Serenity NOW! Serenity NOW!

[Meltman]

Saw Serenity today. Go see it. As soon as possible. That is all.

[WingedAvenger]

All in all it was a rather enjoyable little flick. :)

[The Icy One]

Should I watch Firefly first? I was planning on buying the collection and watching it.. o.o

[sheld0n]

Seinfeld ein't half bad either! :D

But yeah, i heard the flick is pretty good. Never watched Firefly, so im not sure if id be able to fully appreciate it, but it might be interesting anyway.

edit: after seeing the trailer, i have to say, it looks a whole lot like the 5th Element. in other words, im definitely seeing it now. :)

[Druid]

Seinfeld Rocks!

I'll see Serenity soon.

[Kinetix]

Leavin right now to see it.

[Graphite]

An Awsome Movie. Comedy, Plot, Characters, Action, Special Effects, all of it was Great. Even pulled a heart string or two. Best part of all, every main character is back! Definately worth the wait. I'll comment more once people have the chance to see it.

No, you don't need to see FireFly first. While it does helps and this movie is a real treat for us Brown Coats. Plot wise the show doesn't get very far, so the movie catches you up real easy and the characters you can fully understand after first few lines. Not cause its waterdown, just cause its that darn good.

For those who don't know, Firefly is a Scifi Western from the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Fox cancelled it after 11 episodes, which was a real shame but they are now being shown on Sci Fi Fridays at Seven.

As Melt said, Go See It. I promise, you won't be disappointed.

[Randomus]

Serenity suffered from the usual Whedonisms of predictable jokes, two-dimensional villains and entire avalanches of story background that just weren't fully thought out-- the Reavers, anyone? The group dynamic was good, as is usual with The Big J. There were also a few genuinely funny moments and once or twice the dialog wasn't set on rails, so that was good too. I thoroughly enjoyed the space battle scene, but most of the mano-e-mano fight scenes seemed to be drawn out to incredible lengths in an attempt to heigten the tension-- an attempt that ultimately led to the fight scenes becoming boring. A lot of the major events in the movie seemed to be thrown in "just 'cuz", or because it would get a rise out of the fans. I think Serenity could have used some judicious editing, but I understand that the editors probably didn't have much say in the matter. What Whedon wants, Whedon gets, after all. Visually, just like the series, it was very strongly reminiscent of Blade Runner. I approve of that because hell, I love Blade Runner. Overall, it was a good movie that needed a lot of trimming before it could be great.

[Kinetix]

Serenity suffered from the usual Whedonisms of predictable jokes, two-dimensional villains and entire avalanches of story background that just weren't fully thought out-- the Reavers, anyone? The group dynamic was good, as is usual with The Big J. There were also a few genuinely funny moments and once or twice the dialog wasn't set on rails, so that was good too. I thoroughly enjoyed the space battle scene, but most of the mano-e-mano fight scenes seemed to be drawn out to incredible lengths in an attempt to heigten the tension-- an attempt that ultimately led to the fight scenes becoming boring. A lot of the major events in the movie seemed to be thrown in "just 'cuz", or because it would get a rise out of the fans. I think Serenity could have used some judicious editing, but I understand that the editors probably didn't have much say in the matter. What Whedon wants, Whedon gets, after all. Visually, just like the series, it was very strongly reminiscent of Blade Runner. I approve of that because hell, I love Blade Runner. Overall, it was a good movie that needed a lot of trimming before it could be great.

I give it 7/10

[Dr Jack Wolfe]

Trimming, really? The pacing was right on in my book, not sure where I would have trimmed that wouldn't have me saying "Huh?" The fight scenes didn't feel that long, specially in a world of matrix wire fu and Hong Kong epics, and I'd point out that the Reavers were not the villians, but the boogie man monsters created by the villians.

9, maybe 9.2 and I've never seen a 9.5 outta 10. But I was a fan of the series. Still, one of the only movies I was excited for this year to exceed my expections. The other being some silliness about a bat.

[Kinetix]

I thought in the first half it was sortof hard to understand what anyone was saying.

On a side note http://imdb.com/name/nm0821612/ is smokin

[Graphite]

I too have been a fan for awhile so its hard for me to judge it in the way as someone seeing it from an entirely new perspective. Yeah, it wasn't spectacluar but I enjoyed every minute of it. My friends, most of which have seen a episode, really liked it too.

The real problem is that they need to cram in a full season plus worth of plot into two hours, or the equvilant of two episodes. Things move real fast. If you don't know the show ether then certain things can be lost. Reavers are FRICKEN SICK. Watching the first eight episodes I never saw a Reaver till now. They are stories told over a camp fire or bottle of wiskey. Canibles, Mademen, Zombies all of them above. Oh and if you ever see one, run. Run your a$$ off. That kinda fear factor is really hard to portray. by the first 10 minutes of the film.

I really really liked the Villian of this movie. More on that after more fokes have seen it.

Oh and Kin, thats the point. The show has it own mix of wester tech slang that is part of the apeal from the show.

[Kinetix]

No, I mean, i couldnt even hear them, I didn't know if they were speaking english or mumbling.

[Morcalivan7]

I heard it just fine. The Space Zombies were sorta cool. Reminded me allot of Warhammer 40k when the Serenity was reshaped into a reaver craft. Though how Reavers were suppose to be able to group like that if they were so tossed over the edge just doesn't seem to make much sense.

[Graphite]

No, I mean, i couldnt even hear them, I didn't know if they were speaking english or mumbling.

Most of the swearing was done in Chinese!

[Meltman]

Well, as for if someone who hadn't seen the show could get it....

...I hadn't seen the show, and I got it fairly easily.

[coldcut]

Serenity suffered from the usual Whedonisms of predictable jokes, two-dimensional villains and entire avalanches of story background that just weren't fully thought out-- the Reavers, anyone? The group dynamic was good, as is usual with The Big J. There were also a few genuinely funny moments and once or twice the dialog wasn't set on rails, so that was good too. I thoroughly enjoyed the space battle scene, but most of the mano-e-mano fight scenes seemed to be drawn out to incredible lengths in an attempt to heigten the tension-- an attempt that ultimately led to the fight scenes becoming boring. A lot of the major events in the movie seemed to be thrown in "just 'cuz", or because it would get a rise out of the fans. I think Serenity could have used some judicious editing, but I understand that the editors probably didn't have much say in the matter. What Whedon wants, Whedon gets, after all. Visually, just like the series, it was very strongly reminiscent of Blade Runner. I approve of that because hell, I love Blade Runner. Overall, it was a good movie that needed a lot of trimming before it could be great.

Agree with the editing, some of the dialogue, completely disagree about the villain. I thought the actor who played him did a stellar job; it was the one truly exemplary thing about the movie. He may have been two dimensional, but he was two dimensional for a pretty good reason, which makes him five dimensional, I think.

My criticism with Whedon's dialogue is that most of it is interchangeable: no character really has their own voice. I don't know about predictable jokes. You can see some of the punchlines coming, but they're still pretty clever.

As for the movie itself, it felt like two seasons of television crammed into two hours. I'm a big fan of the original show, but I just didn't think this lived up to it. The romance stuff in particular just didn't play very well over that time period.