Super SPOILER FILLED Serenity thread

[Mouseferatu]

That was the lamest set of lines in that whole movie.

*shrug*

Whereas I thought it was damn funny.

 

[Pielorinho]

It doesn't take a psychotic cannibal to make bad decisions.

Sig line!

Someone mentioned how he'd already shown his willingness to kill off major characters by killing off Book, and so Wash's death was unnecessary for this purpose. I disagree. As I read elsewhere, once Book gets deadified, there's almost a feeling of, "Whew! A major character is dead, so the rest are safe." It's not too uncommon for a single major character to die.

When Wash died, that sense of safety evaporated. Who kills two major characters like that? They could all die!

I thought it worked well, even though it made me feel sick at the time.

Daniel

 

[Nareau]

I agree. In fact, as I was watching the end of the film, I completely expected it to go down like this: All the secondary characters get offed one-by-one, until the last guy dies performing the action that will save the world. I was surprised that the whole cast didn't bite it.

Spider

 

[Warrior Poet]

When Wash died, that sense of safety evaporated. Who kills two major characters like that? They could all die!

I thought it worked well, even though it made me feel sick at the time.

Agreed, and good point. After Wash, as soon as the others started taking hits, I thought, "OK, he's gonna off 'em all," and started trying to steel myself for the deaths of the others. Great job holding me in suspense and really making me care about what happened! I felt awful about the deaths of Book and Wash, but in the end, I think they both served the story well, and were excellent parts of the movie. It's not often I say, "Wow that was really awful, and it made the movie better."

Warrior Poet

Edit: Cross-post with Spider.

 

[Quasqueton]

I just saw the movie last night. Rate it a solid 8 out of 10. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

My one complaint about this movie is on something that always annoys me about space movies -- everything is just a few hours journey from everywhere else. It drives me crazy when the galaxy/universe feels so small.

But I loved the characters. I loved the dialogue. The story was decent. And I came into this movie completely clean -- I know nothing about this franchise. But I will see a sequel if they come out with one. I would watch a TV show if they make one. (Is this movie affiliated with Firefly? -- which I never saw.)

Now to go read the rest of the posts in this thread. Maybe my last question there will get answered.

Quasqueton

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

My one complaint about this movie is on something that always annoys me about space movies -- everything is just a few hours journey from everywhere else. It drives me crazy when the galaxy/universe feels so small.

Well...it is just one star system, and we don't really know anything about the drives they're using, so hours is actually much more reasonable in Serenity than it is in many Scifi movies.

 

[Quasqueton]

Oh, and one other thing that bugged me (reading some of the earlier posts made me remember it): I hate how one man can take so much [lethal] damage, yet keep on going. The captain (sorry, his name didn't stick. Mal?) got shot in the back (close range), stabbed in the gut with a sword (by a professional assassin), beat about by a man who quickly/easily killed two bodyguards earlier in the show, and still walked away from the scene.

I loved how he was a scapper, and a quick draw and good shot, but really, he took some seemingly lethal hits and kept going like it was just a roughing up. It shook me out of my suspension of disbelief.

But still, with these two [major, to me] gripes, giving it a 8/10 shows how good this movie is.

Quasqueton

 

[Rackhir]

I disagree. Doyle's death was a heroic death, where he chose to die to save everyone else.

My understanding of things was that one of the reasons why Doyle's character was killed was to show that "Nobody is safe" and that he was willing to do stuff like this to major characters. Walsh died for much the same meta plot reason. Not the reason he died in story.

 

[Greylock]

Well, it showed them having a memorial service - there might not have been any bodies under those markers. I wonder what the burial customs are in the Serenity universe? Maybe they buried the bodies in space.

That is precisely the impression I walked away with. After I saw Serenity for the second time. The first time I saw it i didn't dwell on the little issues.

The movie holds up to repeat viewing, btw. Wash's death was more effecctive the second time around, although knowing the crew lives through the battle caused all that tension ot be lost.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Oh, and one other thing that bugged me (reading some of the earlier posts made me remember it): I hate how one man can take so much [lethal] damage, yet keep on going. The captain (sorry, his name didn't stick. Mal?) got shot in the back (close range), stabbed in the gut with a sword (by a professional assassin), beat about by a man who quickly/easily killed two bodyguards earlier in the show, and still walked away from the scene.

Don't you know, Mal is a higher level character than those bodyguards, and has more hit points.