5 Stars for "Serenity" - the movie based of "Firefly"!

yeah - 10/10 - think i´ll go see it again

Getting an average of 4 out of 5 stars on all critical reviews also.

This could be the beginnning of the "New Star Wars" as fan base grows greater.

YEAH, GREAT MOVIE, GREAT SERIES
too bad it only made 10 mill the first weekend

I would give it 4 stars out of 5. The acting was good and the plot hard hitting, but the special effects (especially the CGI) lacked a little in reality.

Still, a movie should not be judged only on it’s special effects!

I´ve been a fan since they aired the first episode. We finally had an intelligent sci-fi show.

Serenity has an in-your-face anti-establishment plot, almost an anti-Star Trek. I approve. The general theme is basically telling would-be-governmental empires to fuck-off and quit "meddling" with peoples who want to live free of their "grand idea", the "grand" part being that which forces everyone to comply with stupid laws regardless of whether they are actually good for freedom. In Serenity we see the government going to the extreme and physically altering the minds of people who don´t agree with their stance.

This ia a parallel to:
A tyrannical government oppressing its people
A one world government oppressing countries that want to be free.
A one galactic empire wanting to control all systems with an iron fist.

Hopefully word of mouth will spread and get this movie to a wider audience!

Can´t stop the signal.

Here´s a 5 star review from the San Fran. main paper:

´Serenity´ earns director Whedon spot on sci-fi´s Mount Rushmore
Peter Hartlaub, Chronicle Pop Culture Critic

Friday, September 30, 2005


Serenity: Science fiction. Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin and Ron Glass. Directed by Joss Whedon. (PG-13. 119 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.)



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"Serenity" is the movie version of "Firefly," a 2002 television series so spectacularly unsuccessful that only a handful of episodes aired before the Fox network canceled it. If longevity is the criterion, Hollywood should have produced films based on "Fastlane," "Murder One" and "After MASH" years before this project arrived at a theater near you.
Yet as challenging as it must have been to pilot Joss Whedon´s space opera from the TV junk pile to the big screen, the finished product is a triumph.

"Serenity" was clearly written by someone who grew up worshiping at the altar of Han Solo and the space marines in "Aliens," but this genre picture is still a thrillingly original science fiction creation. The writing is as good as in the best "Star Trek" episodes, while offering a thoughtfully bleak vision of the future that brings to mind "Blade Runner." After his decade of solid work as a television and movie writer specializing in sci-fi and fantasy, this could be the accomplishment that puts Whedon´s face alongside those of James Cameron, Ridley Scott and Sam Raimi on the geek Mount Rushmore.

Whedon wrote and directed "Serenity" using many of his signature "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" moves. Mal (Nathan Fillion) and his crew are introduced in a long steady-cam shot, which sweeps by each character during a comically unstable entry into a planet´s atmosphere. The fight scenes later in the movie are kinetic and brutal, but also infused with witty dialogue. And even though antiheroes abound, the audience never has to wonder whom to root for when the action begins.

But as a matter of production design, "Serenity" is a bold and complicated movie. Since his TV series was canceled, Whedon seems to have invested most of his time in guessing what our society will look like in 500 years. There are very rich planets and very poor ones, and the inevitable tensions have resulted in a war that didn´t go very well for those without means.

Cameras are everywhere, and the Internet has progressed to the point where video of that trip you made to a bar on Planet X five years ago is as easy for the public to access as this movie review. The scruffy-yet-capable Mal, captaining a ship that seems to be held together with baling wire and paper clips, tries to avoid a CIA-like government operative while dealing with a mysterious mind reader who leads him toward secrets the government doesn´t want exposed. This universe includes no space aliens, but the good guys also must fear the Reavers, a cannibalistic clan of zombie-like humans who hunt in packs and rape and then kill their prey.

For "Serenity" to succeed, Whedon had to overcome even more obstacles than he faced three years ago. While "Firefly" was a high-budget TV show, "Serenity" almost certainly cost less than the last Sandra Bullock comedy.

Potential Problem No. 1: Arguably the movie´s biggest star, Sarah Paulson, arrives in the form of a hologram that lasts for a minute. The next most recognizable actors are the black detective from "Barney Miller" (Ron Glass) and the Baldwin who isn´t one of Alec´s brothers (Adam Baldwin, as the ship´s muscle, essentially returning to his "My Bodyguard" role).

Potential Problem No. 2: You will see trick-or-treaters next month with more complicated costumes than the Reavers.

Potential Problem No. 3: After receiving generally unfavorable reviews for "Firefly," Whedon brazenly revives many elements that got him criticized in the first place. Some of the Serenity crew still carry weapons that look as if they were made in the 19th century, and almost everyone talks as if they were auditioning for "Bonanza." ("Kaylee´s been missin´ you sumpin´ fierce," Fillion says, and the syntax isn´t supposed to be funny.)

But it´s clear that this time, Whedon´s new sugar daddies at Universal Pictures sat back and let him make the movie his way. And somehow, it all comes together. The last half of the movie is particularly satisfying, as Whedon repeatedly paints himself into corners and then writes his way out, in a series of action sequences that just keep getting better.

Choosing between his hard-core fans and mainstream audiences, Whedon will always side with the geeks -- leaving Universal to bank on the fact that every computer techie in the country will see this movie five times on opening weekend. (Don´t laugh. It might happen.) But he never insults his audience, no matter who shows up in the theater.

If "Serenity" isn´t the next "Matrix," it will at the very least become this generation´s "Highlander." Mass audiences may ignore "Serenity" the way they did "Firefly," but the comic book convention crowd will still be hailing this film 30 years from now.

-- Advisory: This film contains violence, gore and profanity. By watching high-quality geek filmmaking, you run the risk of turning into a geek, which can be very expensive. (Did you think video cards were cheap? And did you think Adam West just gives away his autograph?)

E-mail Peter Hartlaub at [email protected].

Last bump for me.

(but you might see me start a thread on it later)

"You know the definition of a hero? A hero is someone who gets people killed."

(I hope I got it mostly verbatim.)

Many great lines in this movie. Some cheesy ones to, but that´s to be expected. Overall, extremely entertaining.

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I liked it a lot and I never watched the television show. Not even once. There´s something for everyone in this flick. Although, I didn´t feel the gravitas of some of the heavy scenes because I haven´t seen an episode. But, Mal, he´s tops in my book. Dude, the ´I didn´t come armed.´, ´GOOD.´ thing was fucking priceless.

I´d gladly see the sequel.

Jayne. The Man they call Jayne.

He robbed from the rich
And he gave to the poor
Stood up to the Man
And he gave him what for!

Our love for him now
Ain´t hard to explain

*Chorus*
The Hero of Canton! The Man they call JAYNE!

Dude, the ´I didn´t come armed.´, ´GOOD.´ thing was fucking priceless.
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That WAS great. I laughed my butt off for five minutes after that.

After I saw it, I realized I´ve always wanted to see that in a film!

Hell, I´ll kill a man in a fair fight...
Or if I think he´s gonna start a fair fight
Or if he bothers me
Or if there´s a woman
Or if I´m gettin paid


....mostly only when I´m gettin paid.---Jayne Cobb from the movie "Serenity".

My hubby dragged me to the movie (I hate sci-fi) but this movie was great.

Do not miss it on the big screen. I am pretty critical of movies and absolutely hate cheesy flicks, but this one was total entertainment.

The charaters were colorful yet real, the acting superb, and the storyline excellent.

My hubby dragged me to the movie (I hate sci-fi) but this movie was great.

Do not miss it on the big screen. I am pretty critical of movies and absolutely hate cheesy flicks, but this one was total entertainment.

The charaters were colorful yet real, the acting superb, and the storyline excellent.

I liked the firefly series but thought Serenity was pretty lame, probably a 2.5/5 imo.

I was a huge fan of the series - it was gold - then this movie came along and ruined it all. Sorry, but you don´t kill off good characters like that if you want to make a goddamn sequel - fuck you Joss Whedon.

but you don´t kill off good characters like that if you want to make a goddamn sequel - fuck you Joss
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First off...thanks for the spoiler jackass.


Secondly...of course you kill off characters...If you want your movie to look like hard boiled realism and not some comic opera Fan Boy movie where the heros never get hurt. These characters are in a tough business, and it sends a message that this isn´t your typical Sci-Fi when folks can die.

Was I upset when they died? Sure...but I see the reason for it now. Hell...he´ll probably kill off more of them if there is a sequel.

So cowboy up...grow a pair...and get over it! This is story tellin´ at it´s best!

Great movie!

Capt to crew: "Did you see that fight we got in?"

Crew: "No. What fight?"

Capt: "See. It´s a trap."

Serenity was awesome! And I love the ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT message. It´s like an anti-StarTrek. I always though Star Trek sucked -- wasn´t real, just PC garbage.

"Serenity" attacks Big Pharma if you watch and listen closely.

The "Paxil" that destoyed the minds of the people of Miranda was in the end revealed to be a oppressive attempt to control the population. It was designed to "make people get along with each other". This is oddly the intent of the real life "Paxil" which is a drug that has been pushed to nearly every person on the planet. The real life Paxil ads read "Do you feel angry, depressed, or anti-social sometimes? Ask your doctor about PAXIL." What a blatant and evil drug-pushing scheme that is! And now in real life we are hearing stories of how Paxil is causing bad side effects!

Serenity - very close to the truth about Paxil.

This was a wonderful movie with a tremendously important message.

Been to it 3 times. The first time I have ever done that with a movie.

Last Shameless Bump

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Loved this movie , just finished watching the dvd. Just great.
Love how River kicks the the reavers ass
near the end.