I've seen Serenity
Set your mind at ease. There are no spoilers here.
I went in tonight not really knowing what to expect. I liked the Firefly TV show quite a bit. I loved the characters, the stories, the dialogue and the writing of the show. But what is good writing on television doesn't always equal good writing for a movie. The pilot of Firefly was two hours long and, while enjoyable, wouldn't have made a great movie.
I went in to the screening wondering if I was going to get a great made for TV movie or a great movie.
We got the the theater about 75 minutes before the show was scheduled to start. When we got there, the line was 175 people long if it was an inch. I completely forgot about the fact that the people in line were the same people that saw nothing wrong with waiting in line for Episode I tickets for a week. When they let us into the theater, we were on the back row, because it was that or the front row. The level of excitement in the theater was palpable.
There were no previews, but instead there was a charming five minute message from Joss Whedon. Just him sitting in front of the camera saying how this movie should have never been made ("They don't make movies from cancelled TV shows").
And then it began.
It was a great movie. Not good. Not above average. Fan-fucking-tastic. I honestly didn't know that the writers had *that* in them.
Universal optioned Firefly for three movies. Even if the sequels get made, Whedon and company planned for this movie as if it were the series swan song. They never expected to have been given a chance to tell this story, so they took full advantage. It was amazing. Mind you, they can easily make sequels for Serenity. However, if they don't get the chance, they sent her off in style.
I really did expect to be entertained. I never expected to be wowed. After all, Joss Whedon gave us Alien Resurrection and the original Buffy movie. I figured it would be good. I got the best movie I have seen since Collateral, maybe the best movie I have seen in the last year. It was *that* good.
I took a friend that had never seen the show and had no exposure to the universe. I also took my brother, who only watched the shows in the last week in preparation for the movie. Both of them loved it as much as I did.
You owe it to yourself to see this movie.
Episode III is going to suck so bad in comparison.
I went in tonight not really knowing what to expect. I liked the Firefly TV show quite a bit. I loved the characters, the stories, the dialogue and the writing of the show. But what is good writing on television doesn't always equal good writing for a movie. The pilot of Firefly was two hours long and, while enjoyable, wouldn't have made a great movie.
I went in to the screening wondering if I was going to get a great made for TV movie or a great movie.
We got the the theater about 75 minutes before the show was scheduled to start. When we got there, the line was 175 people long if it was an inch. I completely forgot about the fact that the people in line were the same people that saw nothing wrong with waiting in line for Episode I tickets for a week. When they let us into the theater, we were on the back row, because it was that or the front row. The level of excitement in the theater was palpable.
There were no previews, but instead there was a charming five minute message from Joss Whedon. Just him sitting in front of the camera saying how this movie should have never been made ("They don't make movies from cancelled TV shows").
And then it began.
It was a great movie. Not good. Not above average. Fan-fucking-tastic. I honestly didn't know that the writers had *that* in them.
Universal optioned Firefly for three movies. Even if the sequels get made, Whedon and company planned for this movie as if it were the series swan song. They never expected to have been given a chance to tell this story, so they took full advantage. It was amazing. Mind you, they can easily make sequels for Serenity. However, if they don't get the chance, they sent her off in style.
I really did expect to be entertained. I never expected to be wowed. After all, Joss Whedon gave us Alien Resurrection and the original Buffy movie. I figured it would be good. I got the best movie I have seen since Collateral, maybe the best movie I have seen in the last year. It was *that* good.
I took a friend that had never seen the show and had no exposure to the universe. I also took my brother, who only watched the shows in the last week in preparation for the movie. Both of them loved it as much as I did.
You owe it to yourself to see this movie.
Episode III is going to suck so bad in comparison.
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