right. Even though it was...yeah. Why again is this not a spoiler thread?!

I wholeheartedly agree that they worked. They certainly served the functions each was (IMO) intended to do, and then some. I just wish, well...

Anyway, on the shooting thing, I absolutely *loved* the oner of the the crew in the beginning. One take, from start to finish, Wash and Mal on the bridge to River in the cargo hold. The dialogue in that scene (parts- particularly Mal and Simon) seemed a little rushed, unfortunately, but man. What a shot.

That's what I absolutely love about Joss' direction, is that he does those takes. Both from a visual standpoint, as well as (to me) from an acting standpoint, long takes like that are just amazing. You really get to see the actors do their thing- interact- and you don't have all these close up headshots where the editors just pick the best take and flip back and forth.