Rate Serenity

[Hand of Evil]

If you have not seen this movie, see it now! I loved it and will be seeing it again this week, it is that good.

 

[Arnwyn]

I gave it a 9. An excellent movie, but (like Cthulhudrew) I hated two parts. Hated them (not that they were badly done by any means - it's just my fanboy/"teh bias!1!" part of me talking).

In any case, I certainly did not come out of that movie thinking it was awesome - I came out feeling rather unsettled... and I still feel that way, days later.

[I do know for certain that I have no intention of ever seeing any possible sequel, should they ever make one. This movie was Firefly's swan-song, to me.]

 

[Laurel]

Plus/Minus

I have to say I went in thinking it would just be a long episode, but came out thinking all I got was a cool movie. 'Cool Movie' meaning it had the action, humour, and plot, but it was missing some of the cool camera effects and character fun that endeared the show to me. I talked to some friends who really hadn't seen the series, and after seeing the movie had a worped view of some main characters.

It did have some cool plots twists and expanded the universe. Joss was able to answer some huge questions, while leaving some unanswered and even creating a whole slew of new questions.

Still voted 'Very Good' since it was a very good movie, and I will no doubt be seeing it again and again one in second run and DVD But the show itself would have rated more along the lines of 'WOW!'.

 

[RangerWickett]

My friend Acquana (here's her art thread) doesn't want to see Serenity. Even though I've offered to pay for her tickets, she refuses to go. She has never seen the show, but she simply hated Buffy (she never saw Angel, and despite her love for Toy Story and me telling her that Joss Whedon did a major part of the script for Toy Story, she refuses to trust me).

So, my friends, especially those of you who already read Acquana's art thread, any suggestions on how I can get her to watch this great, fun movie?

 

[Laurel]

My friend Acquana (here's her art thread) doesn't want to see Serenity. Even though I've offered to pay for her tickets, she refuses to go. She has never seen the show, but she simply hated Buffy (she never saw Angel, and despite her love for Toy Story and me telling her that Joss Whedon did a major part of the script for Toy Story, she refuses to trust me).

So, my friends, especially those of you who already read Acquana's art thread, any suggestions on how I can get her to watch this great, fun movie?

Rope, a chair and ducktape.....

Actually, hating Buffy or not the two shows are very, very different. One is a group of teenagers fighting vampire/evil while trying to go to the prom, and the other is a group of adults in space fighting for thier lives in real ways like here is a bullet in your stomach.

I can agree that if she did not like Buffy then Angel is out. But Firefly is a whole other beast. Just as the script for Buffy and Toy Story are not the same neither are the script for Buffy and Firefly. And he also wrote for Rosanne luckily VERY different from his later works, since we can assume that he was told what to write for Rosanne. Really though, it is just different. Seeing one Joss anything will not give you a direct link to his other works.

You maybe able to find other things here that he has done that she can say she liked.

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

My friend Acquana (here's her art thread) doesn't want to see Serenity. Even though I've offered to pay for her tickets, she refuses to go. She has never seen the show, but she simply hated Buffy (she never saw Angel, and despite her love for Toy Story and me telling her that Joss Whedon did a major part of the script for Toy Story, she refuses to trust me).

So, my friends, especially those of you who already read Acquana's art thread, any suggestions on how I can get her to watch this great, fun movie?

Well, I hate Buffy and Angel, but loved Firefly and Serenity. Its a very different style for his stuff...and the movie is just simply a good movie. I'd say she should give it a try, as I was in a similar situation until a friend bought me the Firefly DVDs and hooked me.

 

[takyris]

Wicket: Honestly, don't push. While I've been talked into stuff I wasn't planning to see and ended up enjoying it, I've never enjoyed something I knew right off the bat that I didn't want to see and was forced to see by my friends. Most people are actually pretty good at figuring out what they like and dislike.

I liked Serenity, but I'm not going to have trouble sleeping because other people don't. Their dislike of the movie isn't a personal affront to me, much, I assume, like my dislike of Surface doesn't cause people who like the show to get night terrors or paroxysms of pain. (That would be caused by the writing. *cough*)

 

[Morrus]

I can agree that if she did not like Buffy then Angel is out. But Firefly is a whole other beast. Just as the script for Buffy and Toy Story are not the same neither are the script for Buffy and Firefly. And he also wrote for Rosanne luckily VERY different from his later works, since we can assume that he was told what to write for Rosanne. Really though, it is just different. Seeing one Joss anything will not give you a direct link to his other works.

I find the dialogue very, very similar. There's a Whedon-esque phraseology which is in all three shows, and I can easily imagine the characters from the other shows saying exactly the same lines in almost exactly the same way.

I'm not complaining though - I like it.

 

[SilentJay]

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.

That's why I gave it an 8. It's a good movie, but could've been a better movie if Whedon'd had more experience with the big screen. That said, having Jack Green shoot the movie for him was a big bonus for him. I mean, the guy's been making Eastwood look good for years, and helped him win the Oscar for Unforgiven, so who better to do Serenity.

 

[BluWolf]

Outstanding!!!! Gave it a 9. Only one issue bothered me around pacing and it primarliy had to do with a peerception on my part that the distance between locations seemed negligible. Nothing more than a minor distraction.

This movie IS THE Traveller flick I have always hoped for.